Industry Dive acquires Ladders newsletter business for undisclosed amount

Industry Dive has acquired Ladders News Daily Newsletter with approximately 2.2 million active subscribers for an undisclosed amount.

It’s Industry Dive’s second acquisition this month. Last week, it acquired PharmaVOICE.

After Oct. 15, the Ladders News Daily Newsletter will stop publication and readers will begin to receive daily newsletters from BioPharma Dive, CFO Dive, CIO Dive, Construction Dive, HR Dive, Marketing Dive, or other Industry Dive publications based on their career goals and industry interests.

“Our publications are a logical fit for Ladders readers to stay ahead of the curve in their industries and professions,” said Industry Dive editor in chief Davide Savenije in a statement. “Our journalists connect the dots on news, trends and how they impact the spaces where our readers work — or want to work.”

The acquisition will allow Ladders to focus more on its core products such as Apply4Me, the online service that applies to jobs with one click, and recruiting for jobs.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.