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Zach Seward

SVP of product, Quartz

#160490@zsewardqz.com

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Joined on February 20th, 2015

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Hi! I'm from the Quartz team. Today we unveiled a really big new vision for Quartz that's rooted in our amazing community of smart, worldly readers. There are two major components of this vision, both of which we launched today: 1) an app for our community to add their perspectives and expertise to the news; and 2) a membership program that’s an education in the global economy. About the new Quartz app: The core experience is commenting. Pick a story, and optionally add a comment to add value to that story. We think there's an opportunity to create a better space for discussion of the news than, umm, some other platforms. One of the greatest promises of digital journalism is involving readers in a way that improves the journalism itself. "Quartz readers, collectively, know more about this new global economy than we do," we said back in 2012. This app is our biggest attempt to make good on that. We've also recruited a stellar lineup of Quartz Pros, who are leading experts in their field, to add their comments, too. People like Kai-Fu Lee, Kristalina Georgieva, Reshma Saujani, Sallie Krawcheck, Beth Comstock, and lots more. A really Quartzy bunch. Find them in the app. (It's iOS-only for now, Android coming soon.) About the membership program: It's an education product. Each week, we take a key company, industry, or other force of importance to the global economy, and give you a master class on the topic, with new stories published every day for members only. For instance, this week, in our first guide, we are providing an education in the death of cash. We're calling it a membership. Become a member of Quartz. Of course, there is large transactional element: Give us some money ($14.99 a month or $99.99 for the first year), and you get really useful, essential guides to the global economy, and other premium stories. But we also want to make good on what it means to be a "member." For us, it means a deeper, two-way relationship. So we'll interact with members via email, in-person events, conference calls, and more to come.

on Quartz App

2yr ago

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Hi! I'm from Quartz and will be working on this email along with many other colleagues in Vegas next week. These pop-up Daily Briefs are fun to produce and usually get a great response from readers. This is the first one we've ever done at CES, which is such a sprawling event that you really do need a way to make sense of it and separate the 90% of bullshit from the 10% worth caring about. That's our aim with the CES Daily Brief. Happy to answer any questions about it.

on Quartz CES Daily Brief

3yr ago

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👋 Hi, Zach from Quartz here. We are better known for our digital news products—QZ.com, our app, etc.—but a lot of us are also secretly lovers of the printed page. I suspect a lot of you are, too. From the beginning of Quartz, we've mused about how we might apply our journalism to print, taking advantage of the unique aspects of the physical form. This is the result of that thought experiment. It's a beautiful and deeply reported book about 10 objects that you may never have seen but are vital to the global economy today. We gave a lot of thought to the user experience of the book, just as we would with a digital product, and the result is really impressive. I can say that because my colleagues were far more involved in this project than I was, and I'm sure they'd be happy to answer any questions you might have about the vision for the book, how it came together, and what we learned about the difference between making a digital product and a physical one (a lot!).

on Quartz: The Objects that Power the Global Economy

3yr ago

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