Jacksonville Business Journal publisher to retire
Jacksonville Business Journal publisher David Sillick will retire from the publication effective June 1, according to a story on its website. Editor Timothy Gibbons writes, “Sillick, who lead the JBJ for nearly 20 years, has a long history with American City Business Journals, the JBJ’s parent company. He joined the Triangle Business Journal as an advertising sales representative […]
Mossberg: The most influential tech journalist, and a legend
Jim Bankoff, the CEO of Vox Media, sent out the following note about tech journalism legend Walt Mossberg, who is retiring in June: As a 30-something year old manager at AOL in the early 2000s, I first experienced the fear and anticipation of shuffling into Wall Mossberg’s Wall Street Journal office on Connecticut Avenue in […]
Tech journalist Mossberg is retiring in June
Walt Mossberg, the co-founder of tech news site Recode and former tech columnist for The Wall Street Journal, plans to retire in June. Mossberg writes, “Over my career, I’ve reinvented myself numerous times. I covered the Pentagon, the State Department and the CIA. I wrote about labor wars, trade wars and real wars. I chronicled […]
Ad Age hires Graham from Chicago Tribune
Meg Graham, a reporter at the Chicago Tribune’s Blue Sky Innovation, has been hired by Advertising Age, a Crain publication. Her last day was Friday. She is working out of Ad Age’s Chicago office for a month before moving to New York to cover the media agency beat. “I’ve loved every day of this job […]
Business Insider’s Crowe leaving for Financial News
Portia Crowe, a senior reporter on Business Insider’s finance team, is leaving the website for a job at Financial News, a Dow Jones publication based in London. At Business Insider, Crowe has been primarily covering investment banks, deals, and young Wall Street. Her last day is Friday. At Financial News, she will be an investment […]
Richmond paper cuts standalone biz section
The Richmond Times-Dispatch is cutting its standalone business section during the week amid layoffs that included its deputy business editor, reports Mark Robinson of Richmond magazine. Deputy business editor Greg Shriver was among 33 cut from the newspaper. He had joined the paper a year ago. Shriver was previously the assistant managing editor at The Winchester Star in Virginia since […]
Vox hires Washington Post econ reporter Guo
Jim Tankersley, the policy and politics editor at Vox, sent out the following staff announcement on Monday: All: Politics & Policy is thrilled to announce another superstar addition our team: Jeff Guo is joining us from the Washington Post, to cover the intersection of politics, policy, and the media. Jeff is an extraordinary and rare talent. He […]
Gizmodo’s Drummond joining The Outline
Katie Drummond, executive managing editor of Gizmodo Media Group, is leaving to become executive editor of The Outline, reports Peter Kafka of Recode. Kafka writes: Drummond will oversee all of The Outline’s editorial operations; she praised the work the site has done so far but says it can do more. “I would like to see […]
Business Insider hires Bloomberg’s Ciolli
Joseph Ciolli, a markets reporter for Bloomberg News, has been hired by Business Insider to be a senior markets reporter. Matt Turner, deputy executive editor of Business Insider, sent out an email on Monday. He wrote: Joe Ciolli is joining the markets team from Bloomberg as a senior reporter. You may have seen him on […]
Fast Company’s Farr hired by CNBC to cover tech
Christina Farr, a senior writer for Fast Company magazine for the past 18 months, has been hired by CNBC. At CNBC, she will be covering biotech and health technology stories for its website. At Fast Company, she specialized in electronic medical records, health software, genetics and biotechnology. She will be reporting into Matt Rosoff, who […]
