Wall Street Journal Videos

WSJ.com's Simon Constable on the ups and downs of the growth of the economy.

We were encouraged to read today's Wall Street Journal report about the projected uptick in technology advertising for 2010. Journal reporters Ben Worthen and Jessica Vascellaro cite an IDC study which puts tech marketing dollars up over 3.5 percent for next year, versus the dismal 8.3percent drop this year. In the current quarter, big budgets are being spent by tech advertisers including both consumer and B2B companies Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and Juniper Networks, the paper reports."Big Uptick" at the Wall Street JournalFor the Wall Street Journal, tech advertising has been a mainstay and it has been on the upswing recently. Brian Quinn, who heads online sale for the Journal, told me that 'we have seen a big uptick in tech advertising in Q4." Brian was a panelist at the Beet.TV Online Video Roundtable last week. I spoke with him about the monetization of the Journal's online video initiatives. He tells me that inventory is sold out. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

The Wall Street Journal's twice-daily 8-minute show, the News Hub, expanded this week, with a live report on Monday's Apple earnings report. It was the first live television program for earnings. With the paper's television agreement with CNBC winding down, the Journal is putting more resources around its live programming. I visited the Journal newsroom a couple weeks back to interview the co-anchors of New Hub, Kelsey Hubbard and Simon Constable. Earlier, I published my interview with Deputy Managing Editor Alan Murray about the new show. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

Simon Constable from WSJ.com on third-quarter reports.

Henry Gewanter, the MD of Positive Profile, was more used to the relatively mundane world of the City PR when he agreed to broker the disks of data of MPs expenses on behalf of the whistleblowers, instantly becoming one himself. Even he did not imagine the scale of the storm it created. Six months on, Steve McDowell asked him what else is to come and what is the legacy of his action...

Murray, who is in charge of the Wall Street Journal's online opertions, speaks about his approach to Twittter.