Fortune has hired a chief technology officer

Fortune took its latest step as an independent company with the hiring of Jonathan Rivers as chief technology officer. Rivers was most recently chief technology officer at 3Pillar Global, a product development services company, whose clients include National Geographic, PBS and Equinox. “Jonathan brings Fortune the knowledge and experience we need at this pivotal point in our 89-year […]

Fortune hires Belanger as production editor

Fortune magazine has hired business journalist Lydia Belanger as a production editor. The production editor leads the production schedule for Fortune’s large projects, such as the lists it’s known for, and helps put each issue of the magazine online. She previously worked at Wired magazine as a digital producer and as a researcher. She left […]

Fortune AME Gallagher leaving for Google

Leigh Gallagher, an assistant managing editor at Fortune, has been hired by Google to be a director of external affairs. She will be based in New York. “I’ll miss my friends and colleagues dearly, and I can’t wait to watch Fortune continue to grow and its exciting future unfold under its new owner,” said Gallagher […]

Fortune’s CEO: We need to provide info to business people for them to be successful

Recode’s Peter Kafka spoke with Fortune Media Group CEO Alan Murray about the magazine’s plans under new ownership. Here is an excerpt: And in terms of the content you’re putting out on the website, in the magazine, for a very long time Fortune was always, in my mind, considered like a writer-ly magazine. It did really great long-form journalism, […]

Fortune seeks a senior writer to cover artificial intelligence

Fortune seeks an experienced journalist with a passion for covering the exploding technology/business story of artificial intelligence and related disruptive technologies. The job will include contributing to a newsletter; writing frequently for Fortune.com and Fortune magazine; appearing on camera in Fortune videos; and playing a key role in Fortune conferences, both from a programming and […]

Fortune hires three new editorial staffers

Fortune editor in chief Clifton Leaf sent out the following announcement to the staff: It’s my pleasure to welcome three wonderful new colleagues (to say nothing of a new owner!) to our FORTUNE family. Those in New York have already met Tamara El Waylly and Rey Mashayekhi—and if you haven’t yet said hello in person, please do. […]

Fortune seeks an associate editor in London

Fortune is looking for a sharp, organized, and ambitious journalist to take on the role of associate editor for news in London. You Will Contribute to a team of Europe-based writers and editors that covers business news for a primarily U.S.-based audience Write breaking news stories across a variety of topics—tech, finance, macroeconomics, leadership—for American […]

Fortune seeks to diversify revenue under new ownership

Fortune magazine will try to diversify its revenue streams in 2019 under its new owners, reports Max Willens of Digiday. Willens writes, “Armed with new funds promised by Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon, who recently acquired Fortune from Meredith for $150 million, the business publication will be developing several paid products at both consumer and professional price points, […]

Fortune’s new owner wants to make it a pre-eminent biz media brand

Fortune magazine’s new owner Chatchaval Jiaravanon wants it to become the pre-eminent business media brand, writes Fortune president Alan Murray. Murray writes, “The new Fortune plans to place itself squarely at the center of that change. We will chronicle it, analyze it, benchmark its successes, spotlight its failures, and provide opportunities for business leaders to better understand and profit from […]

Fortune hires Abril to cover tech in San Francisco

Fortune magazine has hired Danielle Abril to cover technology in San Francisco. On Medium, Abril wrote, “While I had high hopes and expectations to grow DigiNews DFW, I recently received an opportunity I could not turn down. Fortune has hired me as its newest technology reporter, based in its San Francisco bureau. I will begin […]