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 […]
The Wrap sets page view record in April
Entertainment industry website The Wrap hit a record high of 17 million unique visitors in April. TheWrap attracted 16.94 million unique visitors in April 2019, according to Parse.ly, with similar user numbers recorded on Google Analytics. In addition, the 10-year-old Los Angeles-based news site achieved its most trafficked day ever last Sunday by drawing 2.5 million […]
Recode reboots as part of Vox, hires Oltman as editor
Ezra Klein of Vox and Kara Swisher of Recode write about how the tech news site has become part of Vox. Klein and Swisher write, “Recode has its roots in business journalism, reflecting an era when the story of technology was told through product releases and OS updates, management shifts and turnovers, earnings reports and […]
Angwin: I made a founders mistake with Markup
Kara Swisher of Recode interviewed former Markup editor in chief Julia Angwin about her ouster from the tech news site earlier this week. Here is an excerpt: So, I guess the only question is, what the hell happened? Yes. So, I did a kind of founders mistake, which was I recruited Sue to be the business partner. And […]
New Markup editor Larson: We had fallen behind schedule
Jeff Larson, the new editor of tech news site The Markup, writes about what led to the ouster of previous editor in chief Julia Angwin earlier this week. Larson writes, “The Markup had planned to launch early in 2019. At that time, we were expecting to have an editorial staff of 24. But by late 2018 it […]
Refinery29 seeks senior work and money editor
Refinery29 is the leading media and entertainment company focused on women with a global audience footprint of 249 million across all platforms. Through a variety of lifestyle stories, original video programming, social, shareable content, and live experiences, Refinery29 provides its audience with the inspiration and tools to discover and pursue a more independent, stylish, and […]
Why LinkedIn is creating editorial content
Peter Kafka of Recode spoke with Jessi Hempel of LinkedIn about why the social media site is creating more original editorial content. Here is an excerpt of what Hempel said: LinkedIn is working on building up anything that connects people to opportunity. And to do that better, what it needs is for the people who […]
The Information is looking at ads for its website
Tech news site The Information, which has generated most of its revenue from subscriptions, is now looking at selling ads on its site, reports Lucia Moses of Business Insider. Moses writes, “Today, subscriptions, mostly priced at $400 a year, still drive the majority of The Information’s revenue, but Lessin said she’s open to new kinds of […]
Medscape hires Kincaid as associate managing editor
Journalist Ellie Kincaid has been hired by Medscape as an associate managing editor. Medscape covers breaking medical news on drug and disease information. Kincaid previously was an assistant editor for health care coverage at Forbes, where she wrote online news stories and enterprise features about the business of health care and biotech. She also updated […]
