Tom Standage
Summary
Tom Standage is a journalist and author from England. A graduate of Oxford University, he has worked as a science and technology writer for The Guardian, as the business editor at The Economist, has been published in Wired, The New York Times, and The Daily Telegraph, and has published five books, including The Victorian Internet. This book explores the historical development of the telegraph and the social ramifications associated with this development. Tom Standage also proposes that if Victorians from the 19th century were to be around today, they would be far from impressed with present Internet capabilities. This is because the development of the telegraph essentially mirrored the development of the Internet.
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“The Economist’s shift to digital”- Tom Standage at news:rewired
One of the panel sessions at news:rewired last week was devoted to the paid content model. Tom Standage, digital editor of the Economist, gave an upbeat talk about the title’s success in transitioning to the digital era.
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“Great for users. Great for publishers. And great for Apple” - Alex Watston on Newsstand at news:rewired
One of the panel sessions I attended at news:rewired was devoted to the notion of paid content. It featured some interesting insights from Alex Watson of Dennis Publishing and Tom Standage from The Economist, as well as some scrutiny of the Guardian’s business model, which, for those of us who work there, made for some uncomfortable listening.
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Economist launches US election web app
The Economist has launched Electionism, an HTML5 web app for tablets, focusing on the US election.
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The Economist Group launches web app for tablets that covers the 2012 U.S. election – Electionism
The Economist Group today announced the launch of an HTML5 website for the 2012 U. S. presidential election. The website is optimized, whatever that really means, for tablets such as the iPad and others. "Electionism combines The Economist's day-to-day opinion and commentary on the US elections, from our Webby-award-winning 'Democracy in America' blog, with detailed on-the-ground coverage from CQ Roll Call and our picks of the best election coverage from elsewhere on the web, all wrapped up in a tablet-friendly format," said Tom Standage, digital editor of The Economist.
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#followjourn – @tomstandage Tom Standage/digital editor
Where? Tom is digital editor at the Economist, where he oversees the website and other digital editions. He will be speaking at news:rewired – media in motion on paid-content models.
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Why the Economist prospers: intelligence, mobile, good branding and simple reader offers
Magazine industry struggles. The Economist grows each year. Somehow, those two trends have been with us for much of the last decade. Further evidence arrived on Monday as Economist Group reported operating profit 6 percent higher at £26. 2 million, for the first six months of the financial year, and revenue up 4 percent to £164.
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Economist launches app into Android Market
The app was released to the Android Market last week and, according to the market, has been downloaded between 10,000 and 50,000 times in one week and rated more than 230 times averaging 3. 6 stars. A press spokesperson for the Economist was unable to confirm or release download figures.
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The Economist Weighs in on Media Malaise
Call it a bit of media-on-media navel-gazing, but The Economist magazine has issued a special report on the state of the news industry, “Bulletins from the Future” by the company’s digital editor Tom Standage. Standage finds mixed but not bleak news overall. Despite declines in newspaper. . .
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Economist reveals download numbers for iPhone and iPad apps
More than 50 per cent of readers pay for content after downloading the free Economist app to their Apple devices, says digital editor Tom Standage.
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#MobileMedia11 video: The secret to making money from mobile? Stop trying
If there’s one thing that people really want to know when it comes to the mobile media debate, it’s how can can you monetise these new devices and use the the new app store ecosystem to monetise existing content.
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