Business Insider hires Dixit to cover Meta
Business Insider has hired Pranav Dixit to cover Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram. He will start in January. He has been Engadget senior editor for a year. Dixit previously was a technology reporter covering the intersection of technology and culture for BuzzFeed News. He has been a Nieman fellow at Harvard University. He was also executive editor of FactorDaily, […]
Brower, formerly with Business Insider, hired by Ankler as executive editor
Ankler, which covers the entertainment industry, has hired Alison Brower as its executive editor. Brower was Los Angeles bureau chief at Business Insider before leaving in February. She will report to Ankler CEO and Editor-in-Chief Janice Min and will work closely with her and co-founder Richard Rushfield. As Los Angeles bureau chief, Brower led a bicoastal […]
AI is helping Business Insider punch above its weight class
Business Insider’s chief technology officer says advancements in AI technology are helping the publisher “to do a bit more to punch above our weight class,” reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Tobitt reports, “This autumn Business Insider released an AI-powered search tool on its website based on its own archive. “Also this year, the site implemented a […]
Business Insider seeks a standards editor
Business Insider is hiring a Standards Editor to join our global newsroom to lead in setting and upholding our editorial standards. Business Insider is for people who are driven, optimistic and always looking forward. Our mission is to inspire action through thought-provoking stories. We tell our audience what they want and need to know to […]
Business Insider seeks an enterprise editor
Business Insider is hiring an Enterprise Editor to lead our teams focused on investigative and enterprising business journalism. An award-winning publication multiple times over, Business Insider has long prioritized in-depth, revelatory journalism. This editor will be charged with shepherding the newsroom’s pursuit of such distinguishing coverage. The role involves oversight of BI’s features and investigative […]
Business Insider hires Russolillo as chief news editor
Business Insider editor in chief Jamie Heller sent out the following on Wednesday: I’m excited to announce that Steve Russolillo will be joining Business Insider in a new role, as Chief News Editor. Steve is an accomplished, enterprising, and versatile journalist who has worked for most of the last 17 years at The Wall Street Journal. As […]
Business Insider deputy EIC Turner is departing
Business Insider’s Matt Turner, deputy editor in chief, sent out the following on Monday: Hello! Today is my last day at Business Insider. I’ve read (and edited) a lot of careers advice in my time here. The best might be the simplest: a great job is one where you love the work you’re doing, and the […]
Dynamo hires former Business Insider executive editor Harrington
Former Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington has been hired by Dynamo to be its chief of staff. Dynamo is the new media company started by former Business Insider editor in chief Nicholas Carlson. Harrington will manage the company’s day-to-day operations, such as human resources, legal, finance and vendor relationships. At Business Insider, which she left […]
Ex-Business Insider EIC Carlson starts Dynamo
Nicholas Carlson, the former editor in chief of Business Insider, has started a video company called Dynamo with the backing of people in business journalism, reports Benjamin Mullin of The New York Times. Mullin writes, “As he was leaving Business Insider, Mr. Carlson sounded out Henry Blodget, the former chief executive of the company, on his next […]
Business Insider reporter Bhattacharya departs
Shriya Bhattacharya, a reporter at Business Insider, has left the news organization for a new opportunity. She reported on the creator economy from a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens at Business Insider. She wrote about how the biggest social-media platforms like TikTok and Snapchat can be more inclusive, and regularly profiled BIPOC influencers and startup […]
