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, […]
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 […]
