Jay Yarow, the executive editor for Business Insider, resigned Wednesday afternoon to accept another job.
His departure was announced in a short newsroom meeting.
Yarow has been executive editor, overseeing the day-to-day operations, for nearly a year. Before that, he was deputy editor, running the technology vertical and overseeing 16 reporters. He was also a senior editor at Business Insider and interned at BusinessWeek magazine.
“Jay’s great,” said Business Insider co-founder Henry Blodget in an email to Talking Biz News. “So’s the network he’s headed to. We wish them both the best.”
Yarow didn’t immediately return an email seeking comment. CNBC has been seeking an executive editor for its online operation.
A CNBC spokeswoman said, “Jay is extraordinarily talented in the space, but he is not a CNBC employee.”
Yarow has a degree in economics from the University of Delaware, and a master’s in journalism from New York University.
