Quartz names a chief revenue officer
Business news site Quartz has promoted Joy Robins to lead both sales and marketing in the newly established role of chief revenue officer. “Joy’s energy, skill and credibility have made her not only a great driver of revenue, but a great leader as well. We recently consolidated sales and marketing under Joy and we’re already […]
Personal finance site NerdWallet lays off 53
Nerdwallet CEO Tim Chen sent out the following announcement to the staff of the personal finance site on Thursday: Hi Nerds, I have some tough news to share today. As part of the 2018 planning process, the leadership team spent a significant amount of time evaluating our needs for next year and has decided to […]
WSJ is experimenting with its comments
The Wall Street Journal is testing a new commenting system using software developed in partnership with The Coral Project. A story on its website states, “In the first phase of this test, we are offering comments using this software on a limited number of articles, including essays from our Review section as well as Journal […]
Business Insider rolls out paid content financial news site
Business Insider has launched a subscription site aimed at die-hard consumers of financial news, reports Benjamin Mullin of The Wall Street Journal. Mullin reports, “The subscription offering, called BI Prime, has been tested in various formats for more than a year but was rolled out to Business Insider’s entire audience earlier this week. “BI Prime is a […]
Deadline hires Recode’s Chmielewski as tech editor
Entertainment news site Deadline Hollywood has hired Dawn C. Chmielewski as its technology editor. She will report to Deadline co-editors-in-chief Mike Fleming Jr. and Nellie Andreeva. A story on its website states, “Chmielewski is a seasoned journalist who has been writing about the intersection of tech and entertainment since the days of Napster, working at the San Jose Mercury […]
Penny Hoarder is about helping readers earn and save money
Laura Emily Dunn of The Huffington Post interviewed Alexis Grant, the executive editor of personal finance site The Penny Hoarder. Here is an excerpt: How has your previous employment experience aided your tenure at The Penny Hoarder? I worked in journalism for a handful of years — first at the Houston Chronicle, then at U.S. News & […]
Forbes shuts down its opinion section
Forbes is shutting down its opinion section on its website as it leans further into its wide network of online contributors, reports Maxwell Tani of Business Insider. Tani reports, “In an internal email to staff obtained by Business Insider, Forbes Media vice president Mark Coatney said the publication would eliminate its opinion section entirely, focusing instead on its […]
VTDigger seeks a business reporter
VTDigger.org is the premier daily news organization in Vermont with 230,000 unique readers a month. We specialize in watchdog reporting on state government, business and politics. Our work has been recognized nationally and is frequently picked up by Politico, the Washington Post and the New York Times. VTDigger.org is seeking a business reporter with data skills who […]
Consumer Reports CEO explains why Consumerist is being shuttered
Marta Tellado, the president and CEO of Consumer Reports, sent out the following to the staff about it shutting the Consumerist website: Dear Colleagues, At the heart of our transformation is a commitment to take a hard look at ourselves, examine everything we do, and work to ensure we are in a position to do […]
CNBC.com seeks a news associate
CNBC.com, the web site of business-news network CNBC, is looking for a news associate to help us identify great content (written stories, commentary and videos) from partner sites – and potential partners. This person will work closely with senior editors to feed that content into the right sections. We’re looking for a serious news junkie […]
