Quartz seeks an editor for premium journalism
Quartz seeks an editor to lead its expansion into subscriptions, taking an entrepreneurial approach to defining our journalism in this area and working with several reporters focused on it. The mandate is to identify creative and compelling editorial approaches for paying readers. We have theses about the opportunities in line with Quartz’s global business journalism, […]
Quartz redesigns its website
Quartz unveiled a new version of its site on Aug. 1 that’s aimed at increasing newsletter subscribers, keeping readers on site longer and delivering advertising through private programmatic marketplaces, reports Max Willens of Digiday. Willens reports, “The redesign, the site’s fifth in six years, will also make it easier to implement a paywall or other […]
Quartz editor: This is a golden age of video journalism
Kevin Delaney, the editor in chief at Quartz, writes about the launch of its show on Facebook Watch and why this is a golden age of video journalism. Delaney writes, “Quartz today launches a new weekly news program that’s a prime example—you can watch it here on Facebook, or below. And you can follow along over the […]
Why Uzabase is buying Quartz
Shusuke Murai of The Japan Times writes about NewsPicks parent Uzabase and its pending acquisition of financial news site Quartz for between $75 million and $110 million. Murai writes, “Tokyo-based Uzabase surprised the journalism world earlier this month when it announced the acquisition of U.S.-based business news website Quartz LLC from Atlantic Media for $75 million […]
Moser hired as deputy obsession editor at Quartz
Whet Moser, a senior editor at Chicago Magazine, has been hired by Quartz to be its deputy obsession editor. He starts on Monday. Moser joined Chicago Magazine in 2011 and previously blogged daily for the magazine’s Web site. He also developed Web-only content and packages that complement the publication’s print features. He previously worked for the […]
Quartz appoints five to help launch Quartz News show
Quartz executive editor Xana Antunes sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Joining Quartz Video to create Quartz News, our weekly news show running on Facebook Watch are: Isabelle Niu joins as a video journalist. She spent the last three years at Splinter, producing, shooting, editing, and hosting breaking news stories,explainers, features, and an hour-long […]
King promoted to ideas editor at Quartz
Georgia Frances King has been promoted to ideas editor at Quartz. “I’ll be working with the world’s biggest thinkers’ boldest ideas for the future of the global economy,” wrote King on Twitter. “More details coming soon, but I’m very excited for this next stage in life’s little adventure.” King has been deputy ideas editor and […]
Quartz is successful because it goes against the status quo
Quartz executive editor Zach Seward spoke with Rick Edmunds of The Poynter Institute about the business news site’s success that led to it being sold to a Japanese company on Monday for as much as $110 million. Edmunds wrote, “Executive editor Zach Seward spoke with me Monday afternoon about how the publication grew and prospered, beginning with that good idea. […]
Memo from Quartz leaders to staff on its sale
The following memo is from Quartz co-presidents Kevin Delaney and Jay Lauf to its staff: Hello Quartz— We created Quartz for people excited by change, and have focused our journalism on the future of industries and economies. Today we’re unveiling some change for Quartz itself, with a sharper vision of our future and a bet on […]
Quartz is being sold to a Japanese company for at least $75 million
Japanese company Uzabase announced Monday that it has signed an agreement to acquire Quartz, the business news outlet created and owned by Atlantic Media, as part of an expansion into the United States. The deal values Quartz between $75 million and $110 million depending on achievement of future financial and operating performance in 2018. As […]
