Bloomberg News hires LaCapra as editor on markets desk
Bloomberg News has hired Lauren Tara LaCapra as an editor on its markets desk. She has been at The Information as its lead Wall Street reporter. She has spent nearly two decades as a business journalist, including a decade at Reuters, where she was one of the senior editors managing the global finance and markets team. Before she became […]
The Information rolls out redesign
Jessica Lessin, the editor in chief of tech news site The Information, writes about its redesign. Lessin writes, “Overall, we redesigned more than 200 pages—a massive undertaking from our incredibly talented team. “When we launched 10 years ago, we offered subscribers one type of article: exclusive news about the most important tech companies. Today, a […]
The Information hires Brown to be its weekend magazine editor
The Information has hired Abram Brown to be its weekend magazine editor. He has been a deputy editor at The Messenger for the past six months. He previously had been at The Information to work on its weekend magazine, covering wealth, power and technology and how those shape culture and the world. Brown previously had been at […]
The Information hires Friday to cover private equity
The Information has hired Francesca Friday to cover private equity. She will start on Jan. 2. Friday was previously a New York-based reporter and the producer of Due Diligence, the FT’s daily briefing on corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and private equity. She was previously a senior reporter at FT Specialist publication Mandatewire, where she covered asset management. […]
Steinberg leaving The Information for San Francisco Standard
Jon Steinberg, who launched and edited The Information’s weekend section, is leaving the tech news site to become executive editor of the San Francisco Standard. The weekend section covers tech, culture, parenting and other topics. He joined The Information from Epic Magazine, a division of Vox Media, where he was a creative director. He has also […]
How The Information has thrived in the past decade
Charlotte Klein of Vanity Fair writes about tech news site The Information, which was founded 10 years ago by Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Lessin. Klein writes, “The small-but-mighty Silicon Valley publication, which turns 10 this week, has spent the past decade rolling out ad-free scoops and analysis to a targeted audience willing to cough up $399 […]
Bloomberg hires Graf to cover courts in San Francsico
Bloomberg News has hired Rachel Graf from The Information to cover courts in San Francisco. She had been be reporting on private equity, including firms such as Blackstone, Thoma Bravo, Silver Lake, Vista, KKR and Apollo, for The Information. Graf also worked at law firms where she investigated fraud at publicly traded companies. Prior to joining the […]
The Information’s Ryan departing for Boston Globe
The Information reporter Aidan Ryan is leaving the publication to become media reporter for the Boston Globe. He will start in January. He has been covering financial markets and digital media in New York City for The Information. Previously, he served as a reporting intern. Ryan was also a political reporting intern at Boston Globe. Ryan is […]
The Information sees consistent subscription growth
Business and tech publisher The Information saw consistent subscription growth, an $800,000 boost from a new product and lagging brand partnership revenue in the first half of the year, reports Mark Stenberg of Adweek. Stenberg writes, “The publisher splits its subscription business into two groups: consumer subscriptions, which cost $399 per person per year, and […]
The Information hires Morning Brew exec to be its COO
Technology news site The Information has hired Matthew Resnick, the former chief operating officer of Morning Brew, as its COO, where he will be tasked with growing its consumer revenue and branded partnerships businesses, reports Mark Stenberg of Adweek. Stenberg writes, “As part of the shuffle, the publisher has also parted ways with its first-ever chief […]
