CNET seeks senior editor in San Francisco

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Why CNET is turning to print

Lindsay Turrentine and Connie Guglielmo of CNET write about why the tech news site has decided to launch a magazine. Turrentine and Guglielmo write, “We’ve grown up with the Web and understand its magic. We know the power of online photographs, slideshows, deep and trusted reviews, and broadcast-quality Web videos. Our work reaches tens of […]

Tech news site CNET branching into print

Technology news site CNET will launch a print magazine, also called CNET, on Monday, reports Stuart Elliott of the New York Times. Elliott writes, “The arrival of CNET in print is indicative of a trend: Brands that began digitally are turning every day into #ThrowBackThursday by adding versions in traditional forms. Other examples include the […]

Sherr named executive editor of CNET

Ian Sherr has been named executive editor at CNET News, where he will oversee news coverage on the West Coast out of the company’s San Francisco headquarters. He most recently served as senior writer at CNET News, covering the social media and video game industries. At The Wall Street Journal for four years before CNET, […]

Russian hacker gets in CNET servers

Thomas Brewster of Forbes.com reports that a Russian hacker was able to infiltrate the servers of tech news site CNET this weekend. Brewster writes, “CNET isn’t saying much at the minute about the nature of the attack or the data that may or may not have been stolen. ‘Here’s the situation, a few servers were […]

Scherr, WSJ tech reporter, joins CNET as senior reporter

Ian Sherr, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires for the past four years, has been hired by CNET as a senior reporter He will cover social media and video game companies for CNET. At The Journal, Sherr covered all manner of companies, ranging from the videogame industry to hardware like […]

CNET hires Guglielmo as editor in chief

Tech news site CNET has hired veteran technology journalist Connie Guglielmo as editor-in-chief of CNET News. Connie will direct all operational and editorial aspects of CNET’s global news team – from breaking news to thoughtful analysis and insightful features. She will work alongside Lindsey Turrentine, editor-in-chief of CNET Reviews. “Connie is a stellar reporter and […]

CNET editor in chief jumps to Coupons.com

Paul Sloan, a veteran business journalist who was most recently editor in chief at CNET, has jumped to Coupons.com where he will be head of communications. Cromwell Shuberth of the Silicon Valley Business Journal writes, “In addition to his time at CBS Interactive’s CNET, Sloan has worked at Fortune, Business 2.0, CNN Bloomberg and U.S. […]

Wood, CNET executive editor, leaving after 13 years

Molly Wood, the executive editor at tech news site CNET, has resigned and is leaving after 13 years. Wood writes, “I’ll be pursuing independent projects that I’m extremely excited about. More details on that will be forthcoming, and you can check my blog, TheMolly, for more. “I’ve had an incredible and, looking back, incredibly long […]

CNET sells reporter’s review to company as an ad

Tech news site CNET has sold a reporter’s review of a Samsung phone to the company eight months after it was published as an ad, reports Brian Morrissey of Digiday. Morrissey writes, “This past April, CNET senior editor Jessica Dolcourt reviewed the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. Under the headline ‘The everything phone for (almost) everyone,’ […]