Categories: OLD Media Moves

NYTimes launches redesigned real estate app

The New York Times introduced a revamped version of its real-estate application for iOS devices—such as iPhones and iPads—on Tuesday, replete with several new features, reports Jeremy Barr of Capital New York.

Barr writes, “Paul Smurl, who serves as serves as G.M. for core digital products, said that the new app incorporates search and personalization functionality made available in the latest versions of iOS software.

“The new real-estate app, which is free and does not require a subscription, offers enhanced search tools for locating open houses and homes for sale.

“Version 2.0 also has a sleek new look, or a ‘new visual identity,’ according to the announcement.

“And, it aims to keep pace in the stream-based media content environment of 2014 by updating throughout the day.”

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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.