Top biz news sites see decline in readership
Almost all of the top news websites have seen double-digit declines in readership in the past year, and the business news websites are no exception, according to comScore data. Business Insider reported 60.9 million unique visitors in June, down 12.3 percent from its 69.4 million unique visitors in May and down 31.2 percent from its […]
Footwear News taps Ciment as biz editor
Shoshy Ciment has joined Footwear News as a business editor. Recently, she was a reporter at Business Insider. Before that, she served as a junior reporter and fellow. She also interned at CBS News. Ciment was a staff writer, junior news editor, senior news editor and then managing editor at The Commentator. She was also […]
Business Insider hires St. John as transportation reporter
Business Insider has hired Alexa St. John to be a reporter on its transportation team. She starts on Monday. St. John has been a reporter at Automotive News for the past two years, covering technology and supplies. She has reported for Automotive News’ mobility brand, Shift, which includes daily online coverage, print reporting both for the weekly […]
Insider hires Snodgrass as junior reporter
Erin Snodgrass will be joining Insider full-time as a junior reporter. Previously, she was a news fellow at the outlet. Snodgrass was also a news content specialist at Gray Television and was editor-in-chief of The Maroon. She has also served as managing editor for print, managing editor for digital, news editor and staff writer at […]
Insider hires BuzzFeed’s Haskins to cover AI, surveillance tech
Insider has hired BuzzFeed News senior technology reporter Caroline Haskins to cover artificial intelligence and surveillance technology. She will be based in New York and starts Aug. 16. At BuzzFeed, she broke news on Amazon’s Ring, Palantir, Clearview AI, and a host of other important companies and technologies. “I’m thrilled to have a reporter with such […]
Insider promotes Peng to president
Barbara Peng has been named president of Insider Inc., reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “Peng most recently served as president of Insider Intelligence, the company’s research arm. She will continue to oversee Insider Intelligence, which Blodget says is a $60 million+ business, as well as Insider, the business and tech publication. Peng has been with Insider […]
Business Insider taps Sheffey as economic policy reporter
Ayelet Sheffey will be joining Business Insider full-time as an economic policy reporter. Previously, she was working as an economic policy fellow. Sheffey was also a data and editorial intern at FiscalNote. She has also interned at West End Strategy Team and Green America. She was a staff news writer at The Eagle and a […]
Insider hires Low as senior entertainment biz reporter
Insider has hired Elaine Low to be a senior entertainment business reporter in its Los Angeles bureau. Most recently, Low was a senior reporter for Variety covering the business of television, with a focus on media strategy, executive leadership, and evolving platforms and streaming models. She’s written cover stories on Netflix’s global TV head Bela Bajaria, Mindy […]
Private Debt Investor hires Haley as reporter
Michael Haley will be joining PEI Media’s Private Debt Investor as a reporter, covering private debt. Previously, Haley was reporting on venture capital and tech startups news at Business Insider. Before that, he was at Dow Jones, where he worked as a research editor, VentureSource and research editor, Sanctions & Other Official Lists, Risk & […]
Insider hires Velati to cover hedge funds
Fundfire managing editor Danielle Verbrigghe sent out the following announcement on Friday: Hi everyone, I’m writing to let you know that Alyson Velati’s last day at FundFire will be Thursday, July 8. After six years with Money-Media, Alyson is leaving to take a job covering hedge funds at Business Insider. Alyson first joined the company […]
