Examining the Quartz Africa strategy
Ken Doctor writes for Nieman Journalism Lab about the strategy behind the upcoming launch of Quartz Africa. Doctor writes, “This Africa initiative follows another launched last May, with Quartz India. That push informs this strategy and shows more nuance of its business model — and its journalistic sensibility — that a casual reading of the […]
Refinery29 adding tech coverage
The Refinery29 website, known more for fashion and style coverage, has added technology coverage to its site, reports Nicole Levy of Capital New York. Levy writes, “On the technology beat, Kelly Bourdet, health and wellness director, has added tech director to her title, and Christina Bonnington has been named technology editor. Bonnington most recently worked […]
Covering exchange-traded fund news
Drew Voros is the editor-in chief for ETF.com, where he supervises ETF.com, monthly magazine ETF Report and HardAssetsInvestor.com. Voros has more than 25 years of experience in journalism, including serving as the business editor for the Oakland Tribune and sister papers of the Bay Area News Group for 10 years, as well as covering public […]
FT boosts digital management team
The Financial Times announced Thursday the appointment of four managers to oversee its digital operations. Renée Kaplan has been hired in the newly created role of head of audience engagement, while Bede McCarthy has been named director of product. Mark Alderson was named head of operations for the newsroom, and Kevin Wilson was named visual […]
Real Deal seeks deputy web editor
The Real Deal Magazine, New York City’s first and largest real estate-focused news magazine, is seeking a Deputy Web Editor to join our team in Manhattan. With over 2 million visits a month, TheRealDeal.com is the go-to news source for some of the city’s top real estate, finance and investment professionals. Our coverage includes breaking […]
Kafka: Owners trying to sell GigaOm
Peter Kafka of Re/code writes Saturday that the owners of the tech news site GigaOm, which recently closed, are trying to sell the site. Kafka writes, “In addition to its Web site, which the company said attracted an audience of 6.5 million people a month, Gigaom also had an events business and a research arm. […]
Seward promoted to VP, executive editor of Quartz
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following announcement on Friday: I’m happy to announce the promotion of Zach Seward to vice president of product and executive editor of Quartz. This move reflects Zach’s responsibility for a broad range of Quartz’s operations from its earliest days through today, and his central role in […]
Quartz Africa to launch in June
Business news site Quartz announced Wednesday that it will launch Quartz Africa this June. More than 40 percent of Quartz’s readers are from outside the U.S. and in just over two years, the site has attracted more than 100,000 monthly unique users from Africa. Following its successful launch in June 2014, Quartz India has expanded […]
Why VC investment doesn’t mean success for tech news sites
Danny Sullivan writes on Medium.com about the tech news sites that don’t draw attention from venture capital investors, unlike GigaOm, which closed Tuesday after getting $8 million in VC money a year ago. Sullivan writes, “Over at The Information, Jessica Lessin’s kick-ass crew has been producing some of the most outstanding tech coverage you’ve ever […]
Shakeout coming among tech news sites?
Steven Perlberg of The Wall Street Journal examines the future of tech news sites in the wake of the closing of GigaOm. Perlberg writes, “Gigaom’s fate had others in the digital media industry wondering if the event portended a larger ‘content shakeout,’ especially given that Say Media recently sold its own tech site ReadWrite. “Executives […]
