Crain CEO memo on layoffs last week
Crain Communications CEO KC Crain sent out the following on Friday to the staff about its layoffs: Team, Following my last note, I wanted to provide you with an update on the Company’s transformation progress. We made some changes today that affected specific roles throughout the company. Managing the strategic evolution of our business can sometimes be […]
Crain CEO memo on company changes, new management
Crain Communications CEO KC Crain sent out the following to employees last month: It’s time to accelerate our transformation. The media landscape is moving faster than ever, and so must we. To stay ahead, we need to sharpen our strengths, evolve how we deliver content and services, and continue creating real value for our audiences, […]
Modern Healthcare deputy editor Stein among the layoffs
Modern Healthcare deputy editor Michelle Stein was among the layoffs at Crain last week. She joined the publication in January 2024. She previously was at Inside Health Policy as assistant publisher. Stein also was a reporter covering Medicare and Medicaid policies, as well as health care legislation and health care reform for Inside CMS and Inside […]
Crain’s New York reporter Spivack among the layoffs
Crain’s New York Business reporter Caroline Spivack was among the layoffs last week. She covered transit and climate for nearly four years for the publication. Spivack had been a reporter at Curbed NY covering the city’s built environment through a lens of urbanism and local news. Her stories make complicated land use and civic issues digestible and […]
Crain lays off more than 25 across publications
Detroit-based Crain Communications, which owns industry-specific publications as well as business newspapers in major cities, laid off at least 25 staffers late last week, multiple sources confirm to Talking Biz News. The layoffs included at least four editorial staffers — online editor Phil Nussel and reporters C.J. Moore, Julie Walker and Carly Schaffner — from […]
Martin among the Modern Healthcare layoffs
Alison Martin, audience engagement editor at Modern Healthcare, was among the Crain layoffs last week. She had been at the publication since September 2022 and is based in Chicago. She led the publication in audience growth and development through its website, newsletters, social media channels and app. Martin previously spent more than three years at […]
Online editor Nussel departs Automotive News
Online editor Phil Nussel of Automotive News has left the publication after more than 20 years and plans to look for a new position. “I had a great run at Automotive News,” he said. “The brand has never been better.” He has edited nearly all the major breaking-news stories on autonews.com since 2007. He also […]
Reporter Schaffner departs Automotive News
Automotive News reporter Carly Schaffner has left the publication after nearly four years. She had been covering the Southern California-based auto brands and burgeoning EV startups. Before that, she was an assigning editor at Forbes Wheels, an automotive vertical focused on providing product news and industry trends. Before that, she served as managing editor at Trucks.com, a […]
Crain’s Chicago founding editor Metzger dies at 74
Mark Metzger, a founding editor at Crain’s Chicago Business, died Aug. 30 at the age of 74. Metzger spent 12 years as a journalist, including stints as a prize-winning daily newspaper reporter and as an Associated Press newsman. At Crain Communications in Chicago, he was a founding editor of Crain’s Chicago Business, one of the […]
Crain’s Chicago ME Brumback moving to newsletter position
Crain’s Chicago Business managing editor Aly Brumback will be moving to a new position within the company. She will join the Crain audience team helping to optimize its newsletters across some of the city brands. Crain also has business newspapers in Cleveland, Detroit and New York. Brumback was promoted to managing editor in November 2023. She joined […]
