Category: Media Vibes

MSNBC – Microsoft and NBC have announced that they are ending their online news partnership. The MSNBC.com web site will now become NBCNews.com and Microsoft will create its own news site. Early next year, MSNBC.com will re-launch as a stand-alone site for the cable channel MSNBC.  Comcast, the media company that owns NBC, will acquire Microsoft’s […]

Wireless Week – Monica Alleven is no longer with Wireless Week after working at the publication for 16 years and serving the last four years as Editor-in-Chief. Replacing Monica will be Andrew Berg, who has served as Senior Editor since November 2008 covering mobile applications, mobile handsets, WiMAX, 4G, SMS, MMS, LTE and Broadband. The print edition of Wireless […]

Mashable – Amanda Wills has joined Mashable as an associate editor for partner content. She previously served as a content manager for About.com. Mashable receives 14 million unique monthly visitors.

Wired – Ryan Tate has joined the staff of Wired as a senior writer covering social networks and digital content for Wired’s new business website.. He was most recently a contributing editor for Gawker. Prior to that, he was a staff writer for the San Francisco Business Times. WIRED and Wired.com reach more than 14 million readers each month.

TMCnet – Braden Becker has joined the TMCnet editorial team as a Copy Editor. Prior to joining TMC Braden produced videos and blogs about numerous topics and freelanced as a content writer for Brafton Inc. He previously interned as a journalist at The News-Times in Danbury, CT. Also joining the TMCnet team as a Copy Editor […]

Jason Marcheck has joined RCR Wireless as Managing Director for News, Insights and Analysis. Jason previously worked at Current Analysis where he served as a Principal Analyst and Director of Custom Research for more than 7 years. Throughout his career, Jason has provided both financial and market analysis related to global fixed and mobile access […]

In-Stat –The In-Stat brand has been dissolved. All existing published products and services have been moved under DisplaySearch, an NPD Group company. In-Stat was founded in 1981 and acquired by NPD Group in 2011. The analyst firm specialized in the Digital Entertainment and Mobile Technology markets. 30 of In-Stat’s analysts have been laid off.

Yankee Group – Principal Analyst, Vince Vittore is no longer at Yankee. He’s taken a position as Manager, Analyst Relations at Cisco Systems. Vince had been with Yankee Group since April 2006. Before that, he was the Executive Editor of the now defunct Telephony magazine for 9 years.

Bloomberg News – Ragnhild Kjetland is no longer a reporter at the publication. His areas of coverage included telecommunications, technology, software, semiconductors, broadcasters and game companies for the news service. Prior to Bloomberg, Ragnhild was a banking reporter for Dow Jones Newswires. A replacement has not yet been named. Bloomberg has a total reach of 13 million views in print and online.

PCMag.com– Fahmida Rashid has joined PCMag.com as an analyst covering computer networking and security. She recently left the staff of eWeek, where she was most recently a senior writer for the publication. Fahmida had also previously worked for CRN and VARBusiness. PCMag.com has 11.6 million unique monthly visitors.