Business Insider columnist Greenbaum quits
Daniella Greenbaum, a columnist at Business Insider whose column about actress Scarlett Johansson playing a transgender man in a movie was pulled after co-workers complained, has quit the website. In a letter to editor in chief Nicholas Carlson, Greenbaum wrote: Unfortunately, what happened with my piece — the tarring of a commonsensical view as somehow bigoted […]
Bethany McLean: Musk should be ashamed for criticizing reporter
CNBC’s Scott Wapner interviewed Linette Lopez, the Business Insider senior finance reporter whom CEO Elon Musk criticized over Twitter on her Tesla reporting, to respond to those comments. Lopez denied, as Musk claimed, that she ever offered compensation to a Tesla whistleblower or provided insider information to short seller Jim Chanos, who has also criticized […]
Business Insider pulls column, adjusts editorial policies
Business Insider has pulled a column about Scarlett Johansson playing a transgender man in an upcoming movie after employees complained about its content and changed its editorial policies, writes Maxwell Tani of The Daily Beast. Tani writes, “In an email to editors on Monday obtained by The Daily Beast, global editor-in-chief Nich Carlson announced that BI would […]
CNBC hires Business Insider’s Kovach as tech editor
CNBC.com managing editor Jeffrey McCracken sent out the following announcement on Wednesday morning: I am pleased to announce Steve Kovach is joining CNBC.com as Technology Editor. He will help run our Tech team on the East Coast as well as contribute some stories along the way. Most recently, Steve was a senior correspondent at Business […]
Business Insider seeks a finance editor in London
Business Insider is seeking a fantastic editor to lead its finance team in London. If you love to break news and drive major stories forward, then this could be your dream job. We want someone who can see the bigger picture. They can find the biggest stories about the world’s largest banks and they can […]
Executive editor Lutz is leaving Business Insider to be EIC of Bankrate
Business Insider executive editor Ashley Lutz has resigned from the website after six years to become editor in chief of Bankrate.com. Lutz will also become a vice president at Bankrate’s parent company Red Ventures. She will start in July, be based in New York and will build an editorial team there. She will also be […]
Business Insider parent launching Insider TV
Insider Inc., the parent company of Business Insider and its lifestyle sibling Insider, announced Monday the fall launch of Insider TV aimed at a millennial audience. The channel will launch on popular video platforms such as Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire. “Digital is the new primetime TV, and our goal is to be ready […]
Business Insider reporter Jackson moves to telecom beat
Business Insider reporter Abby Jackson has moved to the telecommunications company beat. She previously covered education. Jackson has been at Business Insider since March 2015. She previously was at JPMorgan where she worked in the chief investment office and treasury. Previously, she worked in education policy in Washington for Achieve Inc., dealing with standards-based reform and the common […]
Business Insider hires Fellman as military and defense editor
Business Insider has hired Sam Fellman as its military and defense editor. Fellman has been managing editor of Task & Purpose, a site covering the military community, since February. Before that, he spent 10 months as world news managing editor at BuzzFeed. He spent nearly three years as managing editor of Navy Times, overseeing daily web coverage […]
Business Insider hires Jakola as assistant ME
Kaitlyn Jakola has been hired by Business Insider as an assistant managing editor. Her first day was Monday. Jakola previously was the copy chief at Mic, where she managed the copy desk operations across all written and video editorial content, including newsletters, push notifications and platform-specific content. She also wrote and maintained the in-house style guide […]
