Business Insider joins AI lawsuit against Cohere
Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng sent out the following to the staff on Thursday: Team, This morning, Business Insider — together with other publications in the News/Media Alliance — filed a lawsuit against Cohere, an AI company that has been taking and using our journalism without permission. I have long shared that AI is both […]
Business Insider senior autos reporter Naughton departs
Nora Naughton, the senior autos reporter for Business Insider, is leaving for a communications role with the Michigan Sierra Club. “When I started covering European auto sales for a little blog in 2012, I had no idea I would go on to land dream job after dream job,” she wrote on Twitter. “I have had […]
Business Insider hires Hornstein to cover VCs, startups
Business Insider has hired Julia Hornstein to cover venture capital firms and startups. Hornstein previously was an intern at The Information. She also interned and freelanced at the Jackson Hole News & Guide in Wyoming. Hornstein holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University.
Business Insider CEO Peng describes its strategy
Status newsletter operator Oliver Darcy spoke with Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng about its strategy. Here is an excerpt: What is your vision for Business Insider over the next five years? Is it still trying to be a fun site for younger audiences, or is it trying to cater to an older, more mature crowd? […]
Business Insider’s Lopez joins hedge fund
Business Insider senior finance correspondent Linette Lopez has been hired as director of strategy and communications at ValueWorks, a hedge fund. “After 13 years covering Wall Street, I’m excited to play the game from a different position,” she wrote on LinkedIn. Lopez joined Business Insider in June 2011 as finance editor. She previously was a staff person in […]
WSJ hires Business Insider’s Long
The Wall Street Journal has hired Business Insider’s Katherine Long. She will start later this month. Long is a correspondent on Business Insider’s fast investigations team. She previously covered Amazon, with a focus on the company’s extensive warehousing and logistics operations, at Business Insider and The Seattle Times. She is a graduate of Brown University and […]
Fortune hires Nolan to cover tech in London
Fortune has hired Beatrice Nolan as a reporter in London covering technology. She has been at Business Insider as a tech reporter in the UK, covering tech and the future of work, with a focus on artificial intelligence. She joined Insider in January 2022 as a fellow on Insider’s careers desk. Some of her stories and early […]
CNBC hires Cuccinello to cover wealth
CNBC has hired Hayley Cuccinello as a reporter covering family offices and high-net-worth investment trends for the brand’s recently announced “Inside Wealth” vertical. Cuccinello spent the last four years as a senior finance reporter at Business Insider covering wealth management and the culture of wealth. Prior to that, she was a wealth reporter and assistant editor at […]
Why EIC Carlson left Business Insider
Former Business Insider editor in chief Nicholas Carlson spoke with Mediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin on this week’s episode of “Press Club” about why he left the news organization and his new company. McLaughlin writes, “Carlson’s biggest challenge at Business Insider came when it reported on alleged plagiarism committed by Neri Oxman, the wife of hedge fund manager Bill Ackman. The […]
Business Insider unveils new homepage
Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng sent out the following on Monday: Today we officially launched our new Business Insider homepage! Our homepage is a critical part of our strategy to become the go-to destination for business, tech, and innovation journalism. It’s one of the most powerful tools we have to build and strengthen the daily routine with our […]
