clickbait
Really nice Twitter graphic from the FT communities team. A good “tease” of the clickthrough: > Love this quote from @JananGanesh [https://twitter.com/JananGanesh] on the desperate attempts to keep Scotland from voting Yes http://t.co/XowUeoZ3Kt pic.twitter.com/ITkW05WxSK [http://t.co/ITkW05WxSK] — Esther Bintliff (@estherbintliff)
business models
One of the interesting things to surface in the work Neil [http://www.onlydeadfish.co.uk] & I did with the FT last summer was how different the readership for the paper is at the weekend. It looked like there might be an opportunity there. Well, it appears that the
business models
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/03/Anish-Kapoor7-3574.html] Two notable things from the FT’s 2013 results [http://aboutus.ft.com/2014/02/28/67012/#axzz2ubXzXlYB]: > The FT’s total circulation grew 8% year-on-year to 652,000 across print and online, the highest paying readership in
financial times
The FT is offering single-use links for its subscribers [http://aboutus.ft.com/2013/11/18/ft-introduces-gift-article-for-subscribers/#axzz2l0XstSHx] to share content. It’s almost a Snapchat for news… 🙂 Interesting move, in that it potentially turns existing subscribers into advocates for the service – and adds value to their subscription, by making
financial times
Disarming honesty – and useful experience [http://labs.ft.com/2013/05/a-sobering-day/] – from Andrew Betts at FT Labs: > About 10 days ago, the hacker or hackers calling themselves the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) carried out a very targeted cyberattack against the FT. We’re not the first to be
archives
An e-mail arrived from the FT yesterday, telling me all about their 125th anniversary, and with some lovely photos to run – all of which I had no intention of doing until: 1. My journalism MA students [http://www.interhacktives.com] seemed to think the whole think was quite cool, making
APIs
Key Points 1. Mobile is central to FT.com’s business 2. Online revenue and activity is shifting to mobile devices rapidly 3. FT.com is focusing on HTML5 for both web and native apps 4. Its apps are built on APIs [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface]
APIs
[](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/Photo 29 May 2012 09:45.jpg)**Rob Grimshaw, managing director, FT.com**Liveblogged notes – prone to inaccuracies and howling grammatical errors Just had first hack day at the FT. The winning hack
Blogs
Some links about our friends in the nationals that have been hanging around in my Chrome tabs for too long now: * The Independent has switched its blogs from Livejournal to WordPress [http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2010/06/08/the-independent-switches-to-wordpress/] . Makes sense. LJ always seemed like an odd fit. * The Guardian
financial times
37signals on the [http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2245-when-opening-the-wallet-becomes-a-no-brainer] Wall Street Journal [http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2245-when-opening-the-wallet-becomes-a-no-brainer] and the [http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2245-when-opening-the-wallet-becomes-a-no-brainer] Financial Times [http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2245-when-opening-the-wallet-becomes-a-no-brainer] : > The easiest way to get people to pay you money is when they think they’
business models
Oh, dearie me. I have a feeling that the issue of paywalls and charging for content is going to dominate the online journalism discussion for the rest of the summer, isn’t it? The Guardian has run a piece onFinancial Times editor Lionel Barber [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/
Blogging
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2009/05/ftarena.png] An e-mail dropped into my inbox last week, encouraging me to have a peek at FT Arena [http://blogs.ft.com/arena/], a blog on the Financial Times site that allows readers to join in a debate