Fortune overhauls its website
Fortune has redesigned and revamped its website as part of its switch to new ownership. It last redid its website in 2014. As part of its transition to independent ownership, it migrated to a version Fortune Media Group completely controls. Fortune’s newly hired technical team — from chief technology officer Jonathan Rivers on down — […]
RichmondBizSense.com seeks a reporter
RichmondBizSense.com, a pioneer in daily online local business news, is searching for a savvy reporter to join our thriving newsroom in Richmond, Va. 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 will be able to produce tightly written, hyperlocal stories […]
Yahoo Finance launches subscription service for retail investors
Yahoo Finance launched a subscription-based service for retail investors, called Yahoo Finance Premium, the company announced Thursday. The paid service — which costs $34.99 a month for early subscribers and $49.99 moving forward — will give investors a more in-depth look at data. This, coupled with third-party research, analysis tools, company profiles and other features […]
Wired.com seeks an editor in chief
Wired is looking for an editor for Wired.com. Wired is an ambitious, 26-year-old publication obsessed with how technology, science, and culture is shaping the future. The editor of Wired.com should be a terrific wordsmith, a talented manager, and a shrewd strategist, and be excited about, and driven by, staying on top of the news. The […]
FoxBusiness.com seeks a reporter
Fox Business Network is looking for an experienced reporter with strong editorial judgment to drive page views to our website and be a part of a groundbreaking online news-team for FoxBusiness.com. As a reporter, you report and aggregate stories from a wide range of sources and cover breaking news. You play a critical role in […]
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 […]
