Twitter restores Zero Hedge after admitting mistake
Twitter Inc. reinstated the account of Zero Hedge after suspending it earlier this year, saying it made a mistake in accusing the financial website of violating rules against harassment, reports Siraj Datoo of Bloomberg News. Datoo reports, “‘We made an error in our enforcement action in this case,’ a spokesperson for Twitter said in an email. ‘Based […]
Tech gadget site Wirecutter moves to NYTimes.com
Tech gadget site Wirecutter, acquired by the New York Times in 2016, has become part of the newspaper’s main website. In a post Wednesday, the site explained: Q: Why did you move to nytimes.com? Can I expect to see the same reviews and reporting from the same team I’ve come to trust? A: We’ve shared […]
Quartz CEO Seward: We’re closing office spaces, execs cutting salaries by 20%
Quartz CEO Zach Seward sent out the following to the staff regarding the layoffs and restructuring: Hi, Quartz Thank you for joining our meeting just now. Here’s a transcript of my remarks. From the start of this crisis, I’ve wanted to give you all a definitive assessment of what it would mean for Quartz, beyond […]
Orange County Biz Journal seeks a web editor
The Orange County Business Journal is seeking a business-focused journalist with the skills to take on various assignments, with a focus on managing the day-to-day operations of the paper’s growing web site and digital operations. The OCBJ is the go-to source of business news for the country’s 6th largest county, with a population topping 3 […]
News Corp CEO Thomson: WSJ reaches 3 million subscribers
The Wall Street Journal has reached approximately 3 million subscribers in the last week, a new record, with over 2.2 million that are digital-only, according to comments made Thursday by News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson. Earlier, Journal parent Dow Jones & Co. had received 3 million subscribers across all of its publications, and that was […]
Former Debtwire editor in chief starts news service on renewable energy
The former editor in chief of Debtwire has started a subscription-based news and data company focusing on the renewable energy industry. New Project Media is based in Princeton, New Jersey and operated by Ken Meehan, who is also the CEO. It has reporters based in the Southeast, Northeast, West and Midwest. It writes for professionals […]
Biz news sites reported big gains in March
The top business news sites saw dramatic increases in unique visitors in March as the markets and the economy began to feel the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to comScore data obtained by Talking Biz News. CNBC.com claimed the top spot with 114.7 million users, nearly double the 60 million users it had in […]
Impact investing site Karma hires two journalists
Impact investing news site Karma has hired Glenn Gamboa as editor and Neanda Salvaterra as a reporter. Gamboa will play a role in shaping Karma’s voice as it reports on news and insights relevant to impact investors around the world. A native of Cleveland, where he got his start as a business reporter, Glenn now […]
Tech news site Technical.ly to expand Philly coverage
Christopher Wink, the CEO of Technical.ly, writes about how the tech news operation plans to expand in Philadelphia. Wink writes, “As other local newsrooms are shrinking, we at Technical.ly are about to make the largest single new investment in our journalism that we ever have. “In December, we announced we were adding an additional full-time […]
CNBC claims No. 1 spot among biz news sites
CNBC claimed the top spot in the business news category with a record 115 million unique visitors in March, an increase of 98 percent year-over-year, according to comScore. This marks the first time CNBC has ever ranked No. 1 in the category. Yahoo Finance has been the No. 1 business news website. According to the […]
