Sirota leaving International Business Times for True Blue
David Sirota is leaving his role as senior investigations editor at the International Business Times to lead True Blue, which bills itself as a left-leaning news alternative to Breitbart. Paul McLeod of BuzzFeed writes, “Sirota’s hire suggests that the site is moving beyond partisan argument and advocacy into combative reporting. Sirota is an award-winning investigative journalist […]
International Business Times seeks reporter
The International Business Times is looking for a driven reporter to aggressively cover breaking news and enterprise stories as a social justice beat reporter. This reporter will dig into the Black Lives Matter social justice movement while also staying on top of other civil rights issues, including prison reform, LGBT rights and other news events […]
Battered in U.S., IB Times grows in Europe
Lucinda Southern of Digiday writes about the growth of the International Business Times in Europe after layoffs in its editorial staff in the United States. Southern writes, “Every publisher now has a branded content unit; each touts its own audience as its selling point. Newsweek, with more in-depth coverage on foreign affairs, technology and business, has […]
Ex-International Biz Times staffers going after company
Former IBT Media employees have taken to Twitter en masse to protest the publisher’s failure to pay severance, using the hashtag #IBTWTF in a damning series of tweets, reports Lucia Moses of Digiday. Moses writes, “It’s an unusual tactic, but nothing about IBT has been usual. The 9-year-old media company rapidly expanded to try to transform itself […]
Pressberg, formerly of IB Times, hired by The Wrap
Matt Pressberg, who was covering the business of entertainment for the International Business Times before being laid off at the end of last month, has been hired by The Wrap. “I’m excited to join TheWrap’s film team, where I’ll continue to cover the business of Hollywood, including the surge of Chinese investment into movie companies and […]
Learmonth joining Vice News as news director
Michael Learmonth, who was laid off by the International Business Times last month, has been hired by Vice News as its news director. He starts next week. Learmonth had joined the International Business Times in June 2014 as its global technology editor and then took over media and culture coverage in October of that year. Before […]
Layoffs at International Biz Times hit biz/tech desks hard
Layoffs at the International Business Times on Thursday have claimed the entire media and culture and tech news teams, along with business news and graphics, multiple sources have confirmed to Talking Biz News. Among those laid off were: Roland Jones, the business editor. He joined from Fortune, where he was senior editor for News, managing […]
International Biz Times hires British biz editor, additional columnists
Gaurav Sharma has been named UK business editor for the International Business Times, where he will also write a regular column. Sharma had been contributing to Forbes, where he covered oil and gas. He has more than 15 years of experience in the financial and trade press. Columnist, broadcaster and author Yasmin Alibhai-Brown will also start […]
Candappa named editor in chief of International Biz Times
The International Business Times announced Monday that Dayan Candappa has been named the new global editor in chief. Candappa will be based out of IBT Media’s New York City headquarters and will report directly to co-founder and chief content officer Johnathan Davis. He replaces Peter Goodman, who resigned earlier this year and is now at […]
IB Times layoffs include tech reporters, labor reporter
Peter Sterne of Politico has names of some of the journalists who were laid off by the International Business Times on Thursday. Sterne writes, “At least fifteen editorial employees were laid off on Thursday. They include: enterprise editor John Simons, deputy tech editor Paul McDougall, social media editor James Sienkievic, Silicon Valley correspondent Salvador Rodriguez, […]
