Digiday senior editor Willens set to depart

Max Willens, senior editor for research and features at Digiday, is leaving. Willens joined Digiday in 2016 as a platforms reporter and then served as a senior reporter. He has also written on the economics of the entertainment business focusing on the music industry at IBT Media. He was also a contributor at Advertising Age. […]

Digiday hires Carty as senior editor

Meghan Carty has joined Digiday as a senior editor, based in New York. She previously worked as a freelance producer for the company. Carty joins from Automationtechies, a recruiting firm in Minnesota that connects engineers and professionals with employers. She has also worked at Skift as a research associate and research analyst. She has held […]

Weiss swaps Adweek for Digiday

Tara Weiss, staff writer – performance marketing at Adweek, has left to join Digiday as senior workplace reporter. She begins Dec. 13. She also reported for and was editor-at-large at ViacomCBS and has written for Forbes, The Journal News Media Group business desk and The Hartford Courant. Weiss graduated from Syracuse University.

Digiday hires Shields as senior reporter, advertising technology

Digiday has hired Ronan Shields as a senior reporter, advertising technology. He joins from Adweek, where he was a programmatic editor. Additionally, he was a digital editor and The Drum. He was also executive editor of ExchangeWire Ltd and has worked as a reporter for New Media Age and then as a reporter for Marketing […]

Protocol taps Kaye as senior reporter

Kate Kaye, platforms, data and privacy reporter at Digiday, has left to join Protocol as a senior reporter covering artificial intelligence and data. She is also the founder of RedTail AI, a journalistic endeavor illuminating complex artificial intelligence concepts and tracking AI and tech ethics issues. She was also an audio and podcast journalist and producer […]

Patterson joins Digiday as audio and multimedia producer

Sara Patterson has joined Digiday as an audio and multimedia producer. Previously, she has worked as an associate audio producer and then as an audio producer at HuffPost. She was also an associate podcast producer at Bloomberg. Patterson also served as a podcast and video intern at FiveThirtyEight. She has also interned at Philadelphia City […]

Weissman adds director of editorial products role at Digiday

Cale G. Weissman has taken on an expanded role as director of editorial products at Digiday. He will continue in his role as editor-in-chief of Modern Retail. Before that, he was a senior reporter at Modern Retail. Weissman has also worked as a freelancer covering technology, entrepreneurship, culture, science, and media for The Sweethome, Mic.com, […]

Digiday hires Burgi as senior editor

Digiday has hired Michael Burgi as a senior editor for media buying and planning. He will cover how media agencies are transforming. Burgi was previously senior vice president for DeGennaro Communications, overseeing content creation for clients such as Refinery 29. He previously was features editor and director of editorial partnerships for Adweek. He was also former editor […]

Zelaya departs Adweek for Digiday

Ian Zelaya, consumer engagement reporter at Adweek, is leaving for Digiday. At Digiday, he will be senior editor of custom and start next week. “I’ll miss covering experiential marketing and how brands have pivoted to reach customers in a pandemic (for better or worse),” he wrote on Twitter. “More importantly I’ll miss my Adweek colleagues, […]

Modern Retail seeks a reporter

Modern Retail, Digiday Media’s retail-focused digital publication, is looking for a reporter to chronicle the reinvention of the retail industry. The reporter will cover up and coming consumer-facing startups along with major retailers including Target, Walmart and other big-box stores. They will help shape Modern Retail’s coverage by identifying emerging industry trends and breaking news. […]