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=== ''BI Sub-Saharan Africa'' === |
=== ''BI Sub-Saharan Africa'' === |
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In January 2017, ''Business Insider'' announced that it would be launching a new Sub-Saharan site in partnership with [[Ringier]] Africa Digital Publishing.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://uk.news.yahoo.com/welcome-business-insider-sub-saharan-231003242.html | title = Welcome Business Insider Sub-Saharan Africa! | date = January 23, 2017 | access-date = January 25, 2017 | publisher = Yahoo News UK | author = Roddy Salazar | archive-date = October 11, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171011225227/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/welcome-business-insider-sub-saharan-231003242.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.africa-newsroom.com/press/ringier-launches-business-insider-sub-saharan-africa?lang=en | title = Ringier Launches Business Insider Sub Saharan Africa | date = January 20, 2017 | access-date = January 25, 2017 | publisher = Africa Newsroom | archive-date = May 19, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200519113222/https://www.africa-newsroom.com/press/ringier-launches-business-insider-sub-saharan-africa?lang=en | url-status = live }}</ref> [[Henry Blodget]]—co-founder, CEO, and global editor-in-chief of ''Business Insider''—said of the partnership, "Ringier ... is the ideal partner to help us bring to sub-saharan Africa [our] unique voice and attitude."<ref>{{cite magazine | url = http://www.adweek.com/fishbowlny/business-insider-launches-sub-saharan-site/395156 | title = Business Insider Launches Sub-Saharan Site | date = January 20, 2017 | access-date = January 25, 2017 | magazine = AdWeek | author = Chris O'Shea | archive-date = July 6, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180706051844/https://www.adweek.com/fishbowlny/business-insider-launches-sub-saharan-site/395156/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Former Ventures Africa journalist David Adeleke is the editor for Business Insider SSA.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} |
In January 2017, ''Business Insider'' announced that it would be launching a new Sub-Saharan site in partnership with [[Ringier]] Africa Digital Publishing.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://uk.news.yahoo.com/welcome-business-insider-sub-saharan-231003242.html | title = Welcome Business Insider Sub-Saharan Africa! | date = January 23, 2017 | access-date = January 25, 2017 | publisher = Yahoo News UK | author = Roddy Salazar | archive-date = October 11, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171011225227/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/welcome-business-insider-sub-saharan-231003242.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.africa-newsroom.com/press/ringier-launches-business-insider-sub-saharan-africa?lang=en | title = Ringier Launches Business Insider Sub Saharan Africa | date = January 20, 2017 | access-date = January 25, 2017 | publisher = Africa Newsroom | archive-date = May 19, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200519113222/https://www.africa-newsroom.com/press/ringier-launches-business-insider-sub-saharan-africa?lang=en | url-status = live }}</ref> [[Henry Blodget]]—co-founder, CEO, and global editor-in-chief of ''Business Insider''—said of the partnership, "Ringier ... is the ideal partner to help us bring to sub-saharan Africa [our] unique voice and attitude."<ref>{{cite magazine | url = http://www.adweek.com/fishbowlny/business-insider-launches-sub-saharan-site/395156 | title = Business Insider Launches Sub-Saharan Site | date = January 20, 2017 | access-date = January 25, 2017 | magazine = AdWeek | author = Chris O'Shea | archive-date = July 6, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180706051844/https://www.adweek.com/fishbowlny/business-insider-launches-sub-saharan-site/395156/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Former Ventures Africa journalist David Adeleke is the editor for Business Insider SSA.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} |
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== Bias, reliability, and editorial policy == |
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[[Ad Fontes Media]] rates the reliability of ''Business Insider'' as 43.13 on its proprietary scale, indicating "generally good" reliability; and its [[Media bias|bias]] at -0.38, indicating a center-left bias.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-26|title=Business Insider Bias and Reliability|url=https://www.adfontesmedia.com/business-insider-bias-and-reliability/|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-25|publisher=[[Ad Fontes Media]]|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Media Bias/Fact Check]] states that ''Business Insider'' has high reliability for factual reporting and a left-center bias.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Business Insider|url=https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/business-insider/|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-25|publisher=[[Media Bias Fact Check]]|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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{{As of|2011|September}}, Business Insider allowed the use of [[Source (journalism)|anonymous sources]] "at any time for any reason".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Sydney|date=2011-09-09|title=Business Insider Will Give Anyone Anonymity?|url=https://www.imediaethics.org/business-insider-will-give-anyone-anonymity/|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-25|website=iMediaEthics|language=en}}</ref> |
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== Reception == |
== Reception == |
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Type of site | Financial news website |
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Available in | English |
Headquarters | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Owner | Axel Springer SE |
Created by | Kevin P. Ryan |
Editor | Henry Blodget |
Parent | Insider Inc. |
URL | www |
Commercial | Yes |
Launched | February 2007 New York City, U.S. |
Current status | Active |
Business Insider is an American financial and business news website founded in 2007 and owned by the German publishing house Axel Springer. It operates 14 national editions and an international edition. Several national editions are published in local languages.[1]
History
Business Insider was launched in 2007 and is based in New York City. Founded by DoubleClick's former CEO Kevin P. Ryan, Dwight Merriman, and Henry Blodget,[2] the site began as a consolidation of industry vertical blogs, the first of them being Silicon Alley Insider (began May 16, 2007) and Clusterstock (started March 20, 2008).[3] In addition to providing and analyzing business news, the site aggregates news stories on various subjects from around the web.[4] Business Insider started a UK edition in November 2014.[5]
It first reported a profit in the fourth quarter of 2010.[6] As of 2011, it had 45 full-time employees.[7] Its target audience at the time was limited to "investors and financial professionals".[7] In June 2012, it had 5.4 million unique visitors.[8] In 2015 Axel Springer SE acquired 88% of the stake in Insider Inc. for $343 million (€306 million),[9] implying a total valuation of $442 million.[10]
As of 2013, Jeff Bezos was a Business Insider investor.[11]
Business Insider also hosts industry conferences, such as IGNITION,[12] which explores the emerging business models of digital media. In January 2015, Business Insider launched BI Intelligence,[13] a subscription-based research service that provides data and analysis on the mobile, payments, eCommerce, social, and digital media industries. The site publishes numerous annual editorial franchises, such as the "Digital 100: The World's Most Valuable Private Tech Companies".[14]
After Business Insider was purchased by Axel Springer SE in 2015, a substantial portion of its staff left the company. According to to a CNN report, some staff who exited complained that "traffic took precedence over enterprise reporting".[15] In 2018, staff members were asked to sign a confidentiality agreement that included a nondisparagement clause requiring them not to criticize the site during or after their employment.[16]
Tech Insider
In July 2015, Business Insider began the technology website Tech Insider, with a staff of 40 people working primarily from the company's existing New York headquarters, but originally separated from the main Business Insider newsroom.[17] However, Tech Insider was eventually folded into the Business Insider website.[18]
Markets Insider
In October 2016,[19] Business Insider started Markets Insider as a joint venture with Finanzen.net, another Axel Springer company. The markets data site covers stocks[20] and the macro economy, as well as other financial assets.[citation needed]
BI Sub-Saharan Africa
In January 2017, Business Insider announced that it would be launching a new Sub-Saharan site in partnership with Ringier Africa Digital Publishing.[21][22] Henry Blodget—co-founder, CEO, and global editor-in-chief of Business Insider—said of the partnership, "Ringier ... is the ideal partner to help us bring to sub-saharan Africa [our] unique voice and attitude."[23] Former Ventures Africa journalist David Adeleke is the editor for Business Insider SSA.[citation needed]
Bias, reliability, and editorial policy
Ad Fontes Media rates the reliability of Business Insider as 43.13 on its proprietary scale, indicating "generally good" reliability; and its bias at -0.38, indicating a center-left bias.[24] Media Bias/Fact Check states that Business Insider has high reliability for factual reporting and a left-center bias.[25]
As of September 2011, Business Insider allowed the use of anonymous sources "at any time for any reason".[26]
Reception
In January 2009, the Clusterstock section appeared in Time's list of 25 best financial blogs,[27] and the Silicon Alley Insider section was listed in PC Magazine's list of its "favorite blogs of 2009".[28] 2009 also saw Business Insider's selection as an official Webby honoree for Best Business Blog.[29]
In 2012, Business Insider was named to the Inc. 500. In 2013, the publication was once again nominated in the Blog-Business category at the Webby Awards.[30] In January 2014, The New York Times reported that Business Insider's web traffic was comparable to that of The Wall Street Journal.[31] In 2017, Digiday included imprint Insider as a candidate in two separate categories—"Best New Vertical" and "Best Use of Instagram"—at their annual Publishing Awards.[32]
The website has faced criticism for what critics consider its clickbait-style headlines.[33][34][35] A 2013 profile of Blodget and Business Insider in the The New Yorker suggested that Business Insider, because it republishes material from other outlets, may not always be accurate.[36] In 2018, the website received criticism from some media outlets after deleting a controversial column about Scarlett Johansson.[37][38] Business Insider has also published native advertising.[39]
References
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- ^ "Leading Digital Publisher Axel Springer Acquires Business Insider". September 29, 2015. Archived from the original on November 6, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ "Welcome To Business Insider". Business Insider. April 23, 2013. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
- ^ Foremski, Tom (September 26, 2011). "Here's why news sites 'over aggregate'". ZDNet. Archived from the original on December 25, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ Sweney, Mark (November 4, 2014). "Business Insider launches UK edition". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 25, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ "Business Insider Turns A$2,127 Profit On $4.8 Million in Revenue". TechCrunch. March 7, 2011. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ^ a b Grueskin, Bill; Seave, Ava; Graves, Lucas (June 1, 2011). The Story So Far: What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism. Columbia University Press. pp. 99. ISBN 978-0-231-50054-8.
- ^ Hagey, Keach (July 29, 2012). "Henry Blodget's Second Act". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (September 29, 2015). "Germany's Axel Springer Buys Business Insider in $343 Million Deal". Variety. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ Goldfarb, Jeffrey (September 29, 2015). "Axel Springer Pays Very Generous Price for Business Insider". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ Kiss, Jemima (April 5, 2013). "Amazon's Jeff Bezos leads $5m investment in Business Insider". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 25, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- ^ "IGNITION 2012". Business Insider. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- ^ "BI Intelligence". Business Insider. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- ^ "Digital 100: The World's Most Valuable Private Tech Companies". Business Insider. November 2012. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- ^ Kludt, Tom (April 29, 2016). "Here's what Business Insider employees just said about why people are leaving". CNNMoney. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ Tani, Maxwell (November 1, 2018). "Business Insider Staffers Can Never Say Anything Bad About the Company Ever Again". The Daily Beast. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Business Insider Broadens Ambitions With New Tech Site". The Wall Street Journal. July 27, 2015. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- ^ Mullin, Benjamin (December 14, 2017). "Business Insider Inc. Drops 'Business' From Its Name as Company Broadens Coverage, Distribution". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ Alpert, Lukas I. (October 24, 2016). "Business Insider Launches Markets Data Site With Help From Axel Springer". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ GmbH, finanzen net. "BOND SCREENER & FINDER | ETF DATABASE | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ Roddy Salazar (January 23, 2017). "Welcome Business Insider Sub-Saharan Africa!". Yahoo News UK. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- ^ "Ringier Launches Business Insider Sub Saharan Africa". Africa Newsroom. January 20, 2017. Archived from the original on May 19, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- ^ Chris O'Shea (January 20, 2017). "Business Insider Launches Sub-Saharan Site". AdWeek. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- ^ "Business Insider Bias and Reliability". Ad Fontes Media. September 26, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Business Insider". Media Bias Fact Check. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Smith, Sydney (September 9, 2011). "Business Insider Will Give Anyone Anonymity?". iMediaEthics. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ McIntyre, Douglas A.; Allen, Ashley C. (January 22, 2009). "Best 25 Financial Blogs". TIME. New York. Archived from the original on August 26, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
- ^ "Our Favorite Blogs 2009". PC Magazine. New York. November 23, 2009. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
- ^ "Blog-Business: Official Honoree". Webby Awards. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ^ "Business Insider | The Webby Awards". Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ Carr, David (January 26, 2014). "Ezra Klein Is Joining Vox Media as Web Journalism Asserts Itself". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
- ^ Awards, Digiday (February 7, 2017). "Business Insider's social-first Insider is up for Best New Vertical for this year's Digiday Publishing Awards – Digiday". Digiday. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ Hagey, Keach (July 29, 2012). "Henry Blodget's Second Act". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ^ Ha, Anthony (May 22, 2012). "Business Insider's Henry Blodget Defends Linkbait, Slideshows, And Aggregation". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
- ^ Bershidsky, Leonid (September 29, 2015). "Can Business Insider Make Money?". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
- ^ Auletta, Ken (April 8, 2013). "Business Outsider". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
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- ^ "Waving the white flag in Scarlett Johansson flap". San Francisco Chronicle. July 13, 2018. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ Singal, Jesse. "Business Insider Retracted a Bad Piece — and Set a Terrible Precedent". Daily Intelligencer. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ Chittum, Ryan (May 7, 2013). "Business Insider goes native". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved December 25, 2020.