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 subscriber’s first-year price to $60. “Quartz announced a key hire this morning, bringing Walt Frick (a former Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow here) aboard as […]
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 in 2014. She previously was executive editor and vice president at CNBC Digital. During her two years at CNBC, Antunes led […]
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 our website and app: a continually updated briefing of the day’s most interesting and important business news, selected and summarized by […]
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 from being accessed in mainland China. Nick Statt of The Verge reports, “The publication says it received a notice from Apple […]
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 new leadership team for Quartz. Today is the first of a new chapter for Quartz, and I couldn’t be more excited […]
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 so many of our correspondents have moved on to new assignments, we are looking at this as an opportunity to bring […]
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 announced Monday. Delaney was a reporter at The Wall Street Journal for a decade, with that time split between Paris and […]
Kozlowska joining Quartz investigative team
Hanna Kozlowska is joining the investigations team at financial news site Quartz after covering tech for the site for the past two years. She previously worked for The New York Times as a writer for NYT Opinion and was a fellow at Foreign Policy magazine. She was also a stringer for the Times in Poland. […]
Amrita Khalid has a new gig covering tech at Quartz
Amrita Khalid has started to cover tech at Quartz. Aimed at business leaders, Quartz, founded in 2012, offers a suite of digital products focusing on the global economy. Until now, Khalid has been working as a contributing writer to Engadget for eight months. Prior to that, she has worked as a freelance journalist, as a […]
Quartz reporter Huang leaves for FT’s Ignites
Echo Huang, a reporter for Quartz in Hong Kong, is leaving to join Ignites Asia, a Financial Times publication. Huang had been with Quartz for three years. Some of her coverage focused on electric cars, space commercialization, and China’s film market. Ignites Asia is an online source of news, business intelligence and analysis for and […]
