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 […]
The Information seeks a cryptocurrency reporter
The Information is building a team of reporters to cover the business of cryptocurrencies. Almost 10 years since Satoshi’s original bitcoin white paper, the market cap of crypto is climbing and billions more are flowing into the ecosystem. News organizations are racing to cover the slew of announcements and news. Headlines about bubbles and pricing […]
How The Information converts readers into subscribers
Mollie Leavitt of The Atlantic interviewed Dan Krenitsyn, director of growth at tech news site The Information, about how it converts readers into subscribers. Here is an excerpt: How do you show potential subscribers that your content is worth paying for if they can’t access it due to the hard paywall? We just redesigned our locked out […]
The Information hires Heath as investigations editor
David Heath has been hired by tech news site The Investigation as its investigations editor. Heath is a veteran investigative reporter. While at the Center for Public Integrity, his work has appeared on PBS Frontline, PBS NewsHour, the CBS Evening News, Mother Jones, the Huffington Post, and Scientific American. His work has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize three times and […]
The Information hires Toonkel to cover media and telecom
The Information managing editor Martin Peers and editor Jessica Lessin sent out the following announcement to the staff: We’re thrilled to announce that Jessica Toonkel is joining The Information as a media and telecom reporter in New York. Her appointment is part of the expansion of our coverage into the broader media and telecommunications industries. Jessica is […]
The Information hires NY Times’ Wingfield, WSJ’s Ma
The Information editor in chief Jessica Lessin sent out the following announcement: Hi team, A couple of exciting pieces of hiring news. We’re thrilled to announce that Nick Wingfield from the New York Times and Wayne Ma from the Wall Street Journal will be joining our teams. This continues an incredible quarter of hiring—including the hiring of Jessica Toonkel, Beejoli Shah, […]
Drange leaving Forbes for The Information
Forbes reporter Matt Drange is leaving the publication to join the new investigative team at The Information. “I’m thrilled for the opportunity,” said Drange in an email. “I’ll be working with their new investigative editor, Matt Doig, covering all things tech/Silicon Valley.” Drange has been covering the businesses of President Donald Trump. Before that, Drange covered tech and money […]
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