Bloomberg hires crypto VCs reporter, cybersecurity reporter
Mark Milian, a technology editor at Bloomberg News overseeing venture capital and startups coverage, sent out the following announcement on Monday: We’re pleased to announce the addition of two new reporters to the Tech team in San Francisco. Hannah Miller is joining us to cover crypto VCs and startups, and Margi Murphy will cover cybersecurity. […]
The Information taps Pasricha to cover VCs, startups and crypto
Akash Pasricha has joined The Information as a reporter covering venture capital, startups, crypto, bio and health. He was previously a business and technology reporter at The Seattle Times. His bylines have also appeared in The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, and Financial Post Magazine. He was also a podcast host and producer at […]
The Information seeks a distribution editor
The current era in media has been defined by a battle between two forces: content and distribution. This has largely been chalked up to a media versus tech fight. For years, media companies ceded the distribution battle to tech companies—at huge expense. More recently they have realized the error of their ways and started focusing […]
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 […]
