Global InformationCapital Brief information
| Available in | English |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
| Owner | Scire |
| Editor | John McDuling |
| CEO | Chris Janz |
| URL | https://www.capitalbrief.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2023-08-23 |
| Current status | Active |
Capital Brief is an Australian news website that primarily covers business and politics. It launched in August 2023[1] and is aimed at founders, executives, investors and politicians and policymakers.[2][3]
The editor-in-chief is John McDuling, the former national business editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.[4]
Journalists are based in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. They include chief political correspondent Anthony Galloway,[5] VC and startups correspondent Bronwen Clune,[6] legal and regulatory affairs correspondent Laurel Henning,[7] media correspondent John Buckley,[8] markets and finance correspondent Jack Derwin,[9] technology correspondent Dan Van Boom,[10] associate editor business and geopolitics Philip Wen[11] and associate editor banking and finance Andrew Cornell.[12]
Its main newsletter, The Edition, is published at 4.30pm weekdays. Specialist newsletters Capital Gains (banking and finance), Prima Facie (legal affairs), Sweat Equity (VC and startups), and Political Capital (politics and policy) are published weekly.[13]
The company also produces the daily M&A, equity capital markets and VC deals newsletter Letter of Intent, which was acquired in 2023 for an undisclosed sum.[14][15]
Its business model is subscription based[16] and unlike many Australian media companies,[17] it does not collect personal data for advertisement targeting.[18] Its "reader-revenue-first and journalism-first" approach is modelled on the US websites The Information, Axios and Semafor.[19]
The publication includes breaking news provided by national newswire Australian Associated Press in a "briefings" format that is unique to the publication.[20]
It is the first publication from Scire, a start-up launched by former Fairfax Media executives Chris Janz and David Eisman.[21][22] The venture was confirmed in March 2023 after months of speculation in Australian media.[23][24][25][26][27] Janz was previously publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review and led the initiatives that prevented The Age and Herald from discontinuing their print editions.[28]
Scire is backed by Sydney venture capital firm Shearwater Capital.[29]
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- ^ "Clune brings "lived experience" to Capital Brief reporting (Part 1)". influencing.com. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ "Journalist Spotlight | Interview with Laurel Henning, Legal and Regulatory Affairs Reporter at Capital Brief". www.medianet.com.au. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ "Buckley joins Capital Brief newsroom". influencing.com. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ "Journalist Spotlight | Interview with Jack Derwin, Markets and Finance Correspondent at Capital Brief". www.medianet.com.au. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
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- ^ "Journalist Spotlight | Interview with Andrew Cornell, Associate Editor for Financial Services at Capital Brief". www.medianet.com.au. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ "Newsletters". Capital Brief. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Kal Jamshidi on LinkedIn: It started as a COVID side project". LinkedIn. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "☕️ Rates expectations". Letter of Intent.
- ^ Burrowes, Tim (2024-02-25). "'I love to prove the naysayers wrong': Scire founder Chris Janz on launching a subs-led business publishing challenger". www.unmade.media. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
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- ^ "'No personal data': Chasing audience scale, ad exchanges, big tech targeting is publisher folly as media trust plummets, says Scire's Chris Janz, Guardian's Dan Stinton; No-tracking, contextual ads next growth wave | Mi3". www.mi-3.com.au. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
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- ^ Jaspan, Calum (2023-03-20). "Former Nine/Fairfax execs to launch VC-backed subscription news business Scire". Mumbrella. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ "Chris Janz building a news subscription venture - AdNews". www.adnews.com.au. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ Mediaweek (2023-03-26). "Former Nine execs Chris Janz and David Eisman reveal plans to launch a new business publication". Mediaweek. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ Burrowes, Tim (2021-07-12). "How Chris Janz's Blue Team saved The Age and The SMH". Mumbrella. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ "Our companies". Shearwater Capital. Retrieved 9 January 2024.