Konrad, ex-Forbes senior editor, starts Upstarts Media
Alex Konrad, a former senior editor at Forbes who left in January, has started Upstarts Media to cover the startup ecosystem. “Upstarts is founded on the belief that startups are at their best when they challenge the status quo to achieve lasting impact,” he wrote on LinkedIn. “This mission is deeply personal to me – […]
NY Times hires Rudoren to oversee DealBook newsletter
New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn sent out the following on Tuesday: We are thrilled to announce that Jodi Rudoren is coming back to The Times. Jodi will rejoin our newsroom as editorial director of Newsletters, where she will oversee our portfolio of dozens of newsletters that together reach many millions of people every day. This […]
How the FT uses polls to add subscribers
Gordon Smith, newsletter editor of the Financial Times, writes for Journalism.co.uk writes about how the FT uses polls to engage readers and add subscribers. Smith writes, “We have also used polls to reach younger, less traditional audiences. The award-winning FT Edit app launched a new daily newsletter last year, and it includes a poll to […]
Status to launch podcast, unveils redesign
“Status,” the media newsletter from Oliver Darcy, plans to launch a podcast in the next month and has rolled out a redesign. Darcy writes, “Next month, we’re planning to launch the Status podcast, a new way to bring our stories to life. Hosted by Jon and me, the show will take you deeper into the biggest […]
Founder Griffey on what Industry Dive got right
Sean Griffey, until recently the CEO of Industry Dive, joined Brian Morrissey on “The Rebooting Show” to discuss the big things Industry Dive, and by extension a lot of B2B, got right. Here are some highlights: Focus on a specific audience. Industry Dive would turn off ads if it had a story picked up by […]
Darcy hires CNN’s Passantino
Oliver Darcy’s “Status” media newsletter has hired Jonathan Passantino, a CNN deputy managing editor, to be executive editor. Passantino has been with CNN for more than five years. He has been the editorial leader of CNN’s daily news coverage of the media industry and editor of the acclaimed “Reliable Sources” newsletter, which Darcy previously wrote, chronicling […]
How Pomplian re-imagined “The Profile”
Brad Wolverton spoke with Polina Pompliano about she reimagined “The Profile,” her newsletter about profiles. Wolverton writes, “But it wasn’t until this year—eight years after starting The Profile—that Polina had the lightbulb moment that led to her newsletter’s recent transformation. “She recalled how a conversation with her husband, Anthony Pompliano—himself a prolific newsletter writer—helped her […]
How the WSJ decided to launch a newsletter
Leigh Kamping-Carder, head of newsletters at The Wall Street Journal, spoke with Cory Brown of the 99 Newsletter Project about the publication’s newsletter strategy. Here is an excerpt: Cory Brown: The Wall Street Journal has a new AI newsletter that launched in September, correct? How is it different from other AI newsletters out there, and how did […]
Tenbarge departs NBC News, starts newsletter
NBC News tech and culture reporter Kat Tenbarge has left the news organization and started her own newsletter called Spitfire News. She had been at NBC News since 2022. She previously was a senior reporter on Insider’s digital culture desk. She serves as an influencer watchdog, technology reporter, and culture writer. Tenbarge was recognized as a […]
Morning Brew senior reporter McKay is departing
Tom McKay, a senior reporter for Morning Brew’s IT Brew newsletter, is leaving for a new opportunity. IT Brew is a cybersecurity and IT newsletter. He previously worked as a staff writer for Gizmodo, where he covered the intersection of tech, politics, and online extremism, and as a reporter on Mic’s politics desk. His work […]
