Morris leaveing The Information for Business of Fashion
Malique Morris will join The Business of Fashion to cover direct-to-consumer brands. Recently, Morris was a retail and e-commerce reporter at The Information. He interned at Crain’s Detroit Business, where he covered the retail, restaurant and hospitality industries. Morris has a B.A. from Brooklyn College and a M.A. from Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism […]
The Information seeks a reporter to cover AR and VR
The Information is looking for a reporter to write about the fast-developing world of augmented reality and virtual reality. This reporter would lead our Reality Check newsletter and contribute journalism to all areas of The Information. As Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Snap and soon Apple have demonstrated—releasing headsets and AR glasses—this industry is one of intense […]
The Information hires Victor to cover Alphabet
Tech news site The Information has hired Jon Victor to cover Alphabet, the parent company of Google. He will be based in San Francisco and start in October. Victor currently covers fintech, banking and payments, including public companies like Lightspeed and Nuvei, for The Logic. His beat encompasses how Canada’s financial institutions are innovating, the emergence of […]
The Information’s Peterson moves to Musk beat
Becky Peterson, a reporter covering technology, finance and cryptocurrencies for The Information, will now report on Tesla, SpaceX and all things Elon Musk. Previously, she was at Insider, where she served as a tech reporter and tech deals reporter. There, she also worked on the investigations team. She was an associate editor at Folio. Peterson […]
Peers returning to The Information after one month at Bloomberg Opinion
Martin Peers, who joined Bloomberg Opinion to be a technology columnist one month ago, is returning to tech news site The Information to run its New York operations. Peers was previously managing editor of The Information and New York bureau chief. Before joining The Information in October 2014, Peers was media and marketing bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal, overseeing […]
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, […]