State from Business Insider union on layoffs
We are appalled and angry that Business Insider has chosen, like too many other newsrooms recently, to lay off 22 of our talented members as well as many of our non-union colleagues. Last summer, as we faced a similar round of layoffs, our members fought for and won language in our contract to protect us […]
Business Insider health editor Rosenbaum is leaving
Leah Rosenbaum, the health editor at Business Insider, is leaving the news organization as part of its layoffs. She has been editing about infectious diseases, parenting, chronic illnesses, and other medical topics. She joined Business Insider in 2021 after spending two years at Forbes reporting on the business of health care and the coronavirus pandemic. Before […]
Deputy editor Tracer leaving Business Insider
Zach Tracer, who became deputy editor of Business Insider’s investigations team earlier this month, is among the layoffs. He previously was deputy editor for health care coverage. He joined Business Insider in 2018. Previously, he was a health care reporter at Bloomberg News. Tracer has written about how drug prices are set, the insurers who are profiting off Obamacare, […]
Business Insider executive editor Harrington among the layoffs
Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington is among the layoffs at the news organization. She has been overseeing the science, speed news, weekend news, LA news, visual features, and voices of color desks. She worked across teams to assign, coordinate, and edit breaking news, explainers, features, analysis, and investigations. She also developed guides, trainings, and coaching opportunities […]
Siu among the layoffs at Business Insider
Diamond Naga Siu, who runs the Business Insider “10 Things in Tech” newsletter at Business Insider, is among the layoffs. She joined Insider in 2021 as a senior tech reporter for App Ecosystem and then served as a senior tech reporter for Big Tech careers. Siu worked as a general assignment reporter, early career employee […]
Business Insider laying off 8% of staff
Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng sent out the following on Thursday morning: Team, At the end of 2023, we announced our way ahead: We’re Business Insider, our center of gravity is business, tech, and innovation, and we’re for people who are optimistic, driven, and always looking forward. We closed out last year with a plan in place, […]
Business Insider hires Stewart to write about business, ecoomy
Business Insider has hired Emily Stewart to write about business and the economy. She previously was a senior correspondent at Vox. At Vox, Stewart focused her coverage of how markets affect people in their everyday lives. Stewart launched and was the author of a monthly newsletter, “The Big Squeeze,” examining the ways ordinary people are being squeezed under […]
How Business Insider’s UK operation grew to 70 staff
Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette writes about Business Insider’s London operation, which has grown from seven staffers to 70 in a decade. Tobitt writes, “One of Business Insider UK’s first hires in 2014 was a tech editor, and Ghosh said the bureau has ‘always somewhat focused on startups and venture capital partly because… most of the […]
Business Insider reporter Licea departs for freelancing
Business Insider reporter Melkorka Licea has left the news organization to become a freelancer. She had been a senior wealth reporter and a features reporter. She had been covering the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Licea was previously at the New York Post, where she was a news reporter, enterprise reporter and features reporter. She was also a […]
Law professor: No case against Business Insider
Matt Stieb of New York Magazine’s Intelligencer interviewed Edward Klaris, an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School and former counsel at Condé Nast, about whether billionaire Bill Ackman and his wife have a case against Business Insider. Here is an excerpt: Ackman has lashed out on social media and threatened to “unleash hell” on Business Insider for what […]
