Economist appoints first female editor as Zanny Minton Beddoes is promoted to replace John Micklethwait
The Economist has appointed its first female editor to replace the outgoing John Micklethwait. Zanny Minton Beddoes (pictured, Reuters), who…
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John Micklethwait leaves Economist after eight years to become editor of Bloomberg
The editor of The Economist is stepping down after eight years to become editor-in-chief at financial news service Bloomberg. John…
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Seriously popular: The Economist now claims to reach 5.3m readers a week in print and online
The Economist now claims to reach some 5.3 million readers a week. The figure has been arrived at after combining…
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Global news magazine The Economist has launched a daily 'podcast' available via Google Play and the Apple Store for a…
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So who in news knows how to use Tumblr?
Marissa Mayer promises not to screw it up. The Yahoo! chief has just paid over $1bn for Tumblr so she’s…
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The Economist: ‘Three-quarters of new subscribers are buying print’
Three speakers from three publishing houses brought day one of the Digital Media Strategies conference to a close on Tuesday…
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During an interview published last week, in which he spent a great deal of time talking about the importance of…
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How The Economist does audio and five other must-reads
The Digital half dozen. 1. Listening in at the Economist (Journalism.co.uk) How audio editions and podcasts are created. 2. How…
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