Car news site Autoblog celebrates 15th anniversary
Greg Migliore, the editor in chief of Autoblog, writes about its 15th anniversary and how it’s changing. Migliore writes, “You might have noticed we spend a lot of time these days playing video games. Our twice-weekly live streams are a huge success, and we love the engagement and passion gamers bring to the Autoblog family. “We’re always trying to […]
Al Jazeera is launching a business news site
Al Jazeera is planning to launch a cross-platform business vertical called AJ Impact, executives tell Axios reporter Sara Fischer. Fischer reports, “It will feature original reporting from Al Jazeera journalists worldwide, as well as curated business content from Bloomberg. “Why it matters: To date, Al Jazeera has mostly focused on hard news topics, like politics, breaking […]
Ladders adds to editorial staff, continues expansion
Workplace news site Ladders has added two new staffers as it continues to expand its editorial operation, which launched in 2017. Ladders now has 15 people now working in its newsroom. Two recent hires are Kiran Aditham and Jennifer Fabiano. Aditham is newsletter editor at Ladders. Prior to Ladders, Aditham was the director of content […]
TheStreet CEO: We published more articles with fewer staff
TheStreet.com chief executive officer Eric Lundberg made the following comments during its first-quarter earnings conference call on Tuesday: We continue to work to maximize the efficiency of the newsroom. In fact, we have published the same number of stories in the stub period compared to the same period last year and up substantially from Q4 […]
Quartz has rolled out a metered paywall
Global business news site Quartz announced that for the first time it would be putting all its articles behind a metered paywall. Christine Schmidt of the Nieman Lab reports, “Read more than 10 or so and you’ll get a pitch for the Quartz Membership, which runs $100 a year or $15 a month. (The membership program launched six […]
Daily Beast hires Hatmaker as senior tech editor
The Daily Beast has hired Taylor Hatmaker as its senior technology editor. She has been a writer at TechCrunch since November 2016. Hatmaker has reported on the tech industry for nearly a decade. Before TechCrunch, she was the tech editor of the Daily Dot. Prior to that, Hatmaker was a staff writer and deputy editor […]
Bloomberg launches “Future Finance” section of website
Bloomberg launched on Tuesday a new digital content hub on Bloomberg.com exploring how technology is disrupting the finance industry called “Future Finance.” Bloomberg’s finance team will work with groups across its global newsrooms, including technology, markets, and graphics, to produce the hub. Coverage on “Future Finance” will include the creative destruction that is transforming trading […]
Wired’s digital subs have increased 300 percent in the past year
Wired magazine editor in chief Nicholas Thompson writes about the success of its paywall one year after it was implemented. Thompson writes, “First off: It worked! Of course you’d expect me to say that, but it really did. I promise. We increased the number of new digital subscribers in the first year by nearly 300 percent over […]
The Information’s constant challenge: Finding the right staffers
Alexa von Tobel of Inc. podcast “Founders Project” interviewed The Information founder and CEO Jessica Lessin about how she started the tech news site. The Information has more than 10,000 subscribers paying $400 a year. “I thought I was going to end my career at The Wall Street Journal,” said Lessin. “I thought I was going […]
BusinessDen.com seeks a reporter
BusinessDen.com, a hard news-heavy online daily business publication in Denver, Colorado, is searching for a scrappy reporter to cover an array of business topics in a booming local economy. And you’ll be joining an exciting new media company with an 11-year track record, experienced leadership and passionate editors and reporters. Job Overview The right candidate […]
