CoinDesk hires former CNBC reporter Bennington
Ash Bennington has been hired by CoinDesk as its first-ever markets lead reporter. CoinDesk is the most prominent dedicated cryptocurrency news website. His work has appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, TheStreet.com, Business Insider, ZeroHedge, Yahoo Finance and numerous other publications. “Ash joins CoinDesk at a time when there is a real gap in mainstream […]
How Bloomberg increased page views by boosting site download time
Bloomberg has increased its page views by 15 percent by boosting its site download time, reports Ross Benes of Digiday. Benes writes, “The move helped its articles load faster because Javelin utilizes a newer and more efficient internet protocol, and it allows web developers to more easily isolate problem areas and make more frequent alterations. “More than […]
Augusta biz publication seeks reporter
The Buzz on Biz, a division of Morris Publishing Group, has an immediate, full-time opening for a multi-media business journalist. Our goal is to provide useful and reliable information to help business readers make important decisions for their companies and to help readers understand the impact of news on their firm. That news will be […]
Vanity Fair seeks senior reporter for biz news site Hive
Vanity Fair seeks a senior reporter to join Hive, its fast-growing business news vertical, devoted to authoritative, real-time coverage of Silicon Valley, Wall Street, Washington, and the media. This position reports to VF.com’s news editor. Primary Responsibilities Source and write 4–5 weekly posts, mixing breaking news and social aggregation with original investigative reporting on business, the media, and politics. […]
Blodget talks Business Insider as it turns 10
Shan Wang of Nieman Lab interviewed Business Insider founder and editor in chief Henry Blodget about the website as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. Here is an excerpt: Wang: Editorially, are there new topics Business Insider is trying to build more coverage around, in this particular political moment? Blodget: There’s a ton we’re not currently […]
WSJ seeks editor for digital content strategy
The Editor for Digital Content Strategy maps the journalistic direction of The Wall Street Journal. This person oversees the Editorial Lab, which experiments with new and future digital storytelling platforms, tools and techniques for our journalists. He or she also works with the CTO on the development and improvement of products, tools and formats and […]
Reuters launches new online articles page
Reuters.com debuted Wednesday a new article page design that features an enhanced reading experience and new advertising units. The redesign features prominent use of Reuters imagery, simplified navigation, including a trending topics section at the top of each page, and content widgets, such as interactive stock tickers, maps and in-line video that deliver supporting information […]
BuzzFeed’s Anand hired by The Information to cover Amazon
Priya Anand, who covers tech transportation for BuzzFeed, has been hired by The Information to cover Amazon.com. Anand had been covering Uber, Lyft and Tesla for BuzzFeed. thank you to all the amazing humans at BuzzFeed News for an awesome year covering Uber. it’s been an insane ride with a talented team. — Priya Anand […]
ACBJ launches Rhode Island Inno
American City Business Journals launched Rhode Island Inno, a digital publication that will cover the startup ecosystem in and around Providence. Will Flanagan, director of product and strategy, writes, “We’re part of a network of sites – we’re in Boston, Chicago, D.C, Austin, and the Twin Cities – committed to covering and connecting the people, companies, trends and topics that are impacting your city’s tech and […]
Yahoo Finance editor Serwer sees growth potential in developing countries
Yahoo Finance editor in chief Andy Serwer did a question-and-answer session with Quora on Friday where he talked about the financial news site. Here is an excerpt: Who is Yahoo Finance’s target audience, and do you anticipate that it will change? Our target audience is really anyone in the world who cares about business, investing and business […]
