Business Insider South Africa becomes No. 3 biz news site in country

Business Insider South Africa has become the third largest financial website and one of the top 25 websites in the country after launching in February. In March, the site had 1.4 million unique visitors and generated more than 4.2 million page views, according to Effective Measure. Launched in partnership with Media24, Business Insider South Africa […]

Business Insider hires Oran from Reuters to be a senior editor

Nicholas Carlson, global editor in chief and chief content officer at Business Insider, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Team– Under the leadership of Mo Hadi and Matt Turner, Business Insider’s finance and markets team is now recognized as one of best in the industry. Today it’s getting even stronger. That’s because Olivia Oran […]

Business Insider parent launches new ad campaign

Jenifer Berman, senior vice president of marketing at Insider Inc., writes about the new ad campaign for the parent company of Business Insider. Berman writes, “‘Get In’ is our campaign tagline. It reflects what our audience most wants out of life: to get an insider’s take on what’s exciting and what matters, and to get […]

Business Insider makes a slew of new hires

Nicholas Carlson, global editor in chief and chief content officer at Business Insider, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday morning: Team– Believe it or not, we’re already one quarter through 2018. We’re off to a great start! Business Insider and INSIDER posted incredible traffic months this quarter. The video team is crushing it too. Meanwhile, […]

Business Insider is hiring an innovation reporter

Business Insider is hiring a reporter to join our science and innovation team. The reporter will focus on design, cities, forward-thinking economic and workplace policies, food, and everything in between. Our style is smart, conversational, exciting, and geared toward a general audience. As a reporter on the science and innovation team, you’ll be comfortable writing […]

Business Insider remembers Trevor Cadigan

Abby Jackson of Business Insider writes about its former intern Trevor Cadigan, who died Sunday at the age of 26 in a helicopter crash in New York. Jackson writes, “Cadigan worked at Business Insider from this past October through February, during which time his talent and ambition quickly shone. “‘He was very enthusiastic and was certainly […]

Business Insider revamps editorial for global readership

Jessica Davies of Digiday writes about how Business Insider is adjusting is editorial content now that half of its readers are overseas. Davies writes, “In 2017, U.S.-born Business Insider’s international audience accounted for half its overall traffic, a milestone that triggered restructuring to connect its many newsrooms and better capitalize on resources across different time zones. In […]

Ex-Business Insider intern among those killed in helicopter crash

Trevor Cadigan, an intern at Business Insider until earlier this year, was among the five people who died when a helicopter crashed into the East River in New York on Sunday. Cadigan worked at Business Insider’s weekly show The Bottom Line. For the show, he created graphics and pitched content to be covered in each […]

Bloomberg’s Weisenthal: Still weird every day to put on a suit

Joe Weisenthal, the executive editor of news for Bloomberg Digital and the co-host of Bloomberg Televison’s “What’d You Miss?” and the podcast “Odd Lots,” spoke with the Longform podcast about his career. On leaving Business Insider to join Bloomberg to host a television show, Weisenthal said, “If I don’t say yes to this, then I can never […]

Business Insider seeks assistant managing editor

Insider Inc. is hiring an assistant managing editor to help run the Business Insider and Insider newsrooms. At Insider Inc. our motto is “get better every day.” An assistant managing editor is a crucial person in our newsroom who helps achieve this goal. An AME is someone who is excited to bring new talent into […]