Quartz is working on a subscription product

Quartz is developing a subscription product, reports Peter Kafka or Recode.

Kafka writes, “Delaney won’t go into details about what that product is, how much it will cost or when it will launch. But Quartz has given a hint by announcing the purchase of Intelligentsia.ai, a small research firm that specialized in artificial intelligence.

“Quartz says founders Dave and Helen Edwards will write for the site for now, but will eventually be part of a ‘new specialized product aimed at providing global business professionals with valuable insights into how AI affects their organizations.’

“So, Quartz is going to launch a dedicated AI research service? Not exactly, says Delaney. But, he said, ‘there’s an opportunity to build something that’s adjacent in the coverage area’ to what Quartz is already doing.

“The Edwardses used to charge $250 a year for their service, but Delaney, again, won’t say how much the Quartz product will cost.”

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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.