Categories: OLD Media Moves

Business Insider headed to Italy, Japan and Africa

Business Insider will open new sites in Italy, Japan and Africa in the coming months, reports Joe Pompeo of Politico.

Pompeo writes, “The Italian site, headquartered in Milan and set to go live November 28, will launch in a licensing partnership with the Italian media conglomerate Gruppo Espresso.

“The Japanese edition, slated for a Jan. 16 debut, is a licensing deal with Mediagene Ltd, the company behind the Japanese versions of Gizmodo and Digiday. The African site is in ‘final negotiations,’ said CEO Henry Blodget.

“Business Insider, like other digital publications, has been exporting its brand around the globe since its acquisition last year by the German media giant Axel Springer. It also has launched licensed editions in Poland, France and the Netherlands, as well as a fully owned and operated site in the U.K.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.