Business Insider seeks a senior editor for economy
Business Insider is hiring a senior editor for our Economy team to help drive coverage on how economic forces shape our jobs, budgets, major life decisions, and more. You’ll thrive in this role if you’re a strong idea-generator and skilled people manager who can inspire reporters, sharpen their thinking, and push them toward bold, distinctive […]
NY Times hires Steussy as assistant editor in LA
The New York Times has hired Lauren Steussy as an assistant editor in the Los Angeles bureau. She previously was a senior editor at Business Insider, which she joined in March 2022. Steussy previously was at the New York Post as a features reporter and an associate features editor. She also worked at the Staten Island Advance and the Orange County […]
Bloomberg hires Torrence to cover VCs and startups
Bloomberg News has hired Business Insider reporter Rebecca Torrence to cover venture capital firms and startup companies. She will start in January, Torrence has been covering VCs for Business Insider. She also covered digital health. Torrence previously covered health care technologies and the businesses innovating at Fierce Healthcare, following a range of issues from cybersecurity and artificial […]
Business Insider increases ad volume
Business Insider in recent weeks increased the volume of advertisements on its website, according to people familiar with the matter, reports Oliver Darcy of Status. Darcy writes, “The ad cadence on story pages is now, for some users, as frequent as once every two paragraphs. The move coincided with BI largely abandoning its paywall this […]
Business Insider plans to launch five new newsletters
Business Insider plans to launch five additional newsletters next week. These weekly newsletters are part of the news organization’s ongoing efforts to connect directly with its readers. The new emails are: Work Shift: Business Insider’s guide to the workplace and economic trends shaping careers; Inside Business: This newsletter will go inside the companies and business […]
Business Insider launching AI pilot for “quick news stories”
Business Insider editor in chief Jamie Heller sent out the following to the staff: Hello, We’ve been experimenting with AI, finding ways to harness it to be more efficient and effective. Many of you have engaged in our AI springs and have shared feedback. Thank you for your participation and input. Today, we are kicking off a […]
Business Insider journalists to hold rally protesting AI usage
Unionized journalists at Business Insider will hold a rally at 1 p.m. Thursday outside company headquarters at One Liberty Plaza in New York to protest management’s planned rollout of artificial intelligence-generated news stories. Earlier this year, Business Insider president Barbara Peng announced mass layoffs of 26% of union-represented jobs and vowed that the company would be […]
Redmond departs Business Insider for The Telegraph
Nora Redmond has been hired by The Telegraph as a business reporter. She previously has been covering markets for Business Insider in London. Redmond also worked as an intern and a freelancer for The Financial Times. She holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Cambridge.
Business Insider lifts its paywall
Business Insider quietly lifted its paywall recently, reports Oliver Darcy of Status. Darcy reports, “The change was not announced publicly—perhaps because it directly undercuts the story chief executive Barbara Peng and Editor-In-Chief Jamie Heller have spent the past year trying to sell to staff and readers: that BI was moving away from the old traffic hamster […]
Business Insider hires O’Brient to cover markets
Business Insider has hired Samuel O’Brient to cover markets. He covers important macro and micro economic stories, including takes from leading economists and hedge fund managers, breaking IPOs, corporate bankruptcies, meme stocks and short-selling. He also writes on other markets such as crypto, oil and real estate. O’Brient previously was at TheStreet.com as a tech markets reporter. He spent the last three years as a reporter for InvestorPlace.com. O’Brient also […]
