The Information hires Mazzilli as NY-based editor
Meredith Mazzilli has joined The Information as an editor based in New York. She comes from Insider, where she was a deputy editor overseeing finance and legal coverage. Previously, she was a desk editor at Reuters with a focus on companies news. Mazzilli has a bachelor’s degree in history from Colgate University and a master’s […]
The Information hires Matousek to cover HR and corporate culture
Mark Matousek has joined The Information as a reporter covering HR and corporate culture in the tech industry. He comes from Insider, where he worked as a business reporting intern, transportation reporter and then as a senior transportation reporter. He has also worked as a contributing writer and has interned at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. […]
The Information hits 225,000 active users
The Information, a tech news publication aimed at the Silicon Valley and founded by former Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Lessin, is expanding its focus with a weekend lifestyle edition. “You can’t cover tech all day long without realizing it’s not just about the companies any more,” says Lessin, The Information’s chief executive. “It’s really […]
The problem between Facebook and tech reporters
Ben Smith of the New York Times interviewed Jessica Lessin, the editor in chief and founder of The Information, about the interaction between Facebook and technology journalists. Lessin’s husband used to work for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Smith writes, “Ms. Lessin said she sees a few patterns, and a lot of symmetry. One is that journalists […]
The Information is expanding creator economy coverage
Tech news site The Information is expanding its creator economy coverage after launching a newsletter on the topic in April, reports Mark Stenberg of Adweek. Stenberg writes, “Coverage of the creator economy, including topics like its hottest entrants and history of skewed payouts, has generated a six-figure subscription revenue for The Information, said general manager of consumer […]
Steinberg departs Vox for The Information
Jon Steinberg has joined The Information to help launch a Weekend section covering tech, culture, parenting and more. He joins from Epic Magazine, a division of Vox Media, where he was a creative director. He has also served as editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Magazine and was with the New York Magazine for over 5 […]
The Information hires Goodman as opinion editor
Tech news site The Information has hired Jillian Goodman as its opinion editor. Goodman previously was deputy editor at Bloomberg Green, its climate change coverage site. She also was politics editor, editor of the Etc. section and a staff editor at Bloomberg Businessweek. She founded the Mary Review, which she launched in May 2015. Goodman previously was […]
Ryan to cover financial markets and digital media for The Information
The Information has hired Aidan Ryan as a reporter covering financial markets and digital media in New York City. Previously, he served as a reporting intern. Ryan was also a political reporting intern at Boston Globe Media. Ryan is a graduate of Harvard University, where he reported for and was president of The Harvard Crimson, […]
Bloomberg Opinion hires Pollack from The Information
Wendy Pollack, a senior editor at The Information, has been hired by Bloomberg Opinion. She will start next month. She has been at The Information for the past four years. Before joining the tech news site, she spent five years as director of public affairs for the Regional Plan Association. She spent 13 years at […]
Bloomberg Opinion adds three new staffers
David Shipley, senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion, announced three journalists joining Bloomberg Opinion. The following items are from a memo he sent to Bloomberg Opinion staff on Tuesday: Paul J. Davies — Global Banking Columnist (London) Paul has been — or, for a few more days, is — the senior markets reporter at the […]
