Schnaidt hired as Fast Company creative director
Mike Schnaidt was hired as creative director of Fast Company. Before coming to Fast Company, Schnaidt was the creative director at Men’s Health and menshealth.com, where he received two industry awards: Advertising Age’s “Magazine Of The Year” and Folio’s Integrated Marketing Campaign Award. Previous to that position, Schnaidt held the position of deputy […]
Smalera hired as digital editor at Fast Company
Paul Smalera, the ideas editor at Quartz, has been hired as digital editor of FastCompany. He replaces Noah Robischon, who left last month. Fast Company has also hired a new editor, Stephanie Mehta, in the past month. Smalera has been with Quartz since November 2014. He joined the website from The New York Times, where he was […]
Mehta named new editor of Fast Company magazine
Mansueto Ventures CEO Eric Schurenberg sent out the following announcement on Monday: We have a new editor in chief of Fast Company. Her name is Stephanie Mehta, and if you’ve followed practically any of Fortune’s cover stories in 2013 or 2014 or its Most Powerful Women in Business franchise, or Bloomberg’s worldwide conferences, or (most […]
Fast Company executive editor Robischon departs
Fast Company executive editor Noah Robischon has left the magazine. His last day was Friday. He plans to announce a new project soon. On Facebook, Robischon wrote, “It was a fantastic run, nearly a decade long — and I loved working there. When I arrived, in the depths of a global financial meltdown, I never imagined that […]
Big changes coming for Fast Company
Big changes are coming for Fast Company with the departure of editor Bob Safian and the promotion of Eric Schurenberg to CEO of Mansueto Ventures, the parent of it and Inc. magazine, reports Keith Kelly of the New York Post. Kelly writes,”Schurenberg held a town hall meeting last Thursday to let employees know what is happening — but he may need […]
Fast Company editor Safian leaving after 12 years
Robert Safian, who has been editor of Fast Company magazine for the past 12 years, is leaving to pursue a new opportunity. Sami Main of Adweek reports, “Safian will stay with his team through the end of its upcoming issue, but will look into other opportunities that he’s continually turned down over the years. ‘I consistently […]
Fast Company’s Pastore joins Gizmodo
Rose Pastore, an associate editor at Fast Company, has left the magazine to join Gizmodo as its science editor. She started her new position on Monday. Pastore had been with Fast Company since June 2014. Before that, she was an assistant editor at Popular Science for 16 months. She also interned at Popular Science, MarketWatch.com […]
How positive references to products and companies end up in stories
Jon Christian of The Outline reports about how writers for business publications such as Fast Company and Business Insider have received money in exchange for positive references to companies or products. Christian writes, “People involved with the payoffs are extremely reluctant to discuss them, but four contributing writers to prominent publications including Mashable, Inc, Business […]
Fast Company’s Farr hired by CNBC to cover tech
Christina Farr, a senior writer for Fast Company magazine for the past 18 months, has been hired by CNBC. At CNBC, she will be covering biotech and health technology stories for its website. At Fast Company, she specialized in electronic medical records, health software, genetics and biotechnology. She will be reporting into Matt Rosoff, who […]
Fast Company seeks news writer
Fast Company is looking for a full-time news writer based in New York to cover business, technology, creativity, and innovation. We’re seeking a creative thinker, imagineer, and news junkie who can collaborate with the news team on smart angles and analyses on the issues that matter to our readers. The writer will primarily be responsible […]
