Dow Jones chief subscriptions officer leaving for The Information
Karl Wells, the chief subscriptions officer at Dow Jones & Co., is leaving to becoming chief commercial officer at tech news site The Information. The Information founder Jessica Lessin writes, “Karl knows a thing or two about subscription businesses. As chief subscriptions officer of Dow Jones, Karl built and scaled the consumer subscription businesses of The Wall Street […]
The Information seeks a Netflix and media 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, […]
Mandaro named ME at The Information
The Information founder Jessica Lessin and executive editor Amir Efrati sent this note to its staff on Thursday. Team, We are thrilled to share that Laura Mandaro has been named Managing Editor, News and Talent for The Information. We think Laura is the ideal colleague to both deepen our news coverage and to guide our […]
The Information’s Di Stefano to join the Financial Review
The Australian Financial Review has hired Mark Di Stefano as a correspondent to cover the media and technology beat. Currently, Di Stefano is a reporter covering Europe and Amazon at The Information. He begins his new role next month. Prior to joining The Information, Di Stefano was a media and tech reporter at the Financial […]
The Information is starting a social network for subscribers
Tech news site The Information is launching a social network for its subscribers, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “The new networking system, which rolls out this week, will include three core features: User profiles: Subscribers will be able to opt in to share fuller information about themselves, including whether they are interested in connecting about fundraising, […]
The Information hires Brown from Forbes
Forbes senior editor Abram Brown has been hired by The Information to work on its weekend magazine. He will be covering wealth, power and technology and how those shape culture and the world. Brown has been at Forbes since January 2012. He has been deputy chief of reporters, associate editor, editorial operations manager, and a senior editor. […]
The Information’s Peers joining Bloomberg Opinion
Martin Peers of The Information has been hired by Bloomberg Opinion to be a technology columnist. He has been the New York bureau chief of tech news site The Information. Peers was previously managing editor of The Information. Before joining The Information in October 2014, Peers was media and marketing bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal, overseeing the paper’s coverage of the […]
Politico hires Sisco to cover antitrust
Politico managing editor of policy news Clea Benson sent out the following: We’re delighted to welcome antitrust reporter Josh Sisco to POLITICO, where he’ll cover how regulators and policy makers are fighting to rein in corporate power and the pushback from the companies and their Washington allies. Josh will be joining the technology team, but he will […]
WSJ hires Toonkel as deputy media editor
The Wall Street Journal has hired Jessica Toonkel as its deputy media editor. She will start Aug. 1. Toonkel has been at The Information for the past four years as a media and telecom reporter in New York. She previously spent seven years at Reuters, where she was the U.S. media correspondent from 2016 to 2018, breaking stories […]
Olson departing The Information for NYU program
The Information reporter Mathew Olson is leaving the technology news site to join New York University’s interactive telecommunications program this fall. His last day will be July 1. He joined The Information in 2021 and launched its newsletter on augmented and virtual reality. His journalism career began with a freelancing gig at Wirecutter, followed by a role […]
