Quartz has launched a new homepage
Quartz managing editor Kira Bindrim wrote the following Wednesday about its new home page: Today we unveiled a new version of our homepage that draws inspiration from our popular email newsletters like the Quartz Daily Brief and Quartz Weekly Obsession. These informative, concise, and conversational rundowns have taught us a lot about how you prefer to get […]
How Quartz went from high-flier to layoffs
Steven Perlberg of Digiday writes about financial news site Quartz, which has gone from cutting edge innovations to layoffs in the past two years. Perlberg writes, “Publishing has gone through about a dozen life cycles since Quartz emerged as a darling of digital media eight years ago, spinning out genuinely innovative features: a sleek website and […]
Quartz CEO to staff: We need to improve diversity, equality and inclusion
Quartz CEO Zach Seward sent the following statement to the financial news site’s staff on Thursday: Hi, Quartz I wanted to write today about the fight for racial justice happening now in the US and, in particular, what it should mean for Quartz. My strong feeling is that, in addition to supporting Black Lives Matter and other […]
Quartz’s Kiderman joins Marshall Project as director of product
Elan Kiderman is joining The Marshall Project as its first director of product. Kiderman will be responsible for upholding and expanding The Marshall Project’s award-winning design and creating new products and newsletters. He will also work on expan ding the organization’s audience and reach, from everyday news stories to marquee features to membership. Kiderman will […]
Investigations editor among those laid off at Quartz
John Keefe, the investigations editor at Quartz, was among the editorial staffers laid off by the financial news site on Thursday. On Twitter, Keefe wrote: “I’m looking for a new adventure — in journalism, news products, machine learning, truth seeking, team building, data for good, editing, or coding.” Keefe previously led the Quartz Artificial Intelligence […]
Quartz CEO Seward: We’re closing office spaces, execs cutting salaries by 20%
Quartz CEO Zach Seward sent out the following to the staff regarding the layoffs and restructuring: Hi, Quartz Thank you for joining our meeting just now. Here’s a transcript of my remarks. From the start of this crisis, I’ve wanted to give you all a definitive assessment of what it would mean for Quartz, beyond […]
Quartz to undergo restructuring as ad revenue plummets, lays off 80
Uzabase, the Japanese parent company of financial news site Quartz, announced Thursday that it will restructure the business and reduce its employees by 40 percent, or 80 positions. The editorial staff of 85 positions is being cut to 50 staffers. Uzabase acquired Quartz in July 2018. The company said that the advertising revenue at Quartz […]
Quartz hires Ho as global finance and economics reporter
Quartz editor in chief Katherine Bell sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Karen Ho is joining our newsroom on Monday, April 6, as a global finance and economics reporter. As a freelance business and culture reporter for the past several years, Karen has reported for outlets including FiveThirtyEight, TIME (she wrote the cover story […]
Quartz names Bindrim, Landy as executive editors
Quartz editor-in-chief Katherine Bell announced changes to the editorial leadership team, including new roles and responsibilities for managing editor Kira Bindrim and Quartz at Work editor Heather Landy, as well as plans for a new managing editor position. Bindrim is now an executive editor, focused on the experience of Quartz across platforms and around the […]
Quartz is betting high-end videos will drive subscriptions
Quartz is betting that its high-end video series will become a leading driver of membership revenue, reports Max Willens of Digiday. Willens reports, “This past week Quartz sent an email announcing the premiere of ‘Risk,’ a new video series exclusively available to people enrolled in the publisher’s membership program, who pay $15 per month or […]
