WALL STREET JOURNAL ANNOUNCES ELECTIONS 2012 WEB APP FOR SMARTPHONES; EXPANDED LIVE PROGRAMMING FOR CONVENTIONS
NEW YORK (August 28, 2012) – The Wall Street Journal today announced its Elections 2012 web app for smartphones as a dedicated resource for real-time mobile access of the Journal’s campaign coverage, starting with the Republican National Convention today in Tampa, Fla., and includes several new features such as the #WorldStream video platform and expanded WSJ Live video programming.
Elections 2012 features all elections coverage from across the Journal and Dow Jones, bringing together articles, live blogs, videos, photos, breaking news headlines, and tweets into one continuously updating stream. Reporters and editors are posting short-form videos from the Conventions to WSJ WorldStream, the Journal’s global newsgathering and publishing platform for short-form videos.
Today’s announcement follows the launch last week of YouTube’s Elections Hub, which features Journal video. All elections-related video from WSJ Live through Election Day on November 6 will appear on YouTube’s Hub.
Highlights of the Journal’s expanded live programming and coverage the next two weeks for the Conventions include:
In addition, the Opinion Journal team, including Kim Strassel (@KimStrassel), Dan Henninger and Jason Riley, among others, will file daily coverage from both Conventions. This will include video interviews with newsmakers in both parties, frequent Political Diary reports on convention-related events, and James Taranto’s (@JamesTaranto) daily politics column, Best of the Web Today. Journal Opinion writers will also be online after 9 p.m. each evening with commentary on the speeches and related events.
To save the Elections 2012 app to a smartphone, please visit: http://wsj.com/electionslive
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WASHINGTON, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Presidential Candidate Gary Bauer congratulated Governor Scott Walker for his win in Wisconsin's recall election, calling it "another sign that taxpayers will award office holders ready to do the hard work of reigning in out-of-control government spending."
Bauer, the chairman of the Campaign for Working Families, made the following statement:
"I congratulate Governor Scott Walker for his hard-fought victory tonight, and most especially for having the courage of his convictions to fight the good fight. But the victory in Wisconsin is not Scott Walker's alone. It is a victory for the hard-working taxpayers of Wisconsin, who foot the bill year after year. It is a victory for common sense over powerful special interests. It is a victory that taxpayers in every state can celebrate. It is a victory, yes, even for some union members.
"Since Gov. Walker's reforms were enacted, tens of thousands of state employees have opted to keep more of the money they earn rather than let the public employees union siphon off their hard-earned dollars. In other words, once given the choice, more than half of the public employees union's members decided that they didn't need the union. These reforms will pay real dividends for the taxpayers of Wisconsin. They are the real winners tonight.
"The recall election is a sign of good things to come. The power of the Big Labor bosses has finally been checked, not just in Wisconsin, but also in scores of other states across the country. More governors, legislators and taxpayers will be inspired to stand up against the liberal labor unions and do what is truly in the best interests of their communities. Wisconsin's 10 Electoral College votes are now in play, and the anti-tax, small government movement that swept the country in 2010 is about to sweep Barack Obama out of office in 154 days!"
Source: PR Newswire (http://s.tt/1drYR)