Sep 8, 2011 9:35 AM
What does content mean for online retailers, and how can publishers successfully work commerce into their websites? Those were the questions discussed at a Financial Times panel in NYC last night. “There are lots of things that merge between media businesses and 2.0 commerce,” said Susan Lyne, chairman of Gilt…
Posted In: E-Commerce, Media & Publishing, Women-Centric Content, Companies, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com, andrew kovan, crowdtwist, gilt groupe, irving fain, melissa & doug, rob grimshaw, susan lyne
Jun 7, 2011 11:14 AM
Anything an iOS app can do, the web can do better, Rob Grimshaw, The Financial Times’ online managing director, told paidContent:UK, after launching a HTML5 tablet and mobile “app” Tuesday ahead of the imminent deadline for publishers to comply with Apple’s revised app terms.
Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, Pearson, Financial Times, rob grimshaw
Mar 4, 2011 10:11 AM
Financial Times online MD Rob Grimshaw, who debated on our paidContent 2011 conference panel in New York on Thursday, caught up with me backstage at the event…
Posted In: Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2011, Companies, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com, rob grimshaw
Mar 4, 2011 1:17 AM
As the NYTimes.com prepares to launch its metered pay model any day now, the topic of paywalls is something every media organization is exploring. The views on the value of charging readers flew back and forth during an afternoon session at the paidContent 2011 conference, where Robert Andrews, UK Editor,…
Posted In: Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2011, Companies, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com, gordon crovitz, justin smith, rob grimshaw, robert andrews
Mar 9, 2010 5:00 PM
The Financial Times has a sizeable and nicely growing subscription business—so why mess with micropayments? FT.com Managing Director Rob Grimshaw says that half the FT’s print customers are newsstand buyers, and the company needs to offer an similar a la carte option online as well. Grimshaw, in an interview with…
Posted In: Media & Publishing, Online News, Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2010, Companies, Google, Hearst, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com, cnn, contentnext media, ernie sander, josh cohen, kc estenson, lincoln millstein, rob grimshaw
Feb 19, 2010 10:51 AM
The FT.com, whose metered model has been considered an example for other outlets, such as the NYTimes.com, has 1.9 million registered users, plus 121,000 paying subscribers, said the site’s Managing Director Rob Grimshaw in a Q&A with ContentNext Managing Editor Ernie Sander at paidContent 2010. Grimshaw on why the FT…
Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2010, ernie sander, rob grimshaw
Sep 10, 2008 5:51 AM
FT.com’s MD has called on media commentators to stop questioning the publisher’s online business model - and urged the industry to imitate the airline sector. FT.com last year began giving readers five free articles and another 30 if they register for free; it’s increased the number of registered users but…
Posted In: Advertising, Companies, Pearson, Financial Times, rob grimshaw
Jun 23, 2008 1:13 PM
FT.com has attracted 450,000 registered users since unveiling its new, 30-free-articles model in October - but the number of paying subscribers has remained largely “static” at “about 100,000”. During a tour of the newsroom, new MD Rob Grimshaw told me the objective was to gather new users’ details for marketing:…
Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, Pearson, Financial Times, rob grimshaw
May 21, 2008 5:27 AM
FT.com is promoting online advertising director Rob Grimshaw to managing director, effectively replacing outgoing managing editor and publisher Ien Cheng. Grimshaw had been involved in developing the new, third-way access model Cheng unveiled in October - a half-way house that gives readers more free articles but which ultimately still requires…
Posted In: Industry Moves, Companies, Pearson, Financial Times, rob grimshaw
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