Techdirt sets up survival fund

Mike Masnick of Techdirt writes that the tech news site has set up a survival fund to help it raise money to defend itself against a libel lawsuit. Masnick writes, “Unfortunately, the fight itself is incredibly distracting and burdensome. It has taken up a significant amount of my time (and the time of others who work […]

Austin American-Statesman seeks business/tech reporter

The American-Statesman is looking for an experienced, motivated reporter to cover a new, hybrid beat on our business/technology team. This position will be largely general-assignment based, with about half its time devoted to the Statesman’s 512Tech.com technology reporting team and half on other general business topics. Specific aspects of the beat will include: Telecommunications (phone […]

Coverage: Verizon negotiates lower price for Yahoo

Verizon Communications Inc. is close to a deal with Yahoo Inc. that will cut up to $300 million off its $4.8 billion purchase price of the internet search engine, according to business news media reports Wednesday. David Shepardson and Jessica Toonkel of Reuters had the news: Since last year, Verizon had been trying to persuade Yahoo to amend […]

TechCrunch for Boston tech news

Ed Harrison of InkHouse spoke with BostInno reporter Dylan Martin about the tech news site. Here is an excerpt: EH: So let’s talk a little bit more about Boston specifically and BostInno. Give me the elevator pitch. DM: We’re basically a TechCrunch for Boston tech news. I think our writing styles are pretty similar — […]

Consumer Reports seeks investigative reporter for electronics

The investigative lead reporter for electronics at Consumer Reports is expected to produce a steady stream of exclusive investigative and accountability enterprise stories regarding technology and digital privacy matters capable of commanding attention on all platforms. Helps craft electronics content strategy for range of marketplace sectors and executes integrated marketing content. Utilizes expertise to generate […]

Coverage: Twitter shares tank on weak revenue growth

Twitter reported fourth-quarter earnings Thursday that showed weak revenue growth, which caused the social media company’s stock to drop 10 percent. Lara O’Reilly of Business Insider had the news: Twitter missed analysts’ expectations for its fourth-quarter revenue — reporting $717 million versus estimates of $740 million — as advertising spend lagged behind a recent acceleration in […]

Reuters makes changes to industries and companies beats

Tiffany Wu, Americas managing editor at Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Colleagues – We have made a series of appointments in recent weeks to bolster our coverage of companies and industries in North America, as we look to better serve buy-side clients by producing stories that offer investable news, information and insights. […]

International Biz Times is rebranding its tech gadget site

The International Business Times is working on a rebranding of its tech gadget site iDigitalTimes, which is set to launch this spring. The site will change its name to Player.One, according to sources close to the company. The site is expected to become more focused on gamers. Unlike traditional sites, which are focused on games […]

Quartz seeks deputy tech editor

Quartz seeks a deputy editor to help run its global coverage of the the technology sector, with a focus on editing daily stories, assisting the technology editor in San Francisco, and contributing their own original takes. You would be part of the growing Quartz team worldwide, and help shape our efforts to take bracingly creative […]

How Technically keeps journalism at the heart of its business

Joseph Lichterman of the Nieman Lab writes about Technically Media, which runs a group of tech news sites from Washington to New York. Lichterman writes, “Even as it’s grown its business, Technically has kept journalism at the heart of its operations. It maintains separations between the business and editorial ends of the company, but Technically sees the […]