TechCrunch’s Tabatabai hired by NY Times
Arman Tabatabai of TechCrunch has been hired by the New York Times in the video department. Tabatabai is operations manager and will work on operational projects across the video team, including awards, onboarding, budget and project tracking. In this role he will work collaboratively with each editorial team and report into Francesca Barber. At TechCrunch, […]
TechCrunch COO departs after eight years
Ned Desmond, the chief operating officer of tech news site TechCrunch, is leaving the company after eight years. Desmond writes, “Personally, I have lost count of the founders who told me that TechCrunch inspired them to start a company. TechCrunch has over 20 million readers in a hot month, which I take as a good […]
Escher, head of audience development at TechCrunch, departs
Anna Escher, the head of audience development at TechCrunch, is leaving to join DFINITY. Escher writes, “I still kinda don’t believe I had the opportunity to write a small slice of TechCrunch’s history as Head of Audience Development. This role was about highlighting the investigative work of our editorial team. Finessing the touch points with […]
How biz publishers are tying events to subscriptions
Lucinda Southern of Digiday looks at how some business news organizations are tying their events to subscriptions. Southern writes, “Over the last few months, virtual events have been used as an incentive for people to subscribe to publisher paid-for programs. Since launch in April, Verizon-owned TechCrunch has hosted 10 members-only investor Q&A series events, Extra Crunch Live, via […]
TechCrunch copy editor Page set to depart
Holden Page, copy editor at TechCrunch, is leaving the organization. He tweets: “Today is my last day @TechCrunch as I start a new role next week (TBA). The whole team has been incredibly kind and fun to work with, and I’m going to miss them. This will also end a ~4-year run of editing @alex‘s […]
TechCrunch’s Constine joins VC firm as principal investor and head of content
Josh Constine has joined SignalFire as a principal investor and head of content. He was editor-at-large at TechCrunch covering startups and tech giants with a focus on product design, social networks, visual communication, work-from-home software, streaming music, blockchain infrastructure, accelerators, and venture capital. Before joining TechCrunch, Constine was a lead writer at Insider Network. There, […]
Crunchbase News reporter Mascarenhas to join TechCrunch
Natasha Mascarenhas, a reporter covering venture capital and startups in Silicon Valley and beyond for Crunchbase, will be leaving the company to join TechCrunch covering the same beat. Her new job begins next month. Previously, she was a business reporting intern for the San Francisco Chronicle and SFGATE. Before that, she was with Boston Globe […]
The Information hires TechCrunch’s Clark
Kate Clark, a reporter at TechCrunch covering venture capital and startups, has been hired by The Information where she will cover the same beat. Her first day at The Information will be Jan. 13. She is also the co-host of Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital podcast. Clark previously covered the venture capital industry at PitchBook News. […]
Former Crunchbase editor Wilhelm returns to TechCrunch
Alex Wilhelm wrote in his personal blog that he will be joining back TechCrunch to write for the main blog and work on some extra things for Extra Crunch. He will also be working with Kate Clark. Wilhelm’s new job will have him working remotely from Providence with some trips in and around San Francisco. […]
How TechCrunch uses product perks to drive subscriptions
Max Willens of Digiday writes about how tech news site TechCrunch boosts its subscribers. Willens writes, “On Thursday, TechCrunch announced that annual Extra Crunch members, who pay $150 per year, could get two free months of Aircall, a cloud-based phone system that TechCrunch uses for customer service. The Aircall partnership is the fourth member perk TechCrunch […]
