WSJ’s Wong named AP’s news director for China
Wall Street Journal technology reporter Gillan Wong has been named news director for China for the Associated Press. An AP story states, “Wong, who currently covers technology at The Wall Street Journal, will be based in Beijing as the AP’s greater China news director. In that role, she will oversee coverage in video, text and photos, across […]
LA Times tech editor joins Kaiser Health News as ME
Russ Mitchell, who was the technology editor of the Los Angeles Times before taking its buyout offer, has joined Kaiser Health News. Mitchell will be managing editor. Kevin Roderick of LA Observed writes, “Russ joins us from the Los Angeles Times where he has been their technology editor. He has been covering the convergence of […]
Why The Information’s pay strategy works
Jessica Lessin, founder of tech news site The Information, spoke with Brian Morrissey of Digiday about how its strategy works. Morrissey writes, “The knock on a subscription site like The Information is it won’t scale. It’s focused on tech and media decision-makers, not a consumer audience, and its $399 price point in a sea of free alternatives […]
Bloomberg seeks technology news editor
Bloomberg News seeks an experienced editor to join its fast-moving team covering technology companies, issues and personalities in San Francisco. This award-winning team uses the range of Bloomberg platforms-including the terminal, website, magazines, and broadcast-to tell the story of how the world’s biggest Internet, hardware, software and mobile companies are navigating a changing marketplace, setting […]
Coverage: Yahoo faces potential proxy fight
Things at Yahoo just got a bit hazier, with Starboard Value’s Jeffery Smith threatening a proxy battle against the struggling company. In a letter to the company’s board Wednesday, Smith warned that he and his firm were ready for battle to have CEO Marissa Mayer stripped of her title along with several unspecified board members, writing the […]
Fast Company hired VentureBeat’s Sullivan
Mark Sullivan, a reporter at VentureBeat, has been hired by Fast Company magazine as a senior writer. Sullivan will cover stories about major consumer hardware and software companies for Fast Company. Sullivan was at VentureBeat for 21 months, covering Apple and health technology. He previously was a senior editor for nearly seven years at PCWorld and TechHive, […]
The Verge is trying to shed its male-centered image
Lucia Moses of Digiday writes about how tech news site The Verge is trying to shed its image of being a site for men. Moses writes, “When it was founded four years ago, The Verge drew an overwhelmingly male audience. It started adding entertainment, science and transportation coverage to broaden its audience and advertising base. It […]
WSJ seeks cybersecurity reporter in SF
The Wall Street Journal is looking to fill one of its key technology beats: cybersecurity. This beat encompasses the technological, financial and societal pressures of cybersecurity on consumers, companies and policy makers as they wrestle with everything from low-level hacking to state-sponsored attacks. The beat is broad and intensely competitive, requiring effective source development in […]
Bloomberg Businessweek hires Markets & Finance editor, names Etc. editor
Bloomberg Businessweek editor in chief Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement Monday morning: Happy New Year, everybody. I’m pleased to start off 2016 by announcing a few new members of the Bloomberg Businessweek staff. They are supertalented, very enthusiastic, and already known to some of you from past lives. Pat Regnier starts as editor at Bloomberg […]
Silicon Valley Biz Journal seeks reporter
A Business Journal reporter is the beating heart of the organization and the business, with the vital task of pumping news, information and life into our products on all platforms. First and foremost, reporters must establish themselves as the go-to source of news, data and perspective in their assigned area of coverage. The top mission: […]
