Axios shifting video strategy to TV
Axios is no longer producing editorial videos to distribute on its site or platforms like Facebook and YouTube. The company is moving in favor of television by skipping original digital video. “TV is our editorial video strategy,” said Axios co-founder and CEO Jim VandeHei. In Aug. 2018, the company announced a deal to produce a […]
HBO producing 2 new news seasons of Axios series
HBO announced two new seasons of its Sunday night news program which is modeled after the Axios website, called Axios on HBO. Axios’ daily newsletter concentrates on politics, business, and technology. There is an emphasis on brevity, which producers Matthew O’Neill and Perri Peltz use as models for the TV show. “We are a documentary […]
Axios hires NPR’s Goo
Sara Kehaulani Goo, current managing editor for NPR, will join Axios as an executive editor starting Dec. 2. The hire comes as part of Axios’s aim to expand its tech, business, and science coverage. The company is aiming to have 200 people on staff by the end of the year, a significant increase from its […]
McGill joins Axios as tech reporter
Former Politico technology policy reporter Margaret Harding McGill has joined Axios as a technology reporter. Previously, McGill has covered writing on topics including net neutrality, mergers and the growing antitrust scrutiny of tech companies. She won the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) Best in Business Award for her article on the barriers to broadband access […]
Steve LeVine joins Medium
Steve LeVine, former Future editor at Axios, has joined Medium as the publication’s editor at large. At Medium, LeVine will write across three magazines covering the intersection of technology, economics, and demographics with society, politics, and geopolitics. Prior to Axios, LeVine served as the Washington correspondent for Quartz, was a contributing editor to Foreign Policy […]
Bloomberg’s Talev joining Axios as political editor
Margaret Talev will be joining Axios as a political and White House editor. Axios was founded in 2016 as an American news and information website and boasts hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Talev has previously worked as a White House correspondent for Bloomberg from June 2011 to July 2019. She was also a White House […]
Axios welcomes two new editors
Axios recently welcomed two new editors to its staff: Jennifer Kingson and Michele Salcedo. Kingson joined Axios as the managing editor of business, where she oversees the coverage of markets, banking real estate, and other financial topics. She’s at the helm of both the Axios Markets and Axios edge newsletters. Salcedo is the organization’s news […]
Axios reporter Vavra hired by CyberScoop
Shannon Vavra, who covered breaking news and cybersecurity for Axios, has been hired by CyberScoop as a staff reporter focused on the National Security Administration, U.S. Cyber Command, and cyberwarfare. She will begin on April 15. Vavra has been with Axios since its launch, covering a number of different topics including political news, tech, cybersecurity […]
Axios hires Mashable’s Kramer for space newsletter
Miriam Kramer has been hired by Axios as its space reporter and author of the new Axios Space Newsletter, launching on April 9. Kramer will cover the innovations and advancements in the science, technology, business and politics of space. Like Axios’ Space Deep Dive, her newsletter will cover the science and business of space, from […]
Axios hires Yahoo Finance’s Rabouin
Axios has hired Dion Rabouin, who will write the new Axios Markets newsletter. He starts Dec. 17. Rabouin comes to Axios from Yahoo Finance, where he anchored “Midday Movers” and served as a global financial reporter. He has experience covering bond, equity and currency markets as well as Treasuries, FX and emerging markets. The newsletter is […]
