What Lauren Brown of Quartz taught Mitra Kalita
Mitra Kalita, now senior vice president at CNN, writes on Medium about what she learned from Lauren Brown of Quartz, who died earlier this week from cancer. Kalita writes, “I hired Lauren at Quartz...
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Brown, special projects director at Quartz, dies from cancer
Lauren Brown, the director of special projects at Quartz, died Tuesday from cancer. She was 37. “It’s been a really rough day at the office. Everyone who worked with her is missing her greatly,”...
Quartz seeks a global news editor in London
Quartz seeks an editor to lead its global newsroom team and guide daily coverage with creativity and ambition. You would run Quartz’s global newsroom, assigning coverage, editing stories, and managing teams of journalists around...
How Quartz is rethinking its membership offerings
Christine Schmidt of Nieman Lab writes about how financial news site Quartz is rethinking its membership offerings. Schmidt writes, “It’s also being a bit more aggressive on pricing, offering a 40-percent-off coupon that lowers a new...
Antunes of Quartz receives lifetime achievement award
Xana Antunes, the executive editor of Quartz has received the Front Page Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Newswomen’s Club of New York. Before becoming executive editor, Antunes led new initiatives since joining Quartz...
Quartz unveils new website, new app
Financial news site Quartz rolled out new versions of QZ.com and its iOS app intended to better serve its readers. CEO Zachary Seward writes, “You’ll find the biggest new feature at the center of...
Quartz removed from App Store in China, site blocked in China
Apple has removed the Quartz mobile app from the Chinese version of its App Store after complaints from the Chinese government, and the financial news site says its entire website has also been blocked...
CEO of Quartz parent sends message to employees
Uzabase CEO Yusuke Umeda sent the following message to the staff of Quartz on Monday about its changes: Dear Quartz, As you have now heard from Jay and Kevin, today we are introducing a...
NY Times hires Quartz Africa’s Dahir
New York Times assistant managing editor for international Michael Slackman sent out the following announcement: The Times has long been committed to covering Africa with depth, creativity and enterprise. Now, at a moment when...
Delaney leaves post as co-CEO and editor in chief at Quartz
Kevin Delaney is leaving his post as co-CEO and editor in chief at Quartz, according to reports. Delaney, who co-founded the business media organization in 2012, is departing to pursue other projects, the company...
