How Business Insider boosted its events revenue
Max Willens of Digiday writes about how Business Insider dramatically increased its events revenue this year. Willens writes, “While sponsorships for its virtual events cost less than sponsoring its physical versions — though the company would not say by how much — Business Insider has generated eight times more events revenue in 2020 than it did […]
Business Insider is creating a tech features team
Business Insider editor in chief Alyson Shontell sent out the following on Friday: Team, I come to you with some exciting news ahead of the weekend. Alexei Oreskovic, our West Coast bureau chief, is stepping into a big new job where he’ll be running a brand-new initiative for our newsroom. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of […]
Business Insider seeks an associate tech editor in London
Business Insider is hiring an associate tech editor to join the London office. Deputizing for the tech editor, the associate editor will help oversee a growing tech team. They will brainstorm and pitch great story ideas and edit posts for spelling and grammar, structure, flow, style, and factual accuracy. The associate editor’s primary focus will […]
Business Insider hires Dorman as senior politics reporter
Business Insider has hired John Dorman as a senior politics reporter. “This is a dream role for me and I feel so fortunate to have this opportunity,” he wrote on Twitter. Dorman has been a writer for The New York Times for the past nine years, writing for various sections, mostly at the Travel Desk. He also […]
Business Insider hires Lee to cover cannabis/psychedlics
Business Insider has hired Yeji Jessie Lee to cover cannabis and psychedelics on a full-time basis. She previously was an editorial fellow at Business Insider covering the same beat. Lee spent the summer as a contract reporter for The [Toronto] Globe and Mail’s Report on Business vertical, writing features and breaking news stories on the […]
Plotz departs Business Insider to start podcast company
David Plotz, editor at large at Business Insider, where he writes the Insider Today newsletter with Henry Blodget, is leaving the company to start his own podcast company. He also hosts the Slate Political Gabfest, the popular weekly podcast. From 2014 to 2020, Plotz was CEO of Atlas Obscura, the media and experiences company devoted […]
Business Insider hires Bitter to cover consumer companies
Alexander Bitter is leaving his post as reporter, food retailers and consumer goods at S&P Global Market Intelligence to join Business Insider covering the world’s largest consumer companies, including PepsiCo, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Unilever and more. Prior to joining S&P Global, Bitter was a markets intern at The Wall Street Journal, covering financial markets for the […]
Stokes joins Business Insider as professional services reporter
Business Insider has hired Samantha Stokes as its new professional services reporter covering consulting firms, accounting firms and more. Most recently, Stokes was a staff reporter at The American Lawyer covering the business of law and bankruptcy, law firm financials, politics, real estate, legal ethics and diversity issues. She has also worked as an investigative […]
Business Insider seeks reporter to cover VCs and tech startups
Business Insider’s tech team is looking for a full-time reporter to cover venture capital and tech startups. Silicon Valley’s tech startup scene is exploding, with investors from all over the world competing to find and fund the next billion-dollar “unicorn” companies. Business Insider is looking for a hungry reporter to join our growing VC and […]
Business Insider seeks advertising reporter
Business Insider is looking for an experienced reporter to cover advertising. The job requires traditional beat reporting, investigative work, and analysis with the reporter spending a lot of time with ad insiders and agencies. The company is looking for: Someone with knowledge of the advertising business Someone who can work quickly and independently Someone whose […]
