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The Wall Street Journal.
World Business & Market News
In a chaotic media landscape that changes seemingly by the day, many prominent print titles are adopting this quietly revolutionary strategy: Stick to your strengths, and keep it simple.
The Wall Street Journal’s app is a perfect example. Clean and uncluttered, it reliably delivers the news—business news, yes, but also politics, sports, and opinion—in a simple, scrollable format. Even the paper’s name is abbreviated to a screen-worthy WSJ.
Stock market data is, of course, displayed along the top of the screen in real time. The bottom of the screen, meanwhile, is home to a more personalized reading experience. That’s where you’ll find MyWSJ, a collection of stories you’ve flagged to read later and those suggested by the app. Set notifications for breaking news, as well as specific topics like Deals, Economy, or Opinion to get alerted right away. If you’d like updates on a particular beat, the app enables you to follow individual reporters. Just tap the plus sign next to their byline to get a notification whenever they publish a story.