Category: Media Vibes

FierceMarkets – Monica Alleven has joined the telecom group at FierceMarkets as Editor of FierceWireless:Tech.  In this role, she will write for FierceWireless:Tech as well as perform copyediting duties for FierceTelecom, FierceDeveloper and FierceOnlineVideo. Monica, formerly the Editor-in-Chief of Wireless Week, has been working with FierceMarkets as a part-time freelance copy editor since January.  She will […]

Wired – Jessi Hempel has been hired as a Senior Writer covering the business side of technology. She comes to Wired from Fortune, where she has worked as a Senior Writer covering technology, advertising and media for the past seven years. Prior to that she worked at Businessweek as the Innovation Editor. Wired has a circulation of 1.5 million monthly readers. Infonetics – Godfrey […]

GigaOM –  Carmel DeAmicis has joined GigaOM as a reporter covering social media and web startups. She previously served as a reporter for PandoDaily covering the San Francisco startup scene since June 2013. GigaOM is visited by 6.5 million readers each month. The Wall Street Journal – Spencer Ante, senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal technology team […]

VIRGO –   Informa plc, has acquired VIRGO as an addition to the company’s Global Exhibitions Group in an effort to expand its exhibition activities in the United States. VIRGO has a portfolio of six trade shows and conferences and publishes nine national trade websites of which six have affiliate print magazines, including Channel Partners and B/OSS. […]

Current Analysis – Progressive Digital Media Group announced an agreement to acquire the ICT analyst firm Current Analysis for US $19.6 million. The acquisition, which is subject to approval of Current Analysis shareholders, is expected to occur within 30 days and will be funded from Progressive’s existing cash resources. Progressive is headquartered in London, with offices […]

VentureBeat – Mark Sullivan has joined VentureBeat as a writer covering mobile and health technology. Mark has previously written for Light Reading, WIRED, CNET, and PCWorld. VentureBeat has more than 1.4 million monthly visitors. Light Reading – Jason Meyers has joined Light Reading as Utility Communications Editor, covering the utility market–a new area of coverage for LR. Jason has been writing about […]

Bloomberg News – Rodrigo Orihuela has moved to Bloomberg News’ Madrid bureau as a reporter covering companies with a focus on telecommunications and technology. He was previously an Energy Reporter in the Rio de Janeiro bureau.Bloomberg News content is syndicated to more than 1,000 media outlets across 60+ countries. The New York Times – Conor Dougherty will join The NYT as […]

GigaOM – Jonathan Vanian has joined Gigaom as an Enterprise Technology Writer. Jonathan will write for the site’s Cloud and Data channels covering enterprise startups, web-scale computing challenges and DevOps. Prior to joining GigaOM, Jonathan served at Better Software Magazine and Sticky Minds, and has also worked as a legal reporter. GigaOM has a monthly global audience of more […]

The Wall Street Journal – Scott Austin is joining WSJ’s tech bureau as a Deputy Technology Editor, responsible for global technology coverage for both print and online. He most recently served as Senior Editor and Technology Editor for WSJ’sCorporate/Marketplace desk. Prior to his time at The Wall Street Journal, Scott was the Editor of Dow Jones’ VentureWire, covering startups and […]

CIO – Matt Kapko joined CIO.com as a senior writer covering social media, enterprise collaboration and digital marketing. Prior to this, Matt was a journalist at Eye on Media covering the convergence of mobility, media and technology. He’s also worked as a features editor and reporter at RCR Wireless News. CIO magazine has a circulation of 140,000 CIOs and high-level IT executive readers. Ovum/Informa […]