Reuters, Fortune, Bloomberg, CNBC win Headliner Awards
Reuters has won the National Headiner Award for business news coverage for its stories about Elon Musk and his businesses. The judges wrote, “Musk’s companies Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink are transforming the world through innovative applications of emerging technologies, but Reuters’ remarkable reporting reveals how this progress has been accompanied by the dark shadow of […]
Fortune’s Murray becoming Yale fellow
The Yale Program on Stakeholder Innovation and Management announced the appointment of Alan Murray, departing chief executive officer of Fortune Media, as its inaugural executive fellow. For four decades as a business journalist and media executive, Murray has been examining the issues and challenges confronting leaders at the intersection of business and society. Before becoming CEO […]
How Garfinkle is shaping the Term Sheet newsletter
Allie Garfinkle of Fortune, who writes its Term Sheet newsletter, was interviewed by SBS Communications about her job. Here is an excerpt: A number of the tech industry’s top journalists have previously been Term Sheet writers. How are you making the newsletter your own? What changes can we expect? My joke about this: I was […]
Fortune’s Robison departing for new opportunity
Fortune senior tech reporter Kylie Robison is leaving the news organization for a new opportunity. She has been with the magazine since 2022 and covers Twitter and technology. Robison was previously a Business Insider reporter based in San Francisco covering software developers and their communities, tools, startups, and more at Insider’s cloud technology desk. Her scoops and exclusive stories […]
Outgoing Fortune CEO: We’ve had record three straight years of profits
Outgoing Fortune CEO Alan Murray sent out the following to the staff on Tuesday: All, It is with pride and confidence that I can announce that Fortune’s new CEO is Anastasia Nyrkovskaya, our Chief Finance and Strategy Officer. (The New York Times has just reported this news.) She will officially succeed me when I step […]
Fortune names Nyrkovskaya its CEO
Fortune named Anastasia Nyrkovskaya as its next chief executive on Tuesday, making her the first woman to lead the 95-year-old business publication, reports Katie Robertson of the New York Times. Robertson reports, “She takes over from Alan Murray, who announced in October that he would step down in 2024 after nearly 10 years at Fortune. Ms. Nyrkovskaya […]
Fortune hires Snyder as managing editor
Fortune magazine has hired Benjamin Snyder to be a managing editor. He will be focused on hiring and recruiting, launching training and editorial strategy initiatives, kicking off partnerships with journalism organizations, and supporting career development opportunities. Snyder previously was a senior managing editor at Business Insider, which he joined in November 2020. “I actually got my start […]
Nusca returning to Fortune to lead Brainstorm Tech
Andrew Nusca is returning to Fortune magazine to be editorial director of its Brainstorm Tech event and community. For the past year, he has been at Activision Blizzard as editor in chief. He previously was executive editor at Morning Brew. He previously had been digital editor at Fortune, overseeing digital products, including its website and newsletters. He […]
Fortune executive editor: UK lacks journalism that celebrates success
Marcela Kunova of Journalism.co.uk interviewed Alex Wood Morton, the new Fortune executive editor for Europe, about his plans. Here is an excerpt: While many publishers are struggling, Fortune is expanding to Europe and growing its teams. What’s the reason for your success? Fortune caters to executives and leaders which is, by its nature, a small audience. There is a problem […]
Fortune saw strong growth in Europe before expansion announcement
Fortune, which announced a major expansion into Europe earlier this week, saw strong growth in the continent in 2023, reports Kayleigh Barber of Digidday. Barber writes, “Fortune tested the waters in the market before deciding the full-scale investment of building a dedicated team for Europe was worth it and determined there was enough evidence in the […]
