Drange wins SABEW’s Birger award
Matt Drange, a staff reporter for The Information, is the 2019 winner of the Larry Birger Young Business Journalist contest, honoring journalists under 30. Additionally, the judging panel chose to honor two finalists: Ellen Huet, reporter for Bloomberg, and Casey Fabris, reporter for The Roanoke Times. Drange will receive the award, a $1,500 honorarium and […]
The Information wants to grow its ad business
The Information just hired its first vice president of sponsorships and ad sales, part of a plan to double its business team to more than 14 over the next 12 month, reports Lucia Moses of Business Insider. Moses reports, “The company also hired Erica Grijalva as vice president of enterprise sales to sell group subscriptions to companies. […]
Crypto reporter Victor departs The Information
Jon Victor, a reporter at The Information, covering cryptocurrency and blockchain from New York, has left the subscription-based website. Victor plans to take some time off and return to school. He had been at The Information since June 2018. He has won several prizes and fellowships for his journalism, including an award by the Press […]
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 […]
