Digiday hires Guaglione as a media reporter
Digiday has hired Sara Guaglione as a media reporter. She started on Monday. Guaglione was previously a reporter at MediaPost, covering the digital publishing, media and advertising industries for Publishers Daily. She also worked at KpopStarz and ISchoolGuide as a reporter and editor. Guaglione is a graduate of the University of Virginia.
Digiday hires McCoy as marketing reporter
Digiday has hired Kimeko McCoy as its marketing reporter. McCoy has been with Turner Broadcasting as a digital marketing specialist for the past 14 months. She previously worked for Adweek as a social media editor. She also spent two years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as an audience development specialist and she worked at the Cherokee Ledger-News as […]
Wheless joins Digiday as commerce reporter
Erika Wheless has joined Digiday as the publication’s commerce reporter. Previously, Wheless served as a journalist at CUNY’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism; a product specialist at AppNexus; an operations specialist at 605; and an operations coordinator at Morgan Stanley. Additionally Wheless worked as a reporting intern for Financial Planning and WNYC Radio. She […]
Digiday hires Jerde as managing editor
Digiday has hired Sara Jerde as its managing editor. She had been a publishing editor at Adweek for the past year. She had been in that role for the past year. She had also been reporting on the business of news organizations, while taking on some editing duties, including the publication’s 2020 coverage. Jerde has been […]
Cooper named editor in chief of Digiday
Jim Cooper has been named editor in chief of Digiday, which covers the media industry. He replaces Brian Morrissey, who left last month. A story on Digiday’s website states, “‘Jim has been working with us since June of this year as our managing editor for Digiday. In his new role, he’ll lead and honor our tradition of […]
Digiday editor in chief Morrissey is departing
Brian Morrissey, the editor and president at Digiday, is leaving the company at the end of the month. “I’m proud we built a global brand based on honesty with a sustainable business — and expanded into new areas with Glossy and Modern Retail,” he wrote on Twitter. “Digiday is a great company with great people.” […]
Digiday’s Modern Retail appoints Weissman as editor
Cale Guthrie Weissman has been named the new editor at Digiday’s Modern Retail where he will be leading the editorial content team to greater heights. In his new role, he will be working with reporters Anna Hensel and Gabriela Barkho. Previously, Weissman was working as a freelance reporter covering technology, entrepreneurship, culture, science, and media. […]
Digiday redesigns site to reflect three brands
Brian Morrissey, the president and editor in chief at Digiday Media, posted Wednesday about its main website’s redesign. Morrissey wrote: Our new site is not a result of the coronavirus dislocation, but it is a way of us adapting to the changed needs of our audience and our own evolution as a company. When we […]
Digiday’s Phinney to join The Daily Beast as newsletter product manager
Caroline Phinney, former audience growth and marketing associate at Digiday, has left the company to join The Daily Beast as a newsletter product manager. Before joining Digiday, Phinney was first working as a staff writer and then as an associate editor/community manager at Babe. She also served as an assistant editor at The Tab Media […]
Promotion for Digiday reporter Willens
Max Willens who initially started as a platforms reporter at Digiday in 2016 has been promoted to the post of senior reporter. Before coming to Digiday, Willens was a staff writer at IBT Media, where he wrote about the economics of the entertainment business with a heavy focus on the music industry. He also covered […]
