Categories: OLD Media Moves

NYT starts new app blog Thursday

The New York Times‘ business section is launching a new blog called AppSmart focused on applications.

In addition, it has revamped its health care business blog Prescripions.

AppSmart, written by Bob Tedeschi, will debut Thursday, July 8, in the paper’s Personal Tech pages and online, with a focus on the ever-expanding universe of downloadable apps for smartphones. Each week’s column will review a category of apps ranging from restaurant locators or word processors to surfing or bird watching. It will replace Tedeschi’s weekly PhoneSmart column.

With the passage of the health care bill, the Prescriptions blog has broadened its territory to follow the business of health care. With this new focus, readers can expect a range of topics, from the implementation of the health care law and its impact on various sectors of the health care industry to essays on developments in the insurance and pharmaceuticals industries, and reader Q-and-A posts on issues of the day.

Read more here.

Recent Posts

Washington Post announces start of third newsroom

Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last…

17 hours ago

FT hires Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels

The Financial Times has hired Barbara Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels. She will start…

17 hours ago

Deputy tech editor Haselton departs CNBC for The Verge

CNBC.com deputy technology editor Todd Haselton is leaving the news organization for a job at The Verge.…

18 hours ago

“Power Lunch” co-anchor Tyler Mathisen is leaving CNBC

Note from CNBC Business News senior vice president Dan Colarusso: After more than 27 years…

19 hours ago

Upset CoinDesk staffers send letter to owner

Members of the CoinDesk editorial team have sent a letter to the CEO of its…

21 hours ago

Capitol Forum seeks a deputy managing editor

The Capitol Forum is seeking a detail-oriented and collaborative Deputy Managing Editor to support the…

22 hours ago