Quartz names director of revenue products
Quartz publisher and president Jay Lauf sent out the following message to the staff on Thursday: I’m pleased to announce that I am promoting Mia Mabanta to the newly created role, Director of Revenue Products. Engage and Bulletin have been huge winners for us over the 2 years and 9 months we’ve been open for […]
Quartz tests “Read Full Story” button
Joshua Benton of Nieman Lab writes about how business news site Quartz is now using a “Read Full Story” button at the bottom of its stories. Benton writes, “The rise of social distribution has meant the rise of one-off visits — readers who come in the side door and exit right back out to the […]
Quartz hires NY Times finance reporter Anderson
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following announcement Tuesday morning: I’m happy to announce that Jenny Anderson is joining Quartz as a reporter in our London bureau. Jenny comes to us from the New York Times, where she has worked for over a decade and currently covers finance, and will start around Sept. […]
Quartz’s changes include new navigation bar, story display
Quartz executive editor Zach Seward writes about changes the business news site has made to its website. Seward writes, “Still, sometimes we make enough changes all at once that it’s worth pointing them out and, as we’ve done in the past, explaining our intent. Here are the major aspects of this release, officially version 4.0: […]
Quartz Africa has launched
Quartz editor Kevin Delaney and Quartz Africa editor Yinka Adegoke posted the following announcement: Our promise is to tell stories from across the continent for both local and global readers. Feedback and data from our readership in Africa indicate pent-up demand for stories told from the perspective of our writers, many of whom are locals […]
Quartz posting video directly to Facebook, not its website
Quartz’s editor-in-chief and co-president Kevin Delaney explains in a note to readers how the staff has begun to approach video content. Rather than publishing videos simply to qz.com, Quartz’s video team is putting them directly on Facebook, where many viewers prefer to consume content now. He also addresses how Quartz will look at advertising around […]
Quartz hires WSJ mobile product head as platform editor
Zach Seward of Quartz sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Priya Ganapati starts today in New York as our first platform editor and director of platform products. Platform? you might ask. That refers to our existing and future products beyond, like the Quartz Daily Brief, Quartz on Flipboard, possible Quartz mobile apps, etc. Priya will be focused on the editorial […]
Quartz readying podcast, iPhone app
Zach Seward of Quartz writes for Nieman Journalism Lab about a number of projects at the financial news site. Seward writes, “We have built a successful website with 10 million monthly readers, a beloved morning email with a 42 percent open rate, an events program that spans four continents, and a creative services group making […]
Quartz reporters are ideas people
Brian Morrissey of Digiday interviewed Quartz editor Kevin Delaney about how the business news site doesn’t operate the way other media organizations do. Morrissey writes, “Quartz has a 47-person newsroom with a staunchly internationalist outlook, boasting fluency in 20 languages and experience reporting frmo some 115 countries. But the core skill Delaney looks for in reporters […]
Quartz seeks breaking news reporters
Quartz seeks reporters to scan the world for breaking news and quickly offer coverage to our global readership on multiple platforms. These positions are part of a team focused on news writing, the Quartz Daily Brief email newsletter, and products currently in development. Candidates should live for news, have a keen sense of story, and […]
