Sifted hires Condliffe as chief content officer
European tech and entrepreneur news site Sifted has hired Jamie Condliffe to be its chief content officer. He previously was the executive editor of Protocol, the tech news site. He was also Protocol’s newsletter editor, and he edited The New York Times’s Dealbook newsletter and authored the Bits newsletter. Condliffe has previously worked at MIT Technology Review, Gizmodo, and […]
Tampa Bay Biz Journal hires Pastis to cover tech
The Tampa Bay Business Journal has hired Stephen Pastis to cover technology and innovation. He previously was an intern at Fortune magazine. Pastis previously worked at The State, a newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, as an intern. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina.
Loizos named editor in chief of TechCrunch
Connie Loizos has been named editor in chief of TechCrunch. Loizos writes, “First, with this new appointment, we’re going to lean even more heavily into what we do best, which is to cover the rapidly expanding startup and VC scene. It’s a world I know well as the founder of StrictlyVC, a popular daily newsletter that […]
Engadget reporter Fingas is departing
Jon Fingas, a reporter at tech news site Engadget, is leaving after 11 years. He founded Electronista in 2006, soon after receiving his master’s degree in English, and became an associate editor at Engadget in 2012. He has since covered everything from crypto to politics. He began running Engadget’s weekend coverage in late 2017 and […]
Launching a tech news site means everybody does everything
Katie Way of Hell Gate looks at how four former Motherboard tech journalists departed Vice and started their own tech news site called 404 Media. Here’s an excerpt of her interview with founders Jason Koebler, Samantha Cole, Emanuel Maiberg and Joseph Cox: Let’s talk shop a little—how are you structuring the new publication? Cole: It’s definitely going […]
What happened to Wirecutter?
Charlie Warzel of The Atlantic examines Wirecutter, a tech product site that the New York Times acquired in 2016. Warzel writes, “By 2015, the Wirecutter brand was popular and lucrative enough—in four years, it had generated a reported $150 million in online transactions—that potential buyers came calling. In 2016, the site sold to the Times, as a service-y complement to the […]
Four staffers leave Motherboard to start 404 Media
Four senior writers and editors have left Motherboard, VICE’s technology vertical, to launch 404 Media. Katie Robertson of The New York Times writes, “The tech publication — founded by Motherboard’s former editor in chief, Jason Koebler; two of its top editors, Emanuel Maiberg and Samantha Cole; and one of its writers, Joseph Cox — started […]
CNN Business seeks a tech editor
The Tech Editor is a first-rate journalist and industry observer, setting CNN’s digital agenda for tech news coverage and coordinating with producers, reporters and correspondents across CNN. This is a role for a skilled editor who is adept at covering the rapidly evolving technology industry. The ideal candidate thrives on the breakneck pace of deadline […]
Washington Post taps Dou to cover tech policy
Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery, deputy business editor Christina Passariello, technology policy editor Mark Seibel and deputy technology policy editor Alexis Sobel Fitts sent out the following on Monday: We’re pleased to announce that Eva Dou is joining the Financial staff to cover tech policy, becoming the third member of a stellar team focused […]
Bloomberg names Starr its US East tech team leader
Brad Stone, global tech editor at Bloomberg, sent out a note to staff announcing Hi team, We’re excited to announce that Graham Starr will become US East Technology team leader, starting on Aug. 31. Under managing editor Lynn Doan, Graham will direct a team of reporters in New York and Washington, helming our coverage of […]
