Morning Brew hires Carr as editorial director
Morning Brew, which publishes business-related newsletters, has hired Alex Carr to be its editorial director. She has been editorial director of newsletters for The Skimm, where she has worked for nearly six years. Carr also previously worked at CBS News and Spring Studios. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College. Morning Brew’s newsletters include Retail Brew, Marketing […]
Hartford Biz Journal expanding into Fairfield County
The Hartford Business Journal is launching a new newsletter focused on Fairfield County’s business community, part of its effort to expand its coverage statewide. Editor in chief Greg Bordonaro writes, “FairfieldBiz will be sent to readers three times a week (on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) at 1 p.m., and feature business coverage of Connecticut’s fastest-growing county. “The […]
Barron’s hires Yahoo Finance’s Schafer as newsletter editor
Josh Schafer has been hired as a newsletter editor at Barron’s. He has been at Yahoo Finance, most recently as a Yahoo Finance markets reporter. Before that, he had been working both reporting and producing roles. Previously, he worked as a Wisconsin Athletics beat reporter at 247Sports. He also wrote features and game coverage for The Boston Globe’s […]
CNBC’s Harring takes over “Squawk Box” newsletter
CNBC reporter Alex Harring has taken over writing the “Squawk Box” newsletter. He has been covering the markets and other stories about issues that shape the U.S. economy. Harring is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he studied English and political science. He interned at The Wall Street Journal. He worked for four years at […]
Crain’s Chicago ME Brumback moving to newsletter position
Crain’s Chicago Business managing editor Aly Brumback will be moving to a new position within the company. She will join the Crain audience team helping to optimize its newsletters across some of the city brands. Crain also has business newspapers in Cleveland, Detroit and New York. Brumback was promoted to managing editor in November 2023. She joined […]
A crypto newsletter that follows the money
Sarah Scire of The Nieman Lab profiles Molly White, whose “Citation Needed” newsletter currently has about 29,000 subscribers and about 2,400 (around 8%) pay up despite the lack of a paywall. Scire writes, “If you were looking for a single journalistic catchphrase, you could do worse than ‘follow the money.’ Investigating and documenting the flow of […]
Status newsletter nears 100,000 subscribers
The Status newsletter, which covers the media industry, is nearing 100,000 subscribers as it celebrates its one-year anniversary, reports founder Oliver Darcy. Darcy reports, “Fast-forward a year, and I’m proud to share that we’ve made remarkable progress. We’re closing in on 100,000 total subscribers. We’ve published hundreds of scoops, breaking some of the biggest stories in […]
The Verge has adds new newsletters
The Verge managing editor Kara Verlaney writes about its new newsletter offerings. Verlaney writes, “First, we’re introducing Regulator by Tina Nguyen. Regulator is focused on the battles between Big Tech and Big Government — from the juicy palace intrigue to the devastating consequences of their political games, written by the author behind The MAGA Diaries: Life Among the Fanatics, Extremists and […]
Wired is launching five newsletters, audio versions of articles
Global editorial director Katie Drummond writes about Wired’s expansion plans. Drummond writes, “You can receive any of five new weekly newsletters, each of them written by a WIRED journalist. These newsletters, available only to WIRED subscribers, will showcase top-quality reporting and analysis, written by reporters who are deeply sourced experts in their field. “You’ll also have access to […]
Heatmap News hires Kaufman to write newsletter
Heatmap News has hired Alexander Kaufman to write its flagship daily morning newsletter AM Briefing. He previously was a senior reporter covering energy and climate change at HuffPost before leaving via a buyout earlier this year. A two-time winner of the SEAL Environmental Journalism Award and a 2024 recipient of the Covering Climate Now Journalism Award, he has […]
