Are NYT’s Contributed Posts Better Than VentureBeat’s?
December 5, 2023
7:01 am
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Q&A: Steve Lohr, NYT
March 30, 2022
7:31 am
If you’re younger than 43 years old, Steve Lohr was reporting for the New York Times before you were born. Imagine all the stories he has written… the interviews he has conducted… and all the pitches he has seen.
Profile: Nicole Perlroth, New York Times
October 5, 2021
4:34 am
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Analysis: Chegg CEO in the NYT’s ‘Corner Office’
August 6, 2020
12:21 pm
Want to see a CEO trying to steer a profile interview? Check out the Jun. 12 David Gelles Corner Office profile of Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig in the New York Times. You’ll see that PR success isn’t as simple as one might think.
Calacanis Slams NYT for Ignoring ‘World-Positive’ Startups
July 21, 2020
7:58 pm
Are you struggling to interest Tier 1 reporters in lesser-known clients? So is Jason Calacanis. The former journalist and well-known investor and podcaster sounded off Jul. 7 to CNBC’s Jon Fortt and two other hosts about the trouble he and other VCs have had in breaking through — especially to the New York Times.
Amazing Visual Storytelling from the New York Times
September 25, 2019
4:27 pm
If you’re interested in state-of-the-art storytelling, look no further than last week’s special report from the New York Times. Titled “The Office: An In-Depth Analysis of Workplace User Behavior,” it’s not necessarily something to read — it’s something to play with.
Profile: David Pogue, NYT, CBS
March 23, 2019
3:43 pm
David Pogue is tech media’s Sgt. Pepper: the act we’ve known for all these years and guaranteed to raise a smile. After a bout of obscurity at Yahoo Tech, David is back with new columns at the New York Times and New York Magazine, increased presence on CBS Sunday Morning and a forthcoming page-turner of a book.
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Google Hoses Publishers
September 5, 2024
Press Gazette has a great story about Google reintroducing AI summaries into search results — less so in queries about breaking news, but definitely when someone searches for trend or how-to info. Convenient for users, maybe… but publishers stand to lose a ton of long-tail traffic because of this. No wonder the vast majority of publisher “innovation” is about commerce or consulting and no longer builds upon journalism.
MIA: CNBC’s ‘My Biggest Lessons’
September 5, 2024
CNBC Make It had a popular video franchise called My Biggest Lessons, in which CEOs shared something valuable that they learned along the way. No new segments have appeared since May 31. We’ll monitor this for you.
Fortune Succeeding In Edit But Not In Sales
August 29, 2024
Great reporting from Mark Stenberg at Adweek. Two departures on the sales side seem to have hurt. The story also suggests that former Fortune CEO Alan Murray — who said he was retiring — may turn up at WSJ. Fortune is said to have released Murray from his noncompete, taking his word that he was ending his career.
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The Fortune Five: Where Are They Now?
August 24, 2024
Ten months ago SWMS spotlighted five up-and-coming Fortune reporters, suggesting that PR get to know these rookies. Where are they now? Jane Thier continues to excel in the Success section. Ruth Umoh now edits Next To Lead. Kylie Robison split for The Verge. Rachyl Jones is a fellow at Semafor. Alexandra Sternlicht this summer won a Knight-Bagehot fellowship at Columbia. Competition for this is brutal — congrats Alexandra!
Fortune Selling Its Fortune 500 Dataset for $999
August 9, 2024
You get fresh contact info for Fortune 500 executives too. This is an example of a journalism product. To the extent they have development resources, publishers overwhelmingly prefer to build products than invest in wider and deeper beat coverage, which is so much harder to monetize.