Quartz’s Steger joins Bloomberg as senior editor
Isabella Steger has joined Bloomberg as a senior editor in Hong Kong, editing enterprise stories and features across Asia. She will continue to write as well. Steger joins Bloomberg from Quartz where she was working for more than four years, joining as a reporter and editor and then holding the post of deputy bureau chief, […]
Quartz needs to return to its innovative ways
Josh Sternberg writes in his media newsletter about why business news site Quartz has been put up for sale by its Japanese owners and what it needs to do to turn itself around. Sternberg writes, “And if I pull a Thornton Mellon reading the wind, much like many media outlets recently (just yesterday, for example, Bonnier […]
Japanese owner puts Quartz up for sale
Online business news site Quartz has been put up for sale just over two years after it was acquired by a Japanese financial intelligence and media company, reports Lukas Alpert and Benjamin Mullin of The Wall Street Journal. Alpert and Mullin report, “The company, Uzabase Inc., agreed to purchase Quartz in mid-2018 in a cash-and-stock deal that could have been worth as […]
Ray joins NY Times as graphics/multimedia editor
Arielle Ray has joined New York Times Video as a graphics/multimedia editor and will be helping out the visual investigations team. Recently, Ray was at Quartz for more than three years, joining as a video journalist. Later on, she was promoted to the post of art director. She has also worked as an adjunct instructor […]
Quartz nearly doubles paid subscribers in one year
Business digital publisher Quartz surpassed 21,000 subscribers this summer, nearly doubling its subscriber base in less than a year, reports Sara Guaglione of Publishers Daily. Guaglione reports, “Quartz had 11,000 subscribers last November. “In March and April, subscription growth rate at Quartz was up by nearly a quarter year-on-year, according to The Drum, which first reported the news. “Katie Weber, president […]
Quartz seeks future of capitalism reporter
Quartz is seeking a reporter who is obsessed with the future of capitalism to cover economics and finance. Candidates will need to have a deep understanding of and fascination with economics, markets, banking, and finance; be attuned to how and why these fields are changing; and show readers the impact of these changes on the […]
Bloomberg News hires de Haldevang for Mexico City bureau
Bloomberg News has hired Max de Haldevang as a reporter in its Mexico City bureau. De Haldevang was previously a reporter on Quartz’s geopolitics team, where he reported on international corruption issues ranging from Russian money laundering to Mexican environmental abuses. He was a 2020 Livingston Award finalist for his reporting on Walmart’s tax abuses […]
Quartz passes 20,000 paying members
Financial news site Quartz announced Monday that it now has 21,000 paying members globally as of the end of June. Quartz membership features exclusive content. In addition to original reporting from its global newsroom focused on obsessions, Quartz also provides members deeply researched guides on what the economy’s next normal will look like, as well […]
Quartz editor Bell argues for more progressive form of business journalism
Quartz editor in chief Katherine Bell has written a column arguing for a more progressive form of business journalism. Bell writes, “If we want a better, more inclusive economy, we need a new, more demanding form of business and economic journalism, one that questions the assumptions our organizations, industries, and economies are built on; investigates not only […]
Quartz seeks future of capitalism reporter
Quartz seeks a reporter obsessed with the future of capitalism to cover economics and finance. The company is looking for an ambitious journalist with at least five years’ professional reporting experience, an entrepreneurial approach, data fluency, and the ability to convey curiosity, sophistication, and a clear point of view in their writing. You will need […]
