How Quartz is reinventing the email newsletter
Greg Dool of Folio writes about how the financial news website Quartz is having success with is email newsletter. Dool writes, “Four years, 16 million unique monthly readers, two international expansions, and one messaging-style mobile news app later, Quartz has become a prime embodiment of the ‘digital native’ media brand archetype—thanks in no small part to its witty, […]
Quartz India celebrates second anniversary
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney and Quartz India editor in chief Diksha Madhok write about the website’s second anniversary. Delaney and Madhok write, “For our readers in India, Quartz India is also a home for relevant coverage of the new global economy, from Quartz’s more than 80 journalists around the world. “We have also offered you Quartz […]
Why gin and tonic tastes so good, and other pressing questions
Quartz has launched a new science series called “Funny you should ask.” Readers can now send in their questions to the financial news site’s science writers, and Quartz will pick the most interesting ones to answer. The most recent columns take a look at why gin and tonic tastes so good, exploring the underlying chemistry and compatible molecular structures in […]
Quartz names new biz editor, new tech editor, hires travel writer
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following announcement Tuesday morning: Hello Quartz – I’m happy to share some editorial staffing updates: Leslie Josephs joins Quartz in NYC as our travel reporter, starting today. Leslie was most recently a reporter covering exchange-traded funds and markets at the Wall Street Journal, where she also […]
Quartz reporter sues government for immigrant data
David Yanofsky of Quartz writes about why he is suing the federal government to obtain records on who is entering the country. Yanofsky writes, “My lawsuit against the Department of Commerce asks a judge to compel the release of two databases that chronicle the flow of people into the US. One contains anonymous immigrations records; […]
Quartz seeks markets and economics reporter
Quartz seeks a reporter to cover international markets and economics, and the relentless flow of charts, data and ideas they produce. You would be part of the growing Quartz team based in New York, and help shape our efforts to take bracingly creative approaches to covering business news. We are looking for journalists with professional reporting […]
Why Quartz now has an app
Valerie Arnould of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers spoke with Mia Mabanta, director of marketing and revenue products at Quartz, about its revenue strategy. Here is an excerpt: WAN-IFRA: You decided late to enter the news app game compared to most media companies. Why launch an app only now? What are the arguments from […]
Quartz ME Ghosh to become editor of Hindustan Times
Quartz managing editor Bobby Ghosh is becoming editor-in-chief at the Hindustan Times in India, reports Sruthijith KK of HuffPost India. In an email to Talking Biz News, Ghosh wrote, “I’m going to wait for a formal announcement from my next employer before commenting. Should be a couple of days, no more.” The HuffPost India story […]
Quartz promotes Seward to SVP, Antunes to EE, Landy to ME
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following announcement on Monday: Hello Quartz – I wanted to share with you a few coming changes to how our product, technology, and editorial teams are managed. We’re making these changes as a result of our accelerated growth of the past few years and in anticipation […]
Quartz seeks markets and economics reporter
Quartz seeks a reporter to cover international markets and economics, and the relentless flow of charts, data and ideas they produce. You would be part of the growing Quartz team based in New York, and help shape our efforts to take bracingly creative approaches to covering business news. We are looking for journalists with professional reporting […]
