New homepage for The Economist launches
The Economist has launched a new homepage this week. More than 40 percent of subscriber visits to its website start with the homepage. A big goal of the redesign is higher subscriber engagement and retention. “This was a top-priority project for us because we know how important our homepage is to our subscribers as well […]
Reuters postpones website paywall
Reuters News postponed the launch of its website paywall following a dispute with financial data provider Refinitiv over whether the move would breach a news supply agreement between the two companies, reports Kenneth Li of Reuters. Li reports, “Reuters, a unit of Thomson Reuters Corp, had been planning to start charging for news on Reuters.com from June […]
The Business of Business seeks a writer
The Business of Business, the media arm of Thinknum, is hiring a writer to join its growing team. Here’s what we’re looking for: A demonstrated passion for the world of business Did you study finance in college? Run a lemonade stand as a kid? Get a part time job without your parents telling you to? […]
Why Rest of World covers tech news globally
Anup Kaphle, the executive editor of technology publication Rest of World, writes about why it takes a global perspective. Kaphle writes, “At Rest of World, we use technology as a lens to push readers out of their usual bubbles. Our stories — whether they’re about a grocery app in Turkey taking on the centuries-old practice of making […]
Canadian biz news site company expanding to Saskatchewan
A Canadian company that runs three business news websites in the eastern part of the company is opening a fourth site in Saskatchewan. AllSaskatchewan.com will mirror the sites alllNovaScotia, allNewfoundlandLabrador and allNewBrunswick, which have more than 13,000 subscribers and a hard paywall. The company allAtlanticCanada is owned by its employees. The Nova Scotia site has […]
How the WSJ is pushing for more subscribers
Sara Guaglione of Digiday writes about The Wall Street Journal’s latest push for more subscribers. Guaglione writes, “As part of its brand push, the WSJ is planning to hold an ‘open house’ on May 20 in which it will drop the paywall on its site to let all content be accessible for free for the day, […]
WSJ.com turns 25, shows legacy of innovation
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Matt Murray sent out the following to the staff on Thursday: Dear All: Today marks a significant date in the history of The Wall Street Journal. On April 29, 1996, what was then called The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition officially debuted to serve the hearty pioneers who were […]
Time has launched a business website
Time magazine has launched a business news website called Time Business, reports Mark Stenberg of Adweek. Stenberg reports, “Time declined to share any internal benchmarks it has set for the new project, including revenue, traffic, or headcount, though it hopes to devote 10% of its newsroom staff to Time Business ‘in the future,’ according to a company […]
FoxBusiness.com has record first quarter
FoxBusiness.com experienced a record quarter in average monthly multiplatform unique visitors and total multiplatform views, earning 32.8 million and 473 million, respectively. The business network’s website was also up double digits versus the prior year quarter in every category. FoxBusiness.com also earned a March record across all key performance indicators, as well as increases year […]
With paid site, Reuters faces stiff competition
Laura Hazard Owen of Nieman Lab writes about the competition that Reuters faces by charging for access to its website. Owen writes, “Who deems Reuters.com so essential that they’ll pay more than two Netflixes a month for it? In 2011, Ken Doctor wrote for us about the competition the news company faced as it tried to become better known […]
