LA Times hires Wong to cover tech and entertainment policy
The Los Angeles Times has hired Queenie Wong to cover technology and entertainment policy. Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook’s parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in San Jose and the Statesman Journal in Salem, Oregon. A […]
Ackerman named editor in chief of Gizmodo
Veteran technology journalist Dan Ackerman has been hired as editor in chief of tech news site Gizmodo. Ackerman comes to Gizmodo from consumer technology publication CNET, where he most recently served as editorial director, overseeing coverage of key tech topics including computers, gaming and virtual/augmented reality. There, he led a team producing highly-cited news and […]
CNET overhauls AI policy and updates past stories
Tech news site CNET has updated its artificial intelligence policies, saying no stories will be written entirely using the AI tool, and it’s also updating some past content, reports Mia Sato of The Verge. Sato reports, “But the outlet says it will ‘explore leveraging’ AI tools to sort and analyze data and to create outlines for stories, […]
CNET ME DiPane departing for new opportunity
Jared DiPane, managing editor of commerce at tech news site CNET, is leaving for a new opportunity. DiPane is becoming director of commerce for Valnet. He had been at CNET since November 2021. He previously was supervising editor of commerce at Digital Trends and director of commerce content at Future. DiPane was also a senior […]
CNET journalists seeking to unionize
CNET journalists are pushing to unionize, seeking a formal say on issues such as the use of artificial intelligence at the technology news company, reports Josh Eidelson of Bloomberg News. Eidelson reports, “Pro-union employees, who are organizing with the Writers Guild of America East, said they’ve signed up the vast majority of their coworkers. The union […]
Brown departs CNET, where she was an editor
Shelby Brown has left technology site CNET, where she most recently was an editor. “My time at CNET and the folks I met have left me a better journalist and a better person,” she wrote on LinkedIn. Brown had also been a staff writer for CNET, which she joined in April 2019. She previously was a […]
Senior editorial director Brown among CNET layoffs
Senior editorial director Rich Brown was among the layoffs at tech news site CNET. Brown was the editorial lead for CNET’s Home and Wellness sections, based in Louisville, Kentucky. Before moving to Louisville in 2013, Brown ran CNET’s desktop computer review section for 10 years in New York City. He had been at CNET since […]
Cheng, head of CNET News, departs after 11 years
Roger Cheng, the head of CNET News, has left the news organization after 11 years. “Running CNET News is not a responsibility I took lightly, and I’m incredibly proud of the kind of place we built,” he wrote on Twitter. “CNET wasn’t just a site for gadget reviews, but a bastion of excellent journalism and […]
CNET leadership change as Auriemma becomes editor
Lindsey Turrentine, executive vice president of content and audience at CNET, sent the following note to the staff: Today marks two editorial leadership changes at CNET, both of which will help guide our storied buying advice brand into the future with steady hands and inspiring leadership. Connie Guglielmo, who has served as an Editor in […]
CNET editor in chief Guglielmo to step down
Longtime CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo will step down from her role and take on a new job as senior vice president of AI content strategy and editor-at-large at its parent company, reports Mia Sato of The Verge. Sato reports, “In her new role, Guglielmo will work on machine learning strategy at Red Ventures, the private equity-backed media company that […]
