The Information hires English to cover Wall Street
The Information, a subscription-based website that focuses on technology news, has hired Carleton English to cover Wall Street. She served as a financial journalist covering hedge funds and other Wall Street happenings for The New York Post for the last three years before leaving last week. Her beat included anything from the stock market, scandalous […]
The Information seeks a cryptocurrency reporter
The Information is looking for an enterprising reporter to cover blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. The crypto and blockchain industry has evolved from a niche sector to one that permeates business and consumer life, potentially changing everything from the way financial transactions are conducted to how products are traced to how consumers spend money. The beat […]
The Information hires Cheddar’s Heath
The Information editor in chief Jessica Lessin sent out the following announcement on Monday: Dear Team, We are thrilled to announce that Alex Heath will be joining us later this month to cover Facebook and Alphabet, turbocharging our coverage of these important companies at a critical time At Cheddar, Alex has consistently broken big industry news—from Facebook […]
The Information’s constant challenge: Finding the right staffers
Alexa von Tobel of Inc. podcast “Founders Project” interviewed The Information founder and CEO Jessica Lessin about how she started the tech news site. The Information has more than 10,000 subscribers paying $400 a year. “I thought I was going to end my career at The Wall Street Journal,” said Lessin. “I thought I was going […]
The Information’s Lessin: We want to spend as much as WSJ, NYTimes on journalism
Jessica Lessin, the founder of tech news site The Information, wants it to be spending as much on producing its journalism as is currently spent by The Wall Street Journal and New York Times, reports Lucia Moses of Business Insider. Moses writes, “‘Our ambition isn’t to build a subscription business — our goal is to […]
The Information is looking at ads for its website
Tech news site The Information, which has generated most of its revenue from subscriptions, is now looking at selling ads on its site, reports Lucia Moses of Business Insider. Moses writes, “Today, subscriptions, mostly priced at $400 a year, still drive the majority of The Information’s revenue, but Lessin said she’s open to new kinds of […]
The Information seeks a senior reporter
The Information is looking for a senior reporter to chronicle the epic shifts underway and the impact on businesses and consumers. The ideal person would be a reporter with 10 to 15 years of experience covering big companies, preferably in tech, who can write about the companies’ fundamental business challenges as well as the human […]
The FT is interesting in acquiring The Information
The Financial Times is interested in acquiring tech news site The Information, which is run by former Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Lessin, according to a report on Flashes & Flames. Flashes & Flames writes, “She used family money to start the San Francisco-based business and owns it 100%. It’s a funding model that has […]
The Information hires Bernard to cover VC in New York
Zoë Bernard, a reporter covering startups and tech culture at Business Insider, has been hired by The Information to cover venture capital from its New York bureau. It’s the second hire that five-year-old The Information has made this week to bolster its East Coast operations. On Monday, the website hired Politico’s Ashley Gold to help […]
The Information hires Politico’s Gold
The Information editor in chief Jessica Lessin and managing editor Martin Peers sent out the following announcement on Monday: We’re excited to announce that Ashley Gold, currently a technology reporter at Politico, is joining The Information as a Washington-based reporter, as we open a new bureau in the nation’s capital. The move follows major additions we have made […]
