Tech site The Verge is adding a paywall
Tech news site The Verge, part of Vox Media, is going to add a paywall for its website, reports Maxwell Tani of Semafor. Tani reports, “On Tuesday, the company will also be launching a sitewide subscription to its technology vertical, The Verge. (Status reported earlier this year that Vox was weighing paywalling it.) Beginning this week, the Verge will […]
Intuit asked The Verge to delete part of a podcast
Intuit asked The Verge to delete part of a podcast where editor in chief Nilay Patel asked its CEO about tax code reform. Patel writes, “Here’s where it got weird. I couldn’t have the CEO of Intuit on without asking about tax reform in the United States. Individual income taxes are more complicated in the US than […]
The Verge seeks a senior tech editor
The Verge is seeking a Senior Tech Editor to work with writers and editors across our newsroom to assign stories, edit copy, and coordinate coverage around the week’s biggest events. As Senior Tech Editor, you’ll be responsible for identifying opportunities for deeper reporting, clear analysis, and daily coverage, and then working with writers and editors […]
The Verge hires Robison to cover artificial intelligence
Kylie Robison is joining The Verge as senior AI reporter, where she’ll lead the technology publication’s coverage of artificial intelligence. She will start May 6. She’ll work closely with The Verge’s policy and tech teams, delivering must-read coverage around the people and companies shaping the future of AI, how the technology is being developed and […]
Shapiro, podcast reporter for Verge, is departing
Ariel Shapiro, who has been covering the podcast industry for The Verge for the past two years, is departing. She has been a lead reporter for “Hot Pod,” which covers the podcasting industry. She wrote “Hot Pod”’s paid and free newsletters. Previously, she was an investigations researcher at Tooning Out the News, ViacomCBS. Before that, […]
The Verge tech reporter Porter is departing
Jon Porter, a tech reporter for The Verge in London, is leaving after five years. Part of The Verge’s UK-based team, his primary focuses are European consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and video games. Porter started his career covering audio and TV equipment for TechRadar and has also written for Gizmodo UK, […]
The Verge’s Patel on keeping its audience happy
The Verge editor in chief Nilay Patel was interviewed on his “Decoder” podcast by Complexly co-founder and YouTuber Hank Green about the site. Here is an excerpt: That goes back to the conversation we were having before about audience and how do you imagine those people. Who are they in your head, and how do you feel […]
Rest of World, HBR, Business Insider among magazine award finalists
The American Society of Magazine Editors announced Thursday the finalists for the 59th annual National Magazine Awards. The business publications that are finalists are: Rest of World for general excellence in the literature, science and politics category. In the design category, Harvard Business Review for July–August print issue; “Create Stories That Change Your Company’s Culture,” […]
The Verge hires Feiner as senior policy reporter
The Verge has hired Lauren Feiner as a senior reporter covering tech policy. She most recently was covering tech policy for CNBC.com. She’d been with CNBC since 2018 beginning as a tech general assignments reporter and is currently based out of Washington, D.C. Feiner has appeared as a guest on MSNBC, NBC News NOW, NBC LX and […]
The Verge seeks a senior reporter to cover artificial intelligence
The Verge’s policy team is dedicated to illuminating how politics, law, and regulation affect the technologies that shape readers’ lives — and how technology is shaping all those fields as well. As a US presidential election approaches, the Supreme Court prepares to take on online speech challenges, and EU regulation changes the basic operating principles of […]
