Consumer Reports staff to get training
Glenn Derene, director of content development at Consumer Reports, sent the following email to the staff: To all Consumer Reports Editorial Staff, As we evolve Consumer Reports, one of our key priorities has been to make sure every piece of writing is executed with both ambition and technical excellence, as befits a brand with CR’s […]
Money’s Rosato hired by Consumer Reports
Donna Rosato, a senior writer at Money magazine, has been hired by Consumer Reports as a senior editor. As a senior writer at Money, Rosato wrote about the financial challenges facing retirees today and strategies for career advancement. She has also appeared on TV to discuss personal finance issues on “CBS This Morning,” “The Today Show,” […]
Union files unfair labor complaint against Consumer Reports
The News Guild of New York has filed an unfair labor complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against Consumer Reports. The complaint, filed late last week, claims that the magazine has not provided information to the union about the reasons why it terminated workers and how their work is now being done. The complaint […]
Three executives leaving in Consumer Reports reorganization
Consumer Reports CEO Marta Tellado sent out the following announcement to the staff on Thursday: Dear Colleagues, I want to share with you today some important changes that will help propel us further along the strategic path to our future. Our journey is marked by exciting opportunities and difficult choices but ultimately, thanks to your innovation and hard […]
The brain drain at Consumer Reports
Jeff Fox, the former tech editor at Consumer Reports, writes on Alternet about the loss of talent at the personal finance magazine in recent years. Fox writes, “The following chart I put together for my investigative site, StateoftheNet.Net, shows the more than 210 years’ journalistic experience that has marched out the door of the magazine’s Yonkers, […]
Union in dispute with Consumer Reports
Keith Kelly of the New York Post writes Wednesday about the News Guild’s protest against Consumer Reports and its layoffs. Kelly writes, “Protestors carried signs that spoofed the ratings system of Consumer Reports and read, ‘management rated unacceptable.’ “The union rolled out the big inflatable rat outside the magazine’s Yonkers, NY, headquarters. “‘We closed off […]
Consumer Reports ME Tiernan to retire
Robert Tiernan, the managing editor of Consumer Reports, is retiring after nine and a half years at the magazine. Tiernan will be staying on through the August issue to help with a transition at the request of new editor Diane Salvatore, said a magazine spokesman. His departure is not related to the layoffs and restructuring […]
Consumer Reports seeks head of video
The Director of Video at Consumer Reports is responsible for overseeing a multi-faceted TV, digital video and podcast operation for the nation’s leading consumer intelligence publisher and nonprofit advocacy group. This strategically oriented, results-driven leader will build upon a strong video strategy supporting Consumer Reports’ overall mission and business – including content, engagement, distribution and […]
Red shirt day at Consumer Reports
Dozens of News Guild of New York members at Consumer Reports magazine marched in solidarity Thursday to a management staff meeting. They were displaying their anger over the management’s decision to lay off 12 of their colleagues Wednesday, including several long-term employees who seniority. The Guild has said it has identified savings that could had […]
Consumer Reports lays off 17 staffers
Consumer Reports has laid off 17 staffers this week, sources confirmed Wednesday. Six of those laid off were managers while 11 were members of the News Guild. Consumer Reports is also said to be creating six new guild positions in its IT department. “Discontinuing two of our niche print publications as part of the realignment […]
