Vox is retiring the Recode brand
Vox announced it will retire the branding for technology news site Recode and The Goods. Journalist work will appear Vox’s technology section for Recode, and Vox’s culture and money sections for The Goods. Recode was started in January 2014 by former Wall Street Journal technology journalists Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, who had run its […]
ZDNet senior writer Condon among layoffs
Stephanie Condon, a senior writer at ZDNet, was among the layoffs at the tech news site. Condon had been with ZDNet since May 2016. She based in Portland, Oregon. She covers cloud computing, AI, the space industry and other innovation-related topics. She previously covered politics for CBSNews.com, as well as the intersection of technology […]
How Wired plans to use, and not use, AI
Gideon Lichfield of Wired writes about how the magazine will use artificial intelligence software. Lichfield writes, “We do not publish stories with text generated by AI, except when the fact that it’s AI-generated is the whole point of the story. (In such cases we’ll disclose the use and flag any errors.) This applies not just […]
Tech news site CNET has laid off a dozen staffers
Tech news site CNET is doing layoffs that include several longtime employees and total about a dozen staffers, reports Mia Sato of The Verge. Sato writes, “The layoffs began Thursday morning and were announced internally via email by Red Ventures, the private equity-backed marketing-turned-media company that bought CNET in 2020. In the email, a Red Ventures executive suggested […]
DiMolfetta joins WaPo for its cyber and tech newsletters
The Washington Post has hired David DiMolfetta as a researcher for the Cyber 202 and Tech 202 newsletters. DiMolfetta joined from S&P Global, where he worked as a tech policy reporter, and recently as an AI and cybersecurity policy reporter. Before that, he reported on business and economic affairs affecting American consumers for Consumers’ Research. […]
Morning Brew emerging tech editor McCarthy is departing
Daniel McCarthy, the emerging tech editor for Morning Brew, is leaving the company after nearly three years. McCarthy is joining Canary Media as an editor. He has been editor the Emerging Tech Brew newsletter, which has more than 400,000 readers. McCarthy was previously a senior editor at Business Insider Intelligence, and he also worked at Gartner […]
How the FT is leading the way by hiring an AI editor
Sarah Scire of Nieman Journalism Lab interviewed Madhumita Murgia, who has been named the first artificial intelligence editor at the Financial Times. Here is an excerpt: SCIRE: What is your job as AI editor? Can you describe, in particular, how you’re thinking about the “global remit” you mentioned in the announcement MURGIA: The job is to […]
Axios hires Curi to cover tech policy
Axios hires hired Maria Cristina Curi to write for a tech policy newsletter. She has been at Bloomberg Law since 2021, reporting on cybersecurity and telecom, including the FCC. Curi was previously a trade reporter at Inside U.S. Trade, a subscription-fee-based daily online news service from Inside Washington Publishers. Before that, she was an intern at Politico. Curi […]
The Information launches pro service
The Information founder Jessica Lessin announced Wednesday that it’s launched a new subscription called Information Pro that features expanded organizational charts, brand-new databases based on reporting, a new survey product and a specialized weekly newsletter. A subscription to The Information is $399 a year. The Pro service is an additional $100 a year. Lessin writes, “When I […]
Boston Globe seeks a tech and innovation reporter
The Boston Globe’s business department is hiring a reporter to cover technology and innovation. We’re looking for someone with a wealth of energy and ideas who can capture the vibrancy and essence of one of the region’s most pivotal sectors. The Globe has ramped up its tech coverage in the past two years with strong […]
