STAT News, Sato of The Verge recognized by ASME

Health industry news site STAT News and Mia Sato of The Verge were recognized by The American Society of Magazine Editors winners of the 60th annual National Magazine Awards. STAT won in the general excellence special interest category for publications serving highly defined reader communities, including city and regional magazines. Sato, a feature writer for The Verge, […]

The Verge says it ran the wrong headline

Sarah Joeng, a features editor at The Verge, writes about how it ran the wrong headline with the story about the firing of two Federal Trade Commission commissioners. Joeng writes, “News outlets — including The Verge — all went up with their articles as fast as they could. The headlines and stories across the board […]

The Verge hires Preston as a news editor

Dominic Preston has been hired by The Verge as news editor, sharpening The Verge’s international coverage with a focus on emerging tech and European tech policy. He is based in London. Preston was previously managing reviews editor for Android Police. He previously was deputy tech editor at Tech Advisor. He holds a bachelor’s degree and […]

The Verge hires Nguyen as a senior reporter

Tina Nguyen is joining The Verge as a senior reporter, covering the Trump administration, Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal government, and the tech industry’s embrace of the MAGA movement. Nguyen joins The Verge from Puck, where she was a founding partner and national correspondent covering the evolution of the MAGA political ecosystem. Before that, Nguyen was […]

The Verge hires Galperina as senior tech editor

The Verge has hired Marina Galperina as senior technology editor. She has spent the last three years as managing editor of Popular Science. Galperina also worked at Gizmodo as features editor and as a senior editor at Gawker. She also was managing editor of AnimalNewYork. Galperina holds a bachelor’s degree from New York University.  

The Verge, Rest of World, Business Insider named magazine award finalists

The following business publications have been named finalists in The American Society of Magazine Editors’ 60th annual National Magazine Awards: The Verge in the general excellence, news, sports and entertainment category; Rest of World in the design category for “The Changing Face of Protest,” “2024 AI Elections Tracker” and “Digital Divinity”; Business Insider in the […]

Deputy tech editor Haselton departs CNBC for The Verge

CNBC.com deputy technology editor Todd Haselton is leaving the news organization for a job at The Verge. He will start Jan. 2 as deputy reviews and commerce editor at The Verge, running its product reviews program. Haselton has been covering technology for 15 years and joined CNBC in 2017. Before CNBC, he was executive editor of TechnoBuffalo […]

The strategy behind The Verge’s paywall

Nilay Patel, the editor in chief of The Verge, writes about its new paywall. Patel writes, “A few years ago, we decided the only real way to survive all this was to stand apart and bet on our own website so that we could remain independent of these platforms and their algorithms. We didn’t want to […]

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 […]