Tech journalist Etherington laid off from TechCrunch

Darrell Etherington, who has been with tech news site TechCrunch three different times in the past decade, has been laid off. In his most recent stint, Etherington had been editor at large, managing editor, news editor, science editor and a writer. He was also at TechCrunch from 2012 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018. Between […]

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 […]

TechCrunch seeks a venture desk editor

TechCrunch, one of the world’s foremost sources of information on emerging technology, is looking for a San Francisco-based Venture Desk Editor who can manage a team of writers covering startups and venture capital. This includes coverage of investment firms, investors, entrepreneurs and startups and the stories of drama and glory beneath the business of building. […]

TechCrunch seeks a global managing editor

It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of nearly 900 million. Whether you’re looking to write mobile app code, engineer the servers behind our massive ad tech stacks, or develop algorithms to help us process trillions of data points a day, what you do here will have a huge […]

Thompson departs TechCrunch for AI startups podcast

TechCrunch editorial manager Walter Thompson has left the publication to host a podcast about artificial intelligence startups. The podcast is called “Fund/Build/Scale.” Thompson has been with TechCrunch since September 2019 had also been a senior editor. He ran the website’s guest contributor program, which includes paywalled business-related articles for startup founders and investors that appear on TechCrunch+, […]

TechCrunch seeks a VC and startups reporter

TechCrunch is looking for a reporter who can work under the Venture Desk Editor and alongside a team of reporting peers to cover startups and venture capital. This includes coverage of investment firms, investors, entrepreneurs and startups working to build companies and develop technologies. Though TechCrunch covers early stage companies, there is also a broad […]

TechCrunch hires O’Kane as senior transportation reporter

TechCrunch has hired Sean O’Kane to be its senior transportation reporter. He previously was at Bloomberg News covering electronic vehicle startup companies and was based in Texas. He started at Bloomberg in January 2022. O’Kane had been at The Verge for eight years and has been a senior reporter since February 2019. He previously worked as a photo editor at Black Entertainment Television and […]

TechCrunch’s Panzarino on its role in tech news

The Verge editor in chief Nilay Patel interviewed outgoingTechCrunch editor Matthew Panzarino about his job and the site. Here is an excerpt: How do you balance TechCrunch’s role? Because that always felt very difficult to do standalone journalism but then also be so deeply enmeshed in the industry as one of its most important elements. One of my pithy […]

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 […]

Silicon Valley Biz Journal hires Mendez as reporter

Andrew Mendez has joined the Silicon Valley Business Journal as a reporter to cover startup, venture capital, and small business. Recently, he was a multimedia reporting fellow at TechCrunch. Previously, Mendez interned at KUNR-FM 88.7, NPR’s radio station owned and operated by the University of Nevada, Los Angeles Times and Reno Gazette-Journal. He freelanced for […]