Digital Trends hires Segarra as gaming section editor
Lisa Marie Segarra has left her post as a writer at Fortune Magazine to join Digital Trends as a gaming section editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Time Inc. and also a breaking news reporter for The Record. She also held the post of staff writer at North Jersey Media Group. Additionally, she served […]
Fortune CEO Murray discusses changes to website, print publication
Fortune CEO Alan Murray spoke with Cheddar about the changes at the 90-year-old magazine, including the addition of a paywall. “We’ve increased our reporting staff by 40 percent over the course of the year,” said Murray. “…We believe that people are ready to pay for that.”
Fortune seeks a retail editor
Fortune seeks an editor to lead coverage of the retail industry from our headquarters in New York City. You will: Assign, edit, and publish news, analysis, and short features about the executives, entrepreneurs, investors, and companies behind the manufacture and sake of consumer retail goods, from Amazon to Abercrombie, Gucci to Nike, Macy’s to McDonalds […]
Fortune set to launch paywall in 2020
Fortune will be launching in January its paywall, which it has been building for more than two years now. The new paywall will feature three tiers to diversify between advertising, sponsorship and events revenue. The first tier, priced at $49.99 annually will give readers full digital access. The second tier, for $11 per month, will […]
Fortune CEO Murray: The facts do matter
Media companies and consumers of news need to focus more on facts and less on opinion, said Fortune CEO Alan Murray in a speech on Friday. “We have to get back to the point where certain facts are accepted,” said Murray. “It’s more important to be right than to be first.” Murray spoke Friday at […]
Fortune announces hiring of 12 new staffers
Fortune editor-in-chief Clifton Leaf sent the following note to staff on Monday: Dear colleagues, It gives me great pleasure to welcome several new writers and editors to FORTUNE and to announce one well-deserved promotion. Rachel Schallom joins FORTUNE as deputy digital editor, based in the New York office. Rachel, who until recently was managing editor […]
Fortune’s Ellen McGirt joins Better podcast
Ellen McGirt, a senior editor at Fortune who writes the daily RaceAhead column, joined Great Place to Work’s podcast Better to discuss race, diversity and inclusion in corporate culture. McGirt was featured on Episode 11, saying that 2019’s Black History Month was a complete disaster. “An expert on Diversity & Inclusion, McGirt says that race […]
Lance Lambert assumes associate data editor role at Fortune
Lance Lambert has been hired as the associate data editor at Fortune magazine. He will be responsible for creating data-driven premium newsletters. Lambert previously from August 2017 to August 2019 as a data journalist for Realtor.com. Prior to his time at Realtor.com, he worked as a data journalist for Bloomberg. Lambert graduated from The University […]
Fortune hires deputy editor, three other new staffers
Fortune magazine has hired a deputy editor and three other new staffers as it expands its editorial employee base under its new ownership. Brian O’Keefe is returning to Fortune as deputy editor after a stint as IBM’s editor-in-chief of its Institute for Business Value. Brian was previously a Fortune staffer for 18 years. He will […]
Fortune overhauls its website
Fortune has redesigned and revamped its website as part of its switch to new ownership. It last redid its website in 2014. As part of its transition to independent ownership, it migrated to a version Fortune Media Group completely controls. Fortune’s newly hired technical team — from chief technology officer Jonathan Rivers on down — […]
