Woo becomes social media reporter at The Information
The Information managing editor Laura Mandaro sent out the following to the staff: Hi team: I’m happy to announce Erin Woo is transitioning to become a full-time social media reporter, a role that allows her to continue to drive the news cycle around Elon Musk’s Twitter makeover; find out what’s happening at Snap; and help report on […]
The Information seeks a VC and startups reporter
The Information is seeking a reporter to break news and write deeply reported features on venture capital and startups from our San Francisco headquarters. This is a job that cuts to the heart of what makes Silicon Valley tick: investments in young companies that hold the promise of world-changing products and fabulous wealth for their […]
The Information launches pro service
The Information founder Jessica Lessin announced Wednesday that it’s launched a new subscription called Information Pro that features expanded organizational charts, brand-new databases based on reporting, a new survey product and a specialized weekly newsletter. A subscription to The Information is $399 a year. The Pro service is an additional $100 a year. Lessin writes, “When I […]
The Information hires Gardizy to cover cloud providers
Amir Efrati of The Information sent out the following on Wednesday: Team, Please welcome Anissa Gardizy to the reporting team in San Francisco! Anissa is going to sink her reporting teeth into Amazon Web Services and other cloud providers that are increasingly powering businesses, from streaming to commerce, and are core to artificial intelligence developments […]
The Information hires Graf to cover private equity
The Information finance editor Nate Becker sent out the following on Friday: Team! I’m excited to announce the next addition to Finance, Rachel Graf. She’ll be reporting on the sprawling and ever-important world of private equity, including firms like Blackstone, Thoma Bravo, Silver Lake, Vista, KKR, Apollo and others. These firms are loaded with cash, […]
The Information hires three for finance desk
The Information finance editor Nate Becker sent out the following on Thursday: Exciting news, all! We’ve hired three reporters to join Finance, and there will be more to come as we continue to make The Information even more essential to readers who want to know what’s happening at the intersection of tech and finance. Get ready for […]
The Information and Vice Media to collaborate on FTX documentary
Tech news site The Information and Vice Media are collaborating on a documentary about crypto exchange FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried, reports Alex Weprin of The Hollywood Reporter. Weprin wrties, “The doc, SBF and the End of Silicon Valley, will be delivered in Q2 2023 and will feature reporting from The Information‘s crypto and venture capital teams, and […]
The Information hires Wayt to cover Amazon
Tech news site The Information has hired Theo Wayt to cover Amazon. He will start next week. He has been a reporter at The New York Post covering technology news. Wayt previously was a senior reporter for business and economics and social sciences for The Academic Times, a higher education news startup. He used to cover […]
The Information seeks a fintech reporter
The Information was founded in late 2013 with a simple idea: write deeply reported articles about the technology industry that you won’t find elsewhere. Since then, we’ve become a disruptor in business news that’s moved markets, gotten the early scoop on billions of dollars of acquisitions, and told you what’s happening inside companies like Apple, […]
The Information seeks a private equity reporter
The Information was founded in late 2013 with a simple idea: write deeply reported articles about the technology industry that you won’t find elsewhere. Since then, we’ve become a disruptor in business news that’s moved markets, gotten the early scoop on billions of dollars of acquisitions, and told you what’s happening inside companies like Apple, […]