Kiplinger drops ad widgets and increases clicks

Personal finance site Kiplinger has dropped the number of ad widgets on its website, which has increased the number of times readers click on ads, reports Ross Benes of Digiday. Benes writes, “After redesigning its site a year ago, Kiplinger dropped four of the five content-recommendation vendors it worked with and reduced its number of […]
Kiplinger hires senior investing editor

Kiplinger has hired Kyle Woodley as senior investing editor for Kiplinger.com. In his new role, Woodley will lead a team of freelancers to produce timely, actionable investing content to help Kiplinger.com readers prosper in today’s volatile markets. He’ll be covering the entire market from stocks and bonds, to exchange-traded funds and mutual funds. “We are […]
Kiplinger’s promotes Smith to executive editor

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has promoted Anne Kates Smith to executive editor, overseeing all investment content for the magazine. Since joining Kiplinger in 2001, Smith has covered a range of investing and personal finance-related topics. In recent years, she has served as editor of the “Ahead” section, which covers news and trends in all aspects […]
Kiplinger hires Ambrose as senior editor, promotes Block to senior editor

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has hired Eileen Ambrose as senior editor to lead coverage of retirement issues and promoted Sandra Block to senior editor to edit the ‘Ahead’ section of each issue. Ambrose comes to Kiplinger by way of AARP, where she served as Senior Editor and Writer for the Money Team. Prior to that, she was a […]
Kiplinger ups its social media strategy by hiring manager

Kiplinger has hired Ben Demers as its new social media manager. In this position, Demers will take the lead on Kiplinger’s social media initiatives — directing strategy, creating content and expanding engagement across platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Additionally, Demers will be crafting new tactics to increase Kiplinger’s overall social reach, increase brand awareness and web traffic. […]
Bodnar steps down as editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance

Janet Bodnar is stepping down as editor at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance after eight years in the role. She will be replaced by Mark Solheim. Andrea Cwieka of the Washington Business Journal reports, “Solheim came to the magazine in 1980 as an editorial assistant, just ten months after Bodnar. He worked his way up the ladder, from winning a […]
Man charged in bike accident that killed Kiplinger editor

A 27-year-old bicyclist has been charged with disobeying a traffic device after police said he fatally struck a woman who had worked for Kiplinger’s Personal Finance for 40 years, reports the Washington Post. Peter Hermann of The Post writes, “Zakkai Stanley Kauffman-Rogoff of Northwest Washington was issued a citation, said Aquita Brown, a spokeswoman for D.C. […]
Editor at Kiplinger’s dies after being hit by bicycle

Jane Bennett Clark, a senior editor at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, died Friday after being hit by a bicycle, reports Martin Weil of the Washington Post. Weil writes, “The Kiplinger site said Clark covered ‘all facets of retirement’ and wrote a bimonthly column that took a fresh and sometimes provocative look at approaches to life after a career. […]
Kiplinger seeks VP of personal finance content

The Kiplinger Washington Editors, a leading national publisher of business and financial content, seeks an energetic leader with demonstrated personal finance knowledge to advance the success of our print publications while accelerating our ongoing digital transition. The successful candidate will be a high-achieving editorial leader with a keen understanding of digital and print platforms. He […]
Kiplinger’s seeks retirement reporter

Kiplinger’s Retirement Report seeks an experienced reporter to work in our downtown Washington, D.C. offices writing personal finance and lifestyle features on all facets of planning for and living in retirement. Our subscribers are affluent retirees and soon-to-be retirees who want impartial, timely information and advice on income-producing strategies, tax and estate planning, insurance, long0term […]