Prang departs Politico to freelance, finish novel
Politico reporter Allison Prang has left the news organization to finish a book and to freelance. She has been covering sustainability for the news organization for nearly two years. Prang previously spent five years at the Wall Street Journal, where she covered breaking news while writing about labor, banking and the stock market on the side. At […]
Ghosh to become Inc.’s editorial director
Inc. magazine has hired Bonny Ghosh as editorial director. She will start Oct. 16. For the past two years, Ghosh has been producing programming for Apple’s global events team at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino. In this contract role, she managed all aspects of the planning, programming and production for special events, panel discussions and filmed […]
What led Lorenz to leave the Washington Post
David Folkenflik of NPR writes about the departure of tech columnist Taylor Lorenz from The Washington Post to start her own publication. Folkenflik writes, “Lorenz’s professional fate at the paper was in doubt even prior to her announcement. Since August, its editors had grappled with the disclosure that Lorenz had labeled President Biden a ‘war criminal’ in a […]
Inc. hires de Souza as executive digital director
Veronica de Souza has been hired by Inc. to be its executive digital director. She will start on Nov. 4. Veronica joins the publication from WNYC/Gothamist, where she was the director of digital news and audience. She previously served as the senior director, publishing, for VICE Media, the director of audience development for the Daily […]
Reuters Breakingviews is starting a podcast
Reuters Breakingviews is starting a new weekly podcast, ‘The Big View,’ to explore the most pressing issues in global finance, economics and policy. The podcast will be available every Tuesday at Reuters.com and the Reuters app. “We use high-level conversations with senior corporate executives, financiers, policymakers and other experts to shape and refine our views. […]
FT has best financial year since 2012
The Financial Times made more than half a billion pounds in revenue for the first time in its history in 2023, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Tobitt reports, “The FT Group globally brought in revenue of £510m amid growth in all its major revenue lines, according to consolidated and unaudited figures shared internally and seen by Press […]
Wired sees success under Drummond
Mark Stenberg of Adweek looks at the success of Wired. Stenberg writes, “The technology publisher Wired has seen its revenues rise and readership swell under the leadership of editor in chief Katie Drummond, who joined the title last August from Vice Media. “Global revenue at the Condé Nast property has risen 6%, while commerce revenue has grown […]
How editorial fuels Bloomberg’s success
A Substack that tracks Bloomberg LP examines its success concludes that the editorial product is one of the key drivers. The Substack reads, “A dedicated team of editors, journalists, and reporters working only for Bloomberg were tasked with generating proprietary financial content. An in-house team could better optimize for speed, accuracy, and brevity to convey […]
Politico seeks a tech reporter
Politico is seeking a smart, enterprising reporter to cover one of the hottest stories in the world: the political and policy collisions between government and the tech sector as Silicon Valley upends the norms of society, business and democracy. This high-profile beat includes chronicling big tech companies’ influence in Washington, efforts by Congress and the […]
Barlett, two-time Pulitzer winner, dies at 88
Don Barlett, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for the Philadelphia Inquirer who also worked at Time, Vanity Fair and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, died Saturday at the age of 88. Gary Miles of The Inquirer writes, “Mr. Barlett partnered with fellow investigative reporter James B. Steele for 26 years at The Inquirer and 42 years overall, […]
