The Economist has started a new digital ad campaign to drive U.S. readers to its 2020 election coverage, reports Sara Guaglione of Publishers Daily. Guaglione reports, “The last time The Economist launched a U.S.-targeted digital ad...
The Economist is driving subscribers from LinkedIn by posting business and financial news on the social media site and then posting everything, reports Lucinda Southern of Digiday. Southern writes, “After switching gears on its content...
The Economist is looking for applicants for two paid fellowships in America. Each fellow will spend six months as a journalist working with the New York and Washington bureaus. You will be writing articles...
Sue-Lin Wong, a reporter at the Financial Times, has been hired by the Economist as its China correspondent. She has been working out of the FT bureau in Shenzhen for the past year. Wong had...
TVC Group, the broadcast PR agency, has closed down after 22 years in business as part of the pandemic related restructuring at publisher The Economist. The Economist cut jobs of 90 staff members across...
The Economist Group said Friday that it is laying off 90 staffers, or just less than 7 percent of its 1,300-person workforce. No editorial staffers are being affected. “We have made the difficult decision...
The Economist Group has named Deep Bagchee of CNBC as chief product officer. In his new role, Bagchee will be overseeing product management for all digital offerings across The Economist Group’s businesses, including The...
University of Navarra professor Angel Arrese writes in Journalism Practice about why The Economist doesn’t use bylines on its articles. Arrese writes, “Anonymity has allowed The Economist to manage its newsroom and its network...
Kim Gittleson, on-air podcast host at The Wall Street Journal, is leaving the Journal to join the senior audio team at The Economist. Previously, Gittleson was with BBC News where she first served as...
Gabe Bullard of Nieman Reports examines how the Harvard Business Review and The Economist are gaining readers with narrated audio articles. Bullard reports, “The Economist, which is available on Noa and Curio, has made podcasts since...
