Former Quartz owner says its future is “extremely bright”
G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller pushed back against comments that the financial news site Quartz, which it sold last week, is now a shell of its former self, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette, although its new owner has laid off most of its staff. Tobitt reports, “Spanfeller said Quartz quickly became profitable under G/O Media ownership […]
Quartz has laid off most of its editorial staff
Business publication Quartz, which has been sold off, has axed almost all of its editorial team, making it the latest media brand to see low-quality AI use precede mass layoffs, reports Maggie Harrison Dupre of Futurism. Dupre writes, “The Gizmodo Media Group Union, which represents workers at G/O brands including Quartz, cited the Quartz slop in a powerful […]
Looking back at the history of Quartz
Zach Seward, the former editor in chief and CEO at financial news site Quartz, writes about its history after it was sold for the fifth time. Seward writes, “It’s still not quite clear to me what Jim thought he was buying or why he was so desperate to have it. In the subject line of […]
Quartz has been sold to a software company
Financial news site Quartz has been sold to software company Redbrick for an undisclosed amount. Sara Fischer and Kerry Flynn of Axios report, “Redbrick is buying Quartz as part of an effort to scale publishing sites using tech from its other portfolio companies, a similar model to that used by Recurrent Ventures, The Arena Group and others. In […]
Quartz hires Yildirim as staff writer
Quartz editor in chief Dan Hirschhorn sent out the following on Tuesday: Team Quartz, We’re excited to announce that Ece Yildirim is joining the newsroom as a Staff Reporter. Ece will report and write a wide range of stories, with a particular focus on coverage for our Tech & Innovation channel. Ece (pronounced Edge-eh) joins us from CNBC, where […]
Quartz hires Fellman as markets and finance editor
Quartz editor in chief Dan Hirschhorn sent out the following on Monday: Team Quartz, We are delighted to announce that Josh Fellman, a deeply experienced business journalist, is joining the newsroom as Staff Editor, Markets & Finance. In this new role, Josh will lead all our coverage in the Money & Markets channel, work that will include assigning, […]
AI-generated articles appearing on Quartz
Riley MacLeod of Aftermath writes about the proliferation of artificial intelligence-generated articles on financial news site Quartz. MacLeod writes, “As of publishing, the ‘Quartz Intelligence Newsroom’ has written 22 articles today, running the gamut from earnings reports to Reddit communities banning Twitter posts to the Sackler settlement to, delightfully, a couple articles about how much AI […]
Green becomes contributing editor and columnist at Quartz
Peter Green has been named a contributing editor and Deep Dive/Weekend Brief columnist at Quartz. Green also writes a column for Cheddar and worked at The Messenger as an international affairs writer. Green is a former reporter and editor at Bloomberg News, and a former deputy business editor of the New York Post. He also worked at Crain’s […]
Quartz launches AI show
Quartz has begun a new streaming video interview series called “Quartz AI Factor” filmed at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. Host Rocio Fabbro writes, “Every week, we’ll interview industry leaders from across sectors and discuss how AI is shaping the present and future of business. “For our first episode, we spoke with Doug Clinton, CEO […]
Yahoo Finance hires Bratton as a reporter
Laura Bratton has been hired by Yahoo Finance as a breaking business news reporter. She has been working at Quartz as a tech reporter and co-author of the “Daily Brief” newsletter. Before Quartz, she worked at The Messenger as a breaking business news reporter. Bratton was an intern for New Hampshire Public Radio. She also was […]
