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...
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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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
