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Apple’s News Service Business Chief Departs After Slow Start

(Bloomberg) — The head of business for Apple Inc.’s news app stepped down less than a year after launching a high-profile subscription product that has struggled to attract paying readers.Liz Schimel, the outgoing executive, joined in mid-2018 after serving as the president of international business at magazine publisher Conde Nast, said people familiar with the move who asked not to be identified discussing personnel matters. At Apple, Schimel oversaw relationships with advertisers and news publishers.Apple is seeking to hire a notable name from the publishing world to replace Schimel, one of the people said. An Apple spokesman declined to comment.News …read more […]

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How Coronavirus Exposed a Sector Weakness

“Price dictates news…”
It’s an old Wall Street saying meaning that when the market is going up, investors and journalists will focus on what is positive.
And when the market is going down, people emphasize what is negative…
We saw this play out in dramatic fashion last month. The first half of January featured a sharp rally and a focus on all the “good news” – big gains in 2019, followed by the U.S.-China Phase One trade deal, fueled some market exuberance.
Last year, the market peaked on January 17, when the S&P 500 closed at a record high of 3,330. At that point, …read more […]