Investigative reporter Drange among the Business Insider layoffs
Business Insider investigative reporter Matt Drange was among the layoffs on Thursday. “Grateful for the opportunity to publish a wide range of impactful reporting, first on the tech desk, and for the past several years, on the investigations team,” he wrote on LinkedIn. Drange has reported on money and power in Silicon Valley since 2012. […]
Senior editor Persaud laid off at Business Insider
Vishal Persaud, a senior editor overseeing startups and venture capital coverage at Business Insider, was among the layoffs. He had been with the company since April 2021. “I am fortunate to have worked and collaborated with some of the industry’s best and brightest over the past four years,” he wrote on LinkedIn. “I also got […]
Senior correspondent Price laid off at Business Insider
Rob Price, a senior correspondent covering technology at Business Insider, was among the layoffs on Thursday. He wrote investigations and long-form features about platforms, people, and power in Silicon Valley. “I’m deeply grateful to all the editors and managers I’ve had over the years, and the incredible opportunities they’ve afforded me,” he wrote on LinkedIn. […]
Senior tech correspondent Rogers among the BI layoffs
Senior tech correspondent Adam Rogers was among the layoffs at Business Insider. He has been covering science, technology, and culture. A longtime science journalist, Rogers often writes about how technological and economic trends play out in daily life. He has written about how America can get back to building big infrastructure, and on the tech-capital-funded attempt to create […]
Business Insider finance editor Cane among the layoffs
Business Insider finance editor Jeffrey Cane was among the layoffs at the news organization on Thursday. He had been at Business Insider since April 2022. “I loved working in such a positive, dynamic newsroom and will miss the reporters and editors there,” he wrote on LinkedIn. Cane joined from Barron’s, where he’d been the news and features […]
Union: Business Insider layoffs due to leadership failures
The NewsGuild of New York, which represents journalists at Business Insider, sent out the following statement in the wake of the news that the publication plans to lay off 21% of its staff: We were notified that Business Insider management intends to lay off about 20 percent of our staff members as part of their […]
Business Insider to cut 21% of staff
Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng sent out the following on Thursday: Team, Today we’re making significant organizational changes that are part of the strategy we set in motion a year and a half ago: to be the essential source of business, tech, and innovation journalism for an audience determined to succeed and unafraid to challenge […]
Business Insider names Morris its Singapore bureau chief
Meghan Morris has been named Business Insider’s Singapore bureau chief. She has been deputy Singapore deputy bureau chief for the past 15 months. Before moving to Singapore, Morris had primarily been writing investigative stories about the tech industry. She has also served as a senior reporter on the tech features desk and the finance desk. She […]
Business Insider hires Wang as lifestyle & entertainment editor
Business Insider has hired Lydia Wang as a lifestyle and entertainment editor. She has been love and life editor for Women’s Health, a Hearst magazine, since August 2022. Wang previously worked at Netflix as a contract writer and at Refinery29 as a news and entertainment writer. She is a graduate of New York University.
Business Insider’s Nelken-Zitser moves to new role
Business Insider senior reporter Joshua Nelken-Zitser is moving to a new role focused on first-person journalism. He will be writing as-told-to essays about how people are navigating work, life, and the economy Nelken-Zitser has been at Business Insider since 2020. Previously, Zitser worked at the BBC Radio in London as a freelance broadcast assistant and producer. He […]
