Quartz chasing quality with its videos
Kelly Liyakasa of AdExchanger interviewed Solana Pyne, Quartz’s executive video producer, about its goals with its videos. Here is an excerpt: AdExchanger: Where is Quartz Video growing? SOLANA PYNE: When we began, we were a small, three-person lab publishing directly to Facebook because that was a source of lots of traffic for us. It seemed […]
How Quartz at Work looks to reinvent business management reporting
D.B. Hubbard of Talking New Media writes about Quartz at Work, the new site from Quartz that covers business news in the workplace. Hubbard writes, “The site is about ‘being a better manager, building a career, and navigating the modern workplace,’ according to its About Us page. “Not so much as a new B2B website […]
Tarbell, website covering how companies influence, launches
Tarbell, a website founded by former health insurance public relations executive Wendell Potter, launched on Monday. The site, named after former muckraking journalist Ida Tarbell, says it will publish investigative journalism about how companies influence and affect everyday life. “Few people realize the control corporations and special interests have over the United States,” the website […]
CNBC moves up to No. 3 among biz news websites
CNBC.com reached the No. 3 position in the business/finance news category for the first time ever and delivered a record 49.2 million unique visitors in September, which was up 74 percent year-over-year. Yahoo Finance is No. 1 while Business Insider is No. 2. Forbes fell to No. 4. CNBC had the largest visitor growth in […]
ALM redesigns its websites, puts all content on Law.com
ALM, the parent of publications such as American Lawyer, has put the content of all of its 18 legal publications under Law.com and revamped its individual publication websites as well. Editor in chief Greg Mitchell writes, “We’ve undertaken these improvements with a couple thoughts in mind. “First, lawyers today rarely have the luxury of staying […]
Tech news site The Information is doubling its editorial staff
Tech news site The Information, founded by former Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Lessin in 2013, plans to double its editorial staff, reports Jason Abbruzzese of Mashable. Abbruzzese writes, “Four years in, Lessin is vindicated. The Information has more than 10,000 subscribers (though Lessin declined to provide an updated number) and is expanding. The publication […]
CNBC.com seeks consumer and health editor
CNBC is looking for an experienced Consumer & Health Editor to expand and develop our digital coverage of corporate news. Working in close collaboration with the Assistant Managing Editor and a team of reporters, the Editor will help set priorities and assign and edit articles, focusing on both quick-hitting, breaking news short stories, as well […]
Above the Law names Mystal its executive editor
Elie Mystal has been promoted to executive editor of Above the Law, a website that covers the legal industry. Mystal has been with the website since 2008 and has has served in numerous editorial roles at Above the Law and Breaking Media, most recently serving as editor at large of Breaking Media. David Lat, founding editor […]
Business websites named as EPPY finalists
The E&P team, along with a prestigious panel of judges, has voted and selected the 2017 EPPY Award finalists. This year’s EPPY Awards saw more than 300 entries competing in 30 diverse categories. Here are the finalists in the business journalism categories: Best Business/Finance Website with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over Bloomberg […]
Carlson named global editor in chief of Business Insider
Business Insider founder Henry Blodget sent out the following on Monday morning: Team, I have an exciting promotion to announce. But first, some background. This year, our tenth, has been one of the best years in our history. I’ll have more details in our all-hands, but we have made great progress in our mission — serving our […]
