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 likes to explore the minds of responsible people — fully responsible, for everything. That’s where the lessons are.
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 2.0. In 2024 he edits them still, serving as deputy editor for the recently relaunched Bloomberg Businessweek.
To know Eric Savitz is to like him. Friendly and smart. Versatile. The man spent 27 years in edit, the next six in PR and then returned to edit for another five. Who else has done that, or could?
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At 27, she is one of the important Tier 1 journalists in the business. Important certainly to SWMS readers, because no one writes more CEO profiles than Brooklyn resident Jane Thier.
For most tech PR pros, the Financial Times isn’t top-of-mind. That may change. Last month the FT expanded its San Francisco-based bureau to “deepen its coverage of technology companies, venture capital and the intersection of money and technology.”
Jared Council is one of a kind. Yes, he covered AI for the WSJ, which is sort of a conventional thing for a good reporter to do. Then things changed. Jared blended what he did with who he was deep inside.
Who does John Kell write for again? Fortune? Fast Company? Business Insider? Well, all of them. John might have to rein things in starting this week, however, once he starts producing Fortune’s new CIO Intelligence newsletter.
TechCrunch suffered layoffs yesterday. At least five editors were affected
Tech media changed today with the merger of TechTarget and Informa PLC, which calls itself “a leading international events, digital services and academic knowledge group.”
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Veteran tech journalist David Strom is working with a couple of AI developers to understand exactly the nature of his writing as it has unfolded over the years. In this edition of Sound Thinking, David shares his learnings and where everything might go.
It’s been tough to keep track of SDxCentral this year, with the sale… management moves… Here’s a podcast and an article that will help you catch up.. thank you, Ben, for the assistance.
Newly merged TechTarget and Informa this month laid off 10 percent of their employees. Check out the euphemism in the 8-K: “[the] net reduction [will be] up to approximately 10% of the Company’s current global colleague base.” That just beats all, doesn’t it?
Using NLP software, Business Insider assesses how readers will react to its content emotionally, and then sells advertising based on that info. For example, an advertiser can choose to advertise against a story (or video) that makes you feel good or optimistic or pessimistic. This is where content is headed; and this trend may someday affect the way that you pitch.
An avalanche of fake news sites threatens the viability of the web itself. You may need a subscription to read this article, but this publication is definitely worth the money for a subscription.
