Posts Tagged ‘Jeff Misenti’

Fox Business Launching iPad Application

FBNipad081610.jpgFox Business Network is preparing to launch a new iPad application, Mobile Marketer reports.

The app will be available for free in the Apple iTunes App Store, and will be geared for use in conjunction with watching the network on television, though it will also contain content that users may find useful even when not watching TV.

The app will be stock-focused, seemingly making it a better fit for day-traders and stock-market pros than the average viewer.

“From a trader’s perspective, life at the terminal has all sorts of things going on,” said Jeff Misenti, vice president and general manager of Fox News Digital, New York. “We’re a channel talking about all that stuff, and now we have a medium with a device where viewers can play and act along.”

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Fox News and MySpace Team Up For uReport Community

ureport3_4-20.bmpMySpace and Fox News Channel announced today an “exclusive partnership” for the launch of a MySpace uReport community.

The Website will build on Fox News’ already launched uReport system, where anyone around the world can contribute content as citizen journalists. The photos and videos created “could be featured in relevant programming on FOX News Channel and foxnews.com,” says the release.

MySpace and Fox News are both owned by News Corp.

In the release, FNC Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes said, “FOX News has created a great asset with the uReport service, and under the leadership of our Digital Vice President Jeff Misenti, the benefits of the MySpace partnership will be substantial.”