Odds & Ends: Morning Brew
March 24, 2022
7:56 am
Morning Brew hired Tom McKay to run its forthcoming IT Brew newsletter. Morning Brew also will launch F2F events this fall and is moving into
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Odds & Ends: Insider
March 8, 2022
7:58 am
Nick Robins-Early is now a senior editor at Insider, running its digital culture news desk. Leena K. Rao, formerly with TechCrunch and Fortune, is now
Odds & Ends: New York Times
February 22, 2022
1:58 pm
The New York Times seeks a reporter to cover Google. Candidates must “be able to… source fearlessly.” Un-vaccinated candidates need not apply… NYT’s David Gelles
Odds and Ends
February 1, 2022
1:55 pm
Vanessa Mobley starts next week as op-ed editor for the New York Times… Michelle Legro is Wired’s new deputy editor for features… Kara Swisher‘s latest
Odds & Ends
January 13, 2022
11:06 am
Former InformationWeek reporter David Carr has joined Similarweb as senior insights manager. He’ll be mining data and sharing analyses on Similarweb’s blog. SWMS will be
Odds & Ends
December 16, 2021
9:43 am
VentureBeat has launched Data DecisionMakers, a “community” that wants your contributed content…
Odds & Ends
November 8, 2021
5:18 am
Red Ventures isn’t selling ZDNet anytime soon. If anything, the 30-year-old franchise is growing. Look for enhanced coverage of health, education and personal finance in
Odds & Ends
October 19, 2021
3:33 pm
Google this month announced a $1 billion investment in Africa. Quartz Africa is worth the bookmark… Wired merged its US and UK editions and is
Odds & Ends
October 5, 2021
4:35 pm
Fortune next week welcomes new EIC Alyson Shontell with a staff-only happy hour in a New York City drinking establishment…Natalie Gagliordi left ZDNet and now
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Business Insider Reporters Starting to Go on Camera
November 19, 2024
New EIC Jamie Heller has asked her reporters to start going on camera — for the BI TikTok channel — to explain the big, deep-divey story they just published. Other publications do this — especially archival Fortune. BI is now on that too. Game on.
The ‘AI Fantasy Draft’ From Eric Newcomer
November 13, 2024
At this time last year, Eric Newcomer and his two podcast co-hosts — Max Child and James Wilsterman — each formed an “AI startup fantasy team” and picked five AI startups to seed their rosters. We’re now in year 2 and it’s time to draft again. The podcasters wonder… which startups do they dump? Which do they add? The player whose startups accumulate the most total value by Nov. 1, 2028 is the winner, so there’s plenty of time to make adjustments. Here’s a link to the AI fantasy team podcast — you may need a password. Not sure.
How Do We Read?
November 9, 2024
This timeless explainer — a powerful blend of visuals and text — will explain the psychology of how we read, as in, how does the mind actually work? Hats off to Message Labs, the producer.
How NYT Uses Gen AI
November 7, 2024
Ars Technica recently filed this revealing piece on how the NYT uses gen AI to analyze gargantuan transcripts, ones that would overwhelm mere mortals. The results still need to be reviewed by humans, but the grunt analysis is done by the LLM. Investigative reporting becomes easier. Journalism is served.
TechTarget Shareholders to Vote on Merger With Informa
November 5, 2024
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
November 5, 2024
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.