The Wall Street Journal has launched WSJ.com Mobile Reader, a free wireless application for BlackBerry mobile devices that lets users view headlines, summaries and full articles published by The Wall Street Journal Digital Network — the newspaper's WSJ.com site along with MarketWatch.com, Barrons.com and AllThingsD.com. The application will also let users pull content from other sources using RSS.
Scottrade has officially
launched Scottrade Online Community, a new social networking site aimed at its online traders. Originally released in April to beta testers, the site lets Scottrade customers interact with each other by sharing ideas, strategies and tools through discussion groups and blogs, post videos, and participate in surveys.
Reuters' Robert MacMillan has written an article analyzing the press release industry's reaction to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission decision to consider corporate blogs as a primary mechanism for the disclosure of public company information. The press release industry currently helps public companies meet Reg FD (Regulation Fair Disclosure) by ensuring wide and timely distribution of public company information when disclosed. The article discusses the opportunity for blog aggregators to parse the blogs and organize the information. However, we believe that it is more likely that the SEC will issue guidelines for public companies to follow in order to meet Reg FD.
Msnbc.com has partnered with Bankrate.com to offer its readers access to information about mortgages, home equity lines, car loans and more. As a part of the arrangement, Bankrate.com will also offer articles written by its team of personal finance writers.
Thomson Reuters has laid off a number of reporters from HedgeWorld, a provider of news and information for the hedge fund industry. HedgeWorld is expected to continue publishing several newsletters while providing members with access to its online premium news service and service provider directory.
Travel Tours Pvt Ltd. has launched Travel Tours Forex, a website designed to help travelers in India convert currency and manage their travel expenses. The website is also being positioned as the first forex website in India's travel industry and is expected to attract sponsorships by banks and other financial services providers.
Thomson Reuters is preparing to launch
a business television news channel as early as January 2009, according to the UK's Daily Telegraph. The new channel will appear on both the Internet and cable to compete against Bloomberg and CNBC. A multimedia newsroom in New York, which was opened yesterday by Devin Wenig, chief executive of Thomson
Reuters' markets division, will serve as the main studio for the
channel.
Internet Broadcasting Systems has partnered with TheStreet.com (Nasdaq: TSCM) to distribute its business content across Internet Broadcasting's network of sites. The strategic content distribution partnership will include stock market data as well as premium content such as articles and videos produced by TheStreet.com.
American Express and Infiniti have signed on as the first advertisers of The Big Money, a new website scheduled for a September launch.
The business-focused property from Washington Post.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI)'s Slate Group will cater to Slate Group's educated, affluent audience. Digitas and OMD are the respective interactive agencies for American Express and Infiniti.
The Business.com Network reached 44.7 million unique visitors or 24% of the
nearly 190 million Americans online in June. In the latest Ad Focus survey by comScore Media Metrix, the network ranked 43rd as it delivered business-related sponsored search listings to more than 100 partner sites that include Forbes.com, BusinessWeek.com and Entrepreneur.com.
