Newton’s decision to take newsletter off Substack
Oliver Darcy of CNN takes a look at Casey Newton‘s decision to take his tech newsletter Platformer off of Substack and Twitter/X. Darcy writes, “For a journalist whose job it is to call out other companies for maintaining questionable business relationships, Newton said it would have not only been ethically dubious for him to ignore the […]
How Business Insider’s UK operation grew to 70 staff
Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette writes about Business Insider’s London operation, which has grown from seven staffers to 70 in a decade. Tobitt writes, “One of Business Insider UK’s first hires in 2014 was a tech editor, and Ghosh said the bureau has ‘always somewhat focused on startups and venture capital partly because… most of the […]
TechCrunch hires Rosoff to be global ME
TechCrunch has hired Matt Rosoff as its global managing editor. He previously was editorial director of tech and climate coverage for CNBC Digital. He had been at CNBC for seven years. Rosoff is based in San Francisco. He worked previously as an executive editor at Business Insider and editorial director at IDG Enterprise, and spent 10 years as an […]
Red Ventures explores sale of CNET
Red Ventures, the digital media and marketing juggernaut, has approached strategic buyers about offloading tech news and reviews site CNET, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “Red Ventures acquired CNET, along with a few smaller websites, from ViacomCBS, now Paramount Global, in 2020 for $500 million. It’s hoping to get at least half of that for CNET alone. […]
CNBC’s Rosoff departing for new opportunity
Matt Rosoff, editorial director of tech and climate coverage for CNBC Digital, is leaving for a new opportunity. He has been at CNBC for seven years. Rosoff is based in San Francisco. He worked previously as an executive editor at Business Insider and editorial director at IDG Enterprise, and spent 10 years as an IT […]
Prominent tech newsletter leaving Substack
Casey Newton, a technology journalist and founder of Platformer, is leaving Substack over its failure to moderate Nazi and pro-Holocaust content, reports Taylor Lorenz and Will Oremus of The Washington Post. Lorenz and Oremus write, “Newton’s announcement comes days after Substack said it would ban five Nazi-affiliated accounts that it had found in violation of its policy against […]
Boston Biz Journal hires two new reporters
The Boston Business Journal has added two new reporters — Trajan Warren will cover banking, finance and professional services, and Isabel Tehan joins the Business Journal as its BostInno reporter, covering the startup and innovation economy. Executive editor Doug Banks writes, “Tehan most recently worked as a reporter at the Worcester Business Journal and previously was a […]
The Telegraph’s Corfield moves to transportation beat
The Telegraph reporter Gareth Corfield is now covering the transportation beat. He previously was reporting on the global tech industry, as part of The Telegraph’s wider business desk. He has been at The Telegraph since March 2022. Corfield was previously a security and legal correspondent for The Register. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Brunel University in […]
CalMatters hires Johnson as its first tech reporter
Khari Johnson has been hired by CalMatters to be its first technology reporter. He will start later this month. He most recently has been at Wired magazine covering artificial intelligence. Johnson previously was a senior staff writer at VentureBeat, where he has covered artificial intelligence as well as the intersection of ethics and policy as well […]
Serrano among those laid off at The Messenger
Jody Serrano is among the editorial staff laid off at The Messenger. Serrano had been covering online communities and social media. Previously, she was an online communities and internet reporter at Gizmodo, where she joined in 2017 as a weekend editor. Serrano began her career in Texas, where she also worked for the Austin American-Statesman and The Texas Tribune. She […]
