Wired names Lichfield its editorial director
MIT Technology Review editor in chief Gideon Lichfield has been named editorial director of Wired magazine. He replaces Nicholas Thompson, who left to run The Atlantic. Lichfield will start on March 22. “Wired is iconic, and it’s been pivotal to shaping technology’s place in the culture,” said Lichfield in a statement. “I’m proud of the work I’ve […]
Insider increases minimum salary to $60,000
Insider is increasing the minimum salary of its full-time employees to $60,000 and improving other benefits, according to an internal memo distributed Thursday. Full-time employees earning less than that amount will see the increase in their first paycheck in April, according to the email from CEO Henry Blodget and chief people officer Margaret Bowani. Some […]
CNBC’s Herera to step back from day-to-day duties
CNBC chairman Mark Hoffman sent out the following announcement on Friday: After more than 30 extraordinary years with CNBC, Sue Herera will step back from her day-to-day on-air responsibilities but remain part of the family as Anchor-at-Large, effective February 17. As part of CNBC’s founding team, Sue helped launch the network in 1989 and played an integral […]
Bloomberg’s Micklethwait on layoffs, reorganization
Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait sent out the following email to the staff on Thursday: To All Bloomberg Editorial & Research: As a newsroom, we have learnt a lot over the past 12 months. At our best, we have been unbeatable. Look at the way we covered Covid and markets, or at the way […]
Fox Business cancels Lou Dobbs’ show
Fox Business Network has canceled “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” the program hosted by a staunch supporter of Donald Trump and of his assertions of voter fraud in the 2020 election, reports Stephen Battaglio of The Los Angeles Times. Battaglio reports, “Dobbs’ program, which airs twice nightly at 5 and 7 p.m. Eastern on the Fox Business […]
Business Insider CEO Blodget explains name change to Insider
Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget sent the following to the staff on Tuesday: Hello, everyone! I wanted to let you know that we’re more fully integrating “Business Insider” with our broader publication “Insider.” In the process, we’re shortening Business Insider’s name to Insider. As you can see, we’ve already changed this at the top of […]
Reuters editor in chief Adler announces retirement
Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen J. Adler announced Wednesday that he will retire in April 2021, after ten years at the head of the award-winning global newsroom. In a message to staff, Adler said: “It has been an honor, and certainly the highlight of my career, to lead this extraordinary news organization. I am so grateful to […]
Barron’s, chronicler of personal and national finance, turns 100 in 2021
Historian Kenneth Pringle writes for Barron’s about the 100th anniversary of the markets publication. Pringle writes, “‘All history is bound up in the human problems of personal and national finance—personal and national protection to daily subsistence,’ Barron wrote in the forward to his 1920 essay collection, A World Remaking. ‘It has been my ambition and life work […]
Adweek names chief content officer, editor in chief
Adweek has promoted its editor to chief content officer and named a new editor in chief. A story on its website states, “Lisa Granatstein has been promoted to Chief Content Officer, and is responsible for Adweek’s content across the business. Her responsibilities include overseeing editorial and events, while also acting as a brand steward in […]
Wired editor Thompson named CEO of The Atlantic
Nicholas Thompson, the editor in chief of Wired magazine, has been hired as chief executive officer of The Atlantic. He will start his new position in February and be based in New York. “I’ve read and been inspired by The Atlantic my whole life – especially through the brilliant run they’ve had recently,” he wrote […]
