Verizon looking to sell media business, including TechCrunch and Yahoo Finance
Verizon Communications Inc. is looking to sell its media business, which includes TechCrunch and Yahoo Finance, reports Benjamin Mullin and Miriam Gottfried of The Wall Street Journal. Mullin and Gottfriend report, “Verizon has cut jobs in the unit, and in November agreed to sell its HuffPost news division to BuzzFeed Inc. That followed a 2019 agreement to sell the […]
TechCrunch reporter O’Hear leaving for grocery startup
Steve O’Hear, a senior reporter at TechCrunch, is leaving the site to become vice president of strategy at grocery startup Zapp. Isabel Woodford at Sifted writes, “Donning his trademark hat, and tapping an enviable contact book, O’Hear has covered an entire generation of UK startups — penning some of the first articles about the likes […]
TechCrunch EIC: We’re still not dead
TechCrunch editor in chief Matthew Panzarino wrote Tuesday night about the changes announced by its parent company. Panzarino writes, “You may have seen an article over at Axios today about the rebrand of many of the Verizon Media products under a new Yahoo+ banner. I would like to congratulate all of the teams that have worked hard to build […]
Protocol hires TechCrunch’s Dickey to cover AI and DEI
Tech news site Protocol has hired Megan Rose Dickey to cover artificial intelligence and diversity, equity and inclusion in the technology industry. She will start next Monday. “I’m so immensely grateful to all of the fine folks at TC who have taught me so much over the years and have been the greatest colleagues I could ever […]
TechCrunch hires two to cover transportation
Tech news site TechCrunch has hired two new reporters — Rebecca Bellan and Aria Alamalhodaei — to cover transportation. Bellan has been a contributing writer for Forbes.com, covering social media and tech innovation since February 2020. She previously worked as a freelancer at CityLab and as a content writer at The Atlantic. She holds a bachelor’s degree […]
TechCrunch hires Burkholder to cover biotech/health startups
TechCrunch has hired Sophie Burkholder to cover startups from health and biotech to enterprise. Burkholder is a recent graduate of the undergraduate engineering school at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is now pursuing an M.S.E. in bioengineering and engineering entrepreneurship. She has used this foundation in science and business to report on startups, economic […]
Extra Crunch seeks reporter, editor and project manager
Extra Crunch seeks a daily reporter who loves data-driven research and reporting. You will work closely with the Extra Crunch core team to dig into emerging topics and ideas, chase down the right data and experts and put it all together in a multi-author newsletter. The company also seeks a desk editor who can bring […]
TechCrunch names Shieber its climate editor
TechCrunch has named Jon Shieber is climate editor. He will focus on the startups and funding being put behind renewables, environmental technology and green businesses. Shieber has been with TechCrunch since January 2014. He previously worked as a reporter covering venture capital and private equity investment in the U.S. and China at Dow Jones & Co. […]
TechCrunch hires Kene-Okafor to cover African startups
TechCrunch has hired Tage Kene-Okafor to cover African startups. He had been a reporter for Techpoint Africa, based in Lagos, Nigeria, since August 2019. Kene-Okafor was also a social media intern for KariXchange before becoming a journalist. He holds a degree in electrical, electronics and communications engineering from the University of Nigeria.
TechCrunch hires Azevedo as senior reporter
TechCrunch has hired Mary Ann Azevedo as a senior reporter. Her first day was Monday. Azevedo had been managing editor at FinLedger. Azevedo came to HW Media in June 2020 as fintech editor for HousingWire. Previously, Azevedo was working as a senior reporter at Crunchbase News. She was also ranked No. 7 on Techmeme’s leaderboard for […]
