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Bradley Davis left the New York Post to become director of business news at Insider. There he will oversee reporters who cover breaking news for
Bradley Davis left the New York Post to become director of business news at Insider. There he will oversee reporters who cover breaking news for
All too often, PR pros assume that Tier 1 reporters behave like all reporters — they patrol a beat, decide on stories, report them and write them. It’s rarely that linear…
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
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
Chances of pitch success are low these days if you’ve got an enterprise tech story for Bloomberg or the Wall Street Journal.
There’s a back door to landing a C-title profile in the Wall Street Journal. There’s also a catch: the executive must maintain a “personal board
The Wall Street Journal is about to ramp up The Experts, the contributed content operation affiliated with Journal Report. WSJ is open to vetting new “panelists” (contributors) in each of six areas: energy, health, leadership, retirement, small business and wealth management.
Christopher Mims isn’t your typical Tier 1 columnist. Chris reports his theses. Coming from a science background, he surrounds his opinions with lots of evidence — much of it empirical. Given the challenges associated with pitching someone like Chris, it might be best to think of him as a proxy for all of “Tier 1.”
The following is an analysis of nine recent pieces by WSJ technology columnist Chris Mims, comprising headline and deck and experts quoted.
Here’s a look at the “soft power” in the Wall Street Journal — low-profile hires empowered by News Corp. to keep the 131-year-old newspaper viable in the 2020s. But first, a digression…
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If anyone can bring #AR to journalism, it's the combo of Axel Springer and Snap. They just did a development deal.
Axel Springer and Snap launch global partnership shaping the future of digital journalism
Companies to develop new formats of engaging news for Snapchat
www.axelspringer.com
Of the 20 most recent Forbes posts on the topic of #DEI, 12 were either paid posts or Council posts (which also are paid). Perhaps DEI is more top-of-mind with brands than with Forbes reporters and unpaid contributors.
Hello! Excited to announce that I started @politico today. I'm joining the excellent health care team as a health tech reporter. Send me your best tips 😈
TechCrunch has landed Bill Gates as a speaker at next month's TC Sessions: Climate conference.
TC Sessions: Climate 2022
TC Sessions: Climate 2022 - Zellerbach Hall At UC Berkeley - June 14, 2022
techcrunch.com
There has been a noticeable drop in #crypto pr pitches today...
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