Who is behind quartz

Another obsession of Quartz founders: "We wanted to minimise friction and encourage readers to share our stories. We designed the site first for tablets, then for mobile and as a classic website, in that order," insists Kevin Delaney. No apps in sight, but a site built in HTML5 and responsive design that adjusts to screen size.

At first, the no-app choice sounded weird for a media aimed at a mobile audience, but considering the rising costs and complexity of building, managing, and maintaining native apps on multiple platforms, a single HTML design was probably the best approach. I'm not through talking about Quartz. Next week, we'll examine the venture's business aspects, its bold ways of dealing with advertising.

The Quartz Way. In the first of two articles, we take a closer look at the editorial product of the venture that just turned one year old. Quartz features all components of a modern media venture.

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We think there are opportunities to advance on that to some degree. Instead of fixed beats, we structure our newsroom around an ever-evolving collection of phenomena—the patterns, trends and seismic shifts that are shaping the world our readers live in. These are the kinds of topics Quartz will put in its navigation bar, and as the world changes, so will they. What it lacks in size, Quartz will try to make up for in flexibility and perceptiveness.

Doctor predicts Quartz will try premium subscription products similar to Politico Pro in Quartz, the mineral, is found all over the world, and plays an important role in tectonic activity. Quartz, the word, is bookended by two of the rarest letters in the English language, Q and Z, an easy-to-remember contraction that will get readers to the site—qz. BuzzFeed was in SoHo from until December , when it moved uptown to its current location in the Flatiron District.

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