The House of the Day feature from WSJ.com just became a little more portable, as The Wall Street Journal announced the release of the WSJ House of the Day iPad app.
The app allows users to: tour featured homes, including via slide shows; share via Facebook, Twitter, or email; and save images either within the app or to the Apple tablet.
The WSJ said dedicated sections for homes in New York, Europe, and Asia will be added during the next few weeks.
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The Wall Street Journal Digital Network has a new general manager: Former Thomson Reuters senior vice president and head of business operations for Reuters Media Alisa Bowen will now oversee strategy, development, and operations for Dow Jones-owned properties including WSJ.com, Barrons.com, MarketWatch, SmartMoney.com, AllThingsD, and their mobile applications.
Bowen spent 10 years with Thomson Reuters, also serving as global head of consumer publishing, head of global product development, general manager of Reuters.com, business analyst, and media strategist.
Dow Jones president Todd Larsen said:
We have a large, fast-growing digital business with high expectations for continued growth. Alisa has the background and skill to expand the digital potential of our current brands and to continue to pioneer new products and platforms to help us achieve our goals.
Bowen added:
Dow Jones and the Journal have been the news industry’s clear leaders in creating a digital business that is compelling and sustainable. This is an opportunity to extend that lead by creating new and dynamic experiences for readers who rely on the trust and authority of Dow Jones and the Journal.
The Wall Street Journal launched a new section of WSJ.com offering business, financial, and lifestyle news targeted toward readers located in or interested in Hong Kong, along with Exchange, a finance blog.
The Hong Kong section will be available on the newspaper’s Chinese-language site sometime in December.
Marisa Wong is the newly appointed editor of the Hong Kong section, which also offers features including: The Moment, personal accounts of Hong Kong moments; Face Off, two experts debating a topic; Radar, in which Hong Kong residents reveal five topics they’re following; Inventory, a look at the retail scene; and Eight Questions for, question-and-answer interviews with movers and shakers.
The Wall Street Journal will present six hours of live video coverage of the midterm elections online on Election Day Tuesday, with its Campaign Journal to be hosted from the newspaper’s headquarters in New York by assistant managing editor and executive Washington editor Gerald F. Seib; deputy managing editor and executive editor, online Alan Murray; and deputy editor-in-chief Gerard Baker.
Campaign Journal, which will begin at 8 p.m. ET, will offer real-time news and analysis, live reports from key race locations (via iPhone video, Skype, and LiveU), interactive maps, and features.
Editorial page assistant editor James Freeman and editorial board member Jason L. Riley will also provide video updates during the last 10 minutes of each hour, along with commentary from editorial page editor Paul Gigot, Potomac Watch columnist Kimberley A. Strassel, and WSJ.com columnist John Fund.
In addition to Campaign Journal, the homepage will feature real-time breaking news updates, analysis from WSJ reporters and editors, and an interactive map to help users keep track of key races and overall results.
And the WSJ for iPad app will integrate all of the election coverage, boasting an interactive, touch-controlled map.
News that rock band Guster is streaming new album Easy Wonderful online prior to its Oct. 5 release from Aware/Universal Republic isn’t exactly surprising, but what is surprising is where online: The Wall Street Journal.
Easy Wonderful marks the first-ever full album stream from WSJ.com, and it accompanies a review by WSJ writer John Jurgensen.
The band also announced that “Do You Love Me” was chosen as the iTunes Free Video Download of the week. Guster began its national tour in Los Angeles earlier this week.
