Blodget: Business Insider’s goal is to get better every day
Politico Media interviewed Business Insider editor in chief Henry Blodget about the website and its recent sale. Here is an excerpt: POLITICO: Not surprisingly, Business Insider in 2015 looks a lot different than early iterations. There’s been a big increase in the amount of original reporting, and you’ve built an impressive roster of journalists. Do you […]
Business Insider to put paywall around some content
Business Insider is on course to be one of the first digital only news operations to erect a paywall around some of its content, writes Matthew Garrahan of the Financial Times. Garrahan writes, “Could a paywall work for Business Insider? Its mix of free, irreverent business news, slideshows and content pulled and repurposed from other […]
Business Insider expands its video team
Mike Shields of The Wall Street Journal writes about how Business Insider has boosted its video operation. Shields writes, “When he joined the company about two years ago, Business Insider had roughly five people on its video team. That number has swelled to 45. “That team is focus is on producing short clips that run […]
Tech Insider seeks design reporter
Tech Insider is hiring a reporter to cover the world of innovation and design. It will be your job to find the most interesting angles on what’s happening in the realms of architecture, design for the developing world, product design, urban design, and everything in between — and then report what you find to our […]
Why a Business Insider co-founder reluctantly sold
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin of Inc. magazine talked to Business Insider co-founder Kevin Ryan on the decision to sell an 88 percent stake in the business news site to Axel Springer for $343 million. Lagorio-Chafkin writes, “After getting to know the company better, Ryan says Springer execs called him in July and said, ‘listen, we’d like to […]
Can Business Insider make money?
Leonid Bershidsky of Bloomberg View explores whether Business Insider can make money for new owner Axel Springer. Bershidsky writes, “The deal sends a powerful message about Axel Springer’s ambitions. The company said Tuesday that the acquisition puts it in sixth place among international publishers by audience reach — a feat made possible by Business Insider’s 76 million […]
From Wall Street outcast to business journalism success story
Matthew Garrahan of The Financial Times writes about Business Insider co-founder and editor in chief Henry Blodget in the wake of the sale of a majority stake in the business news website to Axel Springer for $343 million. Garrahan writes, “The size of Mr Blodget’s stake is unclear yet as one of Business Insider’s three […]
Axel Springer buys 88 percent of Business Insider for $343 million
German media company Axel Springer SE agreed to buy an 88 percent stake in Business Insider Inc. for $343 million, reports Kenneth Wong of Bloomberg News. Wong writes, “Axel Springer already owns a 9 percent stake in New York-based Business Insider, which runs the businessinsider.com website with 76 million monthly unique visitors, Berlin-based Springer said […]
Why Axel Springer is interested in Business Insider
Ken Doctor writes for Capital New York about the strategy behind Business Insider in the wake of news that Axel Springer is interested in acquiring it. Doctor writes, “While the Wall Street Journal (even as it expands and regroups its international products) and the Financial Times (perhaps newly refueled with parent Nikkei funding) aim for […]
Business Insider close to being sold for $560 million
German publishing giant Axel Springer is closing in on a deal to buy Business Insider, in a deal that would value the Web publisher at around $560 million, reports Peter Kafka of Re/code. Kafka writes, “Business Insider hasn’t disclosed its revenues recently. In 2013, it did around $20 million. In January, when Blodget announced his […]
