Posts Tagged "Economist"

The deal would see the Group sell its Capitol Hill-focused subsidiary to D.C.-based startup FiscalNote in exchange for an 18-percent stake in the buyer

The Economist is following the trend of Trump-era subscription success, with a growth of 19 percent in North American digital subscriptions since the election. This puts the London-based magazine in the ranks of Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and The Atlantic, which have all seen subscriptions surge since November

Economist deputy editor and digital strategy head Tom Standage on why news publishers need to say goodbye to advertising…

Strategy of pushing readers to premium packages of print and digital content pays off for magazine, which this year severed links with Pearson

New York-based events firm Argyle Executive Forum, LLC has acquired business media company Innovation Enterprise from private equity firm Seguin Partners and minority stake owner The Economist Group

The Economist is ready to move beyond the impression and bet heavily on user attention-based selling as the future.

Exor, the investment vehicle of the Agnelli family will acquire most of Pearson’s stake

The head of the Economist Group has promised a return to revenue growth in the next twelve months, after falling print advertising caused a third successive year of declining sales. Chris Stibbs said the company — which owns the Economist magazine and other information businesses — had lost about £50m, or 46 per cent of the […]

The Guardian, the Financial Times, CNN International, Reuters and the Economist have teamed up to pool their digital advertising space, to fight back against the drain of ad spend to tech giants such as Microsoft, Google and Facebook

Called Economist Films, the unit promises “high-end, factual programmes that capture the voice and identity of The Economist”. The service will be available for brands to sponsor an episode or a series, but they will have no influence over the editorial content, the publisher has clarified. The Economist launched an expanded native advertising offering in […]

The Economist, the 171-year-old weekly magazine, is launching its first daily edition

Booming sales of the Economist’s digital edition (up 72% YoY) has helped it leapfrog Private Eye to the overall number one spot among news magazines in, although the satirical title’s remains pre-eminent in print

The rise in popularity of touch-screen devices means publishers should be ‘touch first and mobile second’, Neelay Patel from The Economist Group tells Mobile Media Strategies conference.

The rise in popularity of touch-screen devices means publishers should be ‘touch first and mobile second’, Neelay Patel from The Economist Group tells Mobile Media Strategies conference.