Digital Trends editor in chief Martonik departs
Andrew Martonik, the editor in chief of Digital Trends, has left for a new opportunity. He took on the editor in chief role in July 2021 following several months leading DT’s mobile section. “In just a few short years we doubled DT’s traffic, established ourselves as industry leaders in several verticals, and even reached a #1 […]
Romero-Chan leaving Future for Digital Trends
Christine Romero-Chan, senior editor at iMore at Future, which provides news and reviews for Apple and beyond, will leave to join the mobile section of Digital Trends. Romero-Chan joined Future in 2020 as a staff writer. She also contributed to and wrote for Mobile Nations, a subsidiary of Future. She wrote for and was a […]
Digital Trends smart home editor Velasco departs
John Velasco, smart home editor at Digital Trends has left after over 2 years to join Spy.com, where he will be handling the entire gadgets vertical as a tech editor. He is also the co-founder of Red Bank Pulse, a local lifestyles website focusing on events, food, community causes, fashion, and much more. He was […]
DiPane departs Digital Trends for CNET
Jared DiPane, supervising editor of commerce at Digital Trends, has left to join CNET as managing editor of commerce. He has previously worked as a director, commerce content, overseeing high-yield revenue categories including content planning, commissioning article creation, monitoring ranks, and more for Future plc. He was also a senior editor at Mobile Nations.
Digital Trends hires Colantonio as associate gaming editor
Giovanni Colantonio has joined Digital Trends full-time as an associate gaming editor. Previously, he worked freelance for Digital Trends and as an associate gaming editor focused on gaming and tech deals coverage for G/O Media properties The Inventory and Kinja Deals. He was also head of content and social media at Left Trigger Right Trigger. […]
Digital Trends reviews editor Smith departs
After spending nearly six years as lead editor, reviews at Digital Trends, Matthew S Smith is leaving the company to go freelance. During his time as editor, Smith supervised reviews, set editorial standards and checked copy for consistency with style guidelines. He also supervised mobile, computing, gaming, home, and home theater, each of which is […]
Digital Trends lays off at least 13 editorial staffers
Portland technology news site Digital Trends has laid off at least 13 editorial staffers. Among those laid off was Lisa Marie Segarra, who joined the publication earlier this year from Fortune magazine. She was the gaming section editor. Also laid off was Meira Gebel, a reporter covering everything internet and tech culture related. Previously, she […]
Ars Technica hires Gaskin as senior commerce writer
Corey Gaskin will be joining Ars Technica as the company’s new senior commerce writer. In his new role, he will be working with senior commerce editor Jeff Dunn and the rest of the team. Recently, Gaskin was with Digital Trends which he joined last year as an associate mobile editor. Later on, he was promoted […]
NY Post’s Squire to join Digital Trends as news editor
Paul Squire, news editor at the New York Post, will be joining Digital Trends in the same editorial capacity next week. Squire was responsible for publishing stories, sending push notifications, managing story workflow and other such tasks at The Post. Before that, he was a senior staff writer at TimesReview Media Group. He also served […]
Digital Trends hires Gebel as reporter
Meira Gebel has joined Digital Trends as a reporter. She will be covering everything internet and tech culture related. Previously, she was working as a tech fellow and freelance writer at Business Insider. Before that, Gebel was a reporting intern for The Detroit Free Press and also held the posts of a research intern and […]
