Farhad Manjoo of The New York Times explores why five-year-old tech news site The Information is successful at charging for its content. Manjoo writes, “Consider Ms. Lessin’s plan for The Information, the tech news service...
Adam Wren of Traffic profiles Jessica Lessin, the founder of tech news site The Information, which has passed 10,000 subscribers paying $399 a year for its content. Wren writes, “And that was just one of Lessin’s...
Tech news site The Information has added a $199-per-year subscription rate for readers under 30, which is half of its normal rate, reports Lucia Moses of Digiday. Moses writes, “The $399-a-year technology news upstart...
Aaron Tilley is joining The Information as a reporter. He will cover Apple and the broader hardware sector, starting Dec. 4. Tilley was previously reporting for Forbes, where he got the scoop on Apple...
Matthew Doig has been hired by tech news site The Information as its investigations editor. The Information has had a strong year in investigative journalism, between the Justin Caldbeck story that preceded all of...
Tech news site The Information, founded by former Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Lessin in 2013, plans to double its editorial staff, reports Jason Abbruzzese of Mashable. Abbruzzese writes, “Four years in, Lessin is...
Eric Johnson of Recode writes about tech news site The Information and its founder, Jessica Lessin, who spoke on a podcast with Recode’s Peter Kafka. Johnson writes, “‘Just because, as a publisher, you say,...
Wendy Pollack, a former news editor at The Wall Street Journal, has been hired by The Information to be an editor. She will start May 22. She will be based in New York. She’ll edit...
The Information editor in chief Jessica Lessin and managing editor Martin Peers sent out the following announcement: We are excited to share that Serena Saitto will be joining us in San Francisco as a reporter covering the intersection between...
