Category: Media Vibes

CNET – Connie Guglielmo has been named Editor-in-Chief of News at CNET. In this new role, she will direct all operational and editorial aspects of the global news team, from breaking news to analysis and features. Connie joins CNET from Forbes, where she most recently served as Technology Editor in San Francisco. She previously spent seven […]

Light Reading – More than eight years after selling Light Reading to UBM, Stephen Saunders has repurchased the company he co-founded in 2000. He will also reprise his previous role as CEO. Prior to rejoining Light Reading, Stephen was the Managing Director of DeusM, an integrated marketing services unit of UBM.  Stephen is also responsible for founding Heavy Reading, […]

TechCrunch – Eric Eldon has left his role as co-editor. He had been with the site since joining in November 2011. Matthew Panzarino has been promoted to co-editor, alongside Alexia Tsotsis, replacing Eric. He most recently served as senior editor, responsible for breaking news. Additionally, Leena Rao was promoted to managing editor, up from her previous […]

Yahoo Tech – Rafe Needleman, the former Editor-at-Large at CNET has left his most recent position as Director of Developer Relations at Evernote. He has joined Yahoo as Editorial Director of the brand new Yahoo Tech site. Rafe has covered technology and business since 1988. He started at InfoWorld as a reviews editor. Following that, he launched Corporate Computing […]

CNET – Paul Sloan has been named Editor-in-Chief of CNET News, up from his previous role as Executive Editor for the site since January 2010 covering consumer technology, social media companies and emerging business models that are at the intersection of technology and entertainment. Throughout his career, Paul has held positions at several popular news outlets including BNET.com, […]

Broadcast Engineering – After 54 years in business Broadcast Engineering is closing its doors as of Oct. 31. According to publisher Penton Media, “changes within the broadcast and production industry, the economy and the overall decline in ad revenue that many magazine publishers are facing” are to blame.  David Austerberry, the editor of Broadcast Engineering’s world editionplans to launch his own […]

Jason Ankeny has left his position as the Executive Editor of FierceMobileContent to join Entrepreneur as a Senior Writer. Jason has been a regular contributor at Entrepreneur for more than four years, covering mobile, apps, software and branding. Prior to joining FierceMarkets in November 2006, Jason served as senior editor of the now defunct, Telephony and its sister publication Wireless Review.Since FierceMobileContent is merging into FierceMobileIT, Jason […]

The Wall Street Journal – Ryan Knutson has joined the new corporate bureau of The Wall Street Journal where he will cover telecom. He is responsible for carriers like Verizon and Sprint, as well as the broader social, technological and security issues inherent in the telecom industry. Ryan previously served an Associate Producer and Reporter at PBS FRONTLINE.  Farhad Manjoo is […]

Gartner – After more than 13 years, Phil Redman has left his position as Research Vice President, Distinguished Analyst at Gartner. Phil has more than 18 years of experience in the wireless mobile and telecommunications industry focusing on enterprise mobile application development and management, mobile device management software, enterprise strategy, wireless services and products for cellular/PCS, […]

Light Reading  – Dan O’Shea has joined Light Reading as managing editor. Dan will contribute his analysis of topics such as packet-optical, Carrier Ethernet and SDN. The former editor of Telephony magazine for nearly 15 years, Dan was also the founding editor of FierceTelecom before embarking on a freelance career for the last six years covering […]