SWMS Q&A: Brendan Vaughan, Editor-in-Chief, Fast Company

Fast Company EIC Brendan Vaughan had a busy week this week, chairing the publication's tenth annual Innovation Festival. On Sept. 11 Brendan made time for

SWMS Q&A: Jon Fortt, CNBC

No one interviews more CEOs than Jon Fortt. Now in his 14th year at CNBC, the TV co-anchor and podcaster enjoys interviewing founders too. Jon

Q&A: Jim Aley, Deputy Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek

Think back to what you were doing in 1992. Jim Aley was writing features for Fortune. Eight years later he was editing them for Business

Q&A: Timothy B. Lee, ‘Understanding AI’

You may be familiar with Timothy B. Lee's work from The Washington Post, Vox or Ars Technica -- he worked at all three. Today Tim

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SDxCentral Blends AI, Freelancers To Create a New Kind of Publication

SDxCentral is doing something brave: it's overtly using AI to generate copy and dollars, and in a real sense is gambling its future. The 12-year-old B2B edit brand is past the

SWMS Analysis: John Edwards, Informationweek

A veteran tech edit freelancer one told SWMS that freelancers are entrepreneurs like any other. Time is money. Profit beats all. Few PR pros pitch with this in mind -- but

Semafor: How Tomorrow’s Tier 1 Looks Today

Semafor turned two this month. Do you care? Probably not. With the exception of OpenAI and other giants, Semafor doesn't cover tech vendors or their products.

Updated Cheat Sheet: CEO Profiles

Here's an all-new cheat sheet on Tier 1 CEO profiles, scarcer and more valuable than ever. You might want to bookmark this page and check in now and again. Please

Cheat Sheet: Leadership Podcasts

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Cheat Sheet: EV Targets

Here are 14 targets that follow the world of EVs. Roughly half are based overseas. Could it be that US publications are betting that TVs will flop?

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TechTarget Shareholders to Vote on Merger With Informa

It was announced long ago, but on Nov, 26 we learn whether TechTarget stockholders want to join forces with Informa and its legion of IT media brands, not least of which is Industry Dive. It will be hard to imagine a rival of equal power, with IDG/Foundry now a shadow of its former self. IDG/Foundry’s lack of investment and focus on cost-cutting will look unwise if TechTarget and Informa do merge.

Wired To Run Stories from 404 Media

404 Media may not be on your radar, but it currently ranks 8th of 50 leading publications recognized by Techmeme. The edit startup took a step forward this week, announcing a deal with Wired, which will run two 404 Media stories a month — and the pair might collaborate on stories beginning in 2025.

Talk About An Awkward Interview…

Tomorrow at 1:05p PDT, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas will be interviewed by WSJ reporter Deepa Seetharaman as part of this year’s WSJ Tech Live event. It might be awkward, because on Monday, WSJ parent News Corp. sued Perplexity for appropriating News Corp. content. Deepa stands to land the interview of the year if Aravind shows up. His lawyers will probably advise him not to.

Update 10/24: Aravind did show and acquitted himself well in every sense of the term.  The Hollywood Reporter has the story.

The Atlantic Goes Monthly Again in Print

The Atlantic soon will publish 12 print editions a year, up from ten. “The greatness of print and especially a print magazine is that it sits still for you,” EIC Jeffrey Goldberg tells CNN. “It doesn’t beep and flash and demand that you do things.”

TechCrunch Redesigns

TechCrunch redesigned this week. Still green, less clutter. Built for the phone. Events and newsletters rank higher in the home page scroll than startups, venture and AI. No enterprise section. Parent Yahoo invested this money to build engagement. More changes due in 2025, EIC Connie Loizos says.