Among Those Laid Off at Insider…
Deputy tech editor Matt Weinberger, design director Skye Gould and audience development specialist Dave Smith.
Deputy tech editor Matt Weinberger, design director Skye Gould and audience development specialist Dave Smith.
In descending order: cheat sheet on AI targets; gen AI in Tier 1; Tom Krazit‘s Runtime; TechNews and a new PR pitch model; SWMS-Semrush Index;
Have you noticed a growing number of folks choosing not to post a photo on their LinkedIn profile?
From gatekeeper Mohamed El Aassar: “Fortune’s contributors and readers are mainly interested in varied but broad themes: keeping the American dream alive, the future of
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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.”
Here’s a true story. An Oct. 8 Adweek headline says, ‘Press Releases Have Become Way Too Hyperbolic.’ The deck says, ‘Experts Warn the Loss of Credibility Could Lead to Catastrophe.”
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.
Adweek’s Mark Stenberg reports that Wired is getting into the awards business. The Wired 101 Awards will debut in October. Be on the lookout for the announcement.
BI’s publishing software knows what you’ve clicked on before and where you came from. Through Google Analytics, BI also knows how all readers react to certain content. Once you visit, BI knows whether to ask you to subscribe, or to register, or just to let you see everything for just that one visit. Conversions rose 75 percent this year. Digiday got the scoop (subscription required).
Fascinating piece from Lars Lofgren about how a Forbes subsidiary — under the Forbes name — has managed to dominate Google search results…
…and now it turns out that Forbes — both iterations — are set to be purchased by the venture arm of Koch Industries. Nice scoop, Sara.