Nusca, ex-Morning Brew and Fortune, hired by Activision Blizzard

Andrew Nusca

Former Morning Brew executive editor Andrew Nusca, who was laid off in November, has been hired by Activision Blizzard as editor in chief.

He has been with Morning Brew since February 2021.

He previously had been digital editor at Fortune, overseeing digital products, including its website and newsletters. He also edits stories in the print magazine and served as co-chair for our annual Brainstorm Tech conference.

From September 2016 to January 2018, Nusca served as lead of the technology digital desk at Time Inc., one of 10 created to coordinate coverage across the company’s two dozen brands.

He previously worked at CBS Interactive and at Money magazine.

Morning Brew is an email newsletter operation that was acquired by Business Insider.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.