GeekWire seeks a managing editor
GeekWire, one of the country’s top independent tech media companies, is seeking a managing editor for a key leadership role in its newsroom, supporting and working in partnership with existing editors to strengthen its journalism and expand its editorial capacity to better serve its growing community of readers, listeners and viewers. Based in the booming […]
Boston Biz Journal seeks a digital editor
The Boston Business Journal is looking for a digital editor to own, run and build the online, social, and mobile presence of one of the nation’s strongest business news organizations. To apply, send a resume, snappy cover letter and three of your best clips to Doug Banks, executive editor, Boston Business Journal at dbanks@bizjournals.com Duties […]
How Ostrower started The Air Current because of his existing audience
Memberful profiles former CNN aviation editor Jon Ostrower, who was laid off earlier this year and launched The Air Current, which covers the aviation industry. Memberful writes, “As much as he enjoyed and appreciated his time with large media companies, he felt that going independent was the best way for him to cultivate that relationship with […]
Part of the WSJ website was hacked on Monday
A branded-content section of the Wall Street Journal’s website was hacked with a fake message apologizing to PewDiePie and urging people to subscribe to his channel, reports Todd Spangler of Variety. Spangler writes, “A spokeswoman for Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, noted that the affected page was not affiliated with […]
Quartz seeks a deputy editor for membership
Quartz seeks an editor to help develop the premium content it offers its members, taking an entrepreneurial approach to defining our journalism in this area and working with reporters focused on it. The mandate is to identify creative and compelling editorial approaches for paying readers, and to take an experimental approach to developing them, as […]
The Information founder Lessin warns about “agenda journalism”
Tech news site The Information turned five years old on Tuesday, and in a letter to readers, founder Jessica Lessin warned about the growing trend of “agenda journalism.” Lessin writes, “A lot has changed since I argued that journalism needed a reboot five years ago. When we launched, Recode, PandoDaily and numerous other websites were vying for scoops […]
Fox Business website seeks a reporter
Fox is looking for a skilled reporter with a passion for business and personal finance news for FOXBusiness.com. Our ideal reporter is a strong writer who is able to work fast, accurately and collaboratively in a competitive news environment. A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES Monitor breaking news and tracking all major financial markets, compelling corporate news, business and economic trends […]
Wirecutter hires Frumin as its editor in chief
Wirecutter, a tech news site owned by the New York Times, announced Thursday that Ben Frumin will be its next editor-in-chief. In this role, Frumin will oversee all Wirecutter coverage and day-to-day editorial operations of the site. He will start Jan. 7. He succeeds Jacqui Cheng, who stepped down in September. “We were in a […]
Site covering Houston innovation has launched
InnovationMap.com, a website focused on covering innovation in Houston, has launched. The website, overseen by former Houston Business Journal associate editor Natalie Harms, is covering innovation in startups, health, tech, energy, social impact, money and lifestyle. “There’s so much happening in our innovation ecosystem that I’m not having any trouble finding news to cover,” said […]
Yahoo Finance to launch subscription service
Yahoo Finance is launching a subscription service that aims to compete with Bloomberg for the money and attention of retail investors, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “What we’re hearing: Yahoo Finance Premium will act as a testing ground for Verizon Media Group (formerly called Oath) to launch more subscription services. Verizon Media Group […]
