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Fortune may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Jessica lessin former wsj tech reporter and editor jessica lessin officially launched a tech news site this morning. The information with jessica lessin jessica lessin, ceo and founder of the information joined us in a conversation to discuss the news media site and its current focus in asia. Ive uncovered a few timely nuggets about apple lately, and i thought i would just spit them out and get you the information. Mar 20, 2014 jessica lessin, founder and editorinchief, the information discusses her experience of launching her news startup, the information, with robert andrews at the guardians changing media summit 2014. Why the informations jessica lessin sees subscriptions as. San francisco jessica lessin thinks the biggest story of the moment how tech is swallowing the universe is hopelessly undercovered by the news media. She covered silicon valley and the technology industry for eight years at the wall street journal.
Since then, the information has become essential reading for hundreds of thousands of professionals across industries for its indepth, hypefree reporting about technology and the industries it is disrupting. When jessica lessin founded the information in 20, she was making a big bet her gamble, all tidied up. The website, the information, launched that december. Jessica lessin talks about paywalls, the information and. The former wall street journal reporter behind the. Maybe information actually doesnt want to be free the. Jessica lessin built a business to prove information doesnt.
The informations jessica lessin may experiment with ads this. Jessica lessin and carol reiley, cofounder and president of drive. The crowd was there to pay homage to jessica lessin, a 33yearold former wall street journal reporter, whose tech news site, the information, could become a. In 20, she launched her own publication to cover the technology industry. Jessica lessin, one of business insider s 100 people transforming business, started the information based on pricey subscriptions, but said she may experiment with advertising this year. Until recently there were only six writers, and the site posts one or two stories a day, instead of the hundreds that larger sites publish. Apples new retail chief angela ahrendts is a watch lady, say people who know her.
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Jessica lessin on scaling an expensive subscription product. Jessica lessin, founder of the information, an influential silicon valley publication, at their offices in san francisco, calif. Our accelerator is all going to be about getting publications to meaningful revenue, jessica lessin, the information s founder, said in a video included with the announcement. Shai oster is the asia bureau chief for the information, based in hong kong, where he will cover technology companies in asia. Lessin is an awardwinning journalist and founder and editorinchief of the technology website, the information. Jessica was a technology reporter at the wall street journal for almost a decade before she launched her new platform in 20, which focuses on covering solely technology companies. Jessica lessin started subscriptionbased the information five years ago. Jessica lessin developed a reputation for her dogged coverage of tech and media companies. She said that its sizable audience enables the information to leverage a mutually.
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Jessica lessin, founder and editorinchief of the information, spoke of privacy and trust in the digital world in a conversation with stanford medicines dean lloyd minor. Maybe information actually doesnt want to be free the new. Its called the information according to a letter from the editor, its. Jessica began the conversation on why she was inspired to set up the information. How jessica lessin used her reporting chops to build the information. Maybe information actually doesnt want to be free the new york. Jessica lessin, founder and ceo, opens up the information s mediafocused new york subscriber summit with a look at the state of the industry and some important news from the information. The information is a digital media company that publishes news and articles about technology. Jessica lessin talks about paywalls, the information and the. May 06, 2019 jessica lessin, founder and editorinchief of the information photo courtesy the information when jessica lessin founded the information in 20, people questioned whether readers would pay. Jessica lessin is the founder and editorinchief of a new technology news publication launching in the coming months. The crowd was there to pay homage to jessica lessin, a 33yearold former wall street journal reporter, whose tech news site, the information, could become a new digital model at a time when adsupported web news is in need of an economic lifeline. Lessin says media companies are shooting themselves in the foot by relying on social networks. The press is scrutinizing private tech companies and their leaders more than ever before.
The informations jessica lessin nudges news past its funny. Jessica lessin built a business to prove information doesn. Amid a spate of aggressive coverage, a debate has arisen about whether female founders are being treated fairly by the tech press. Lessins secret sauce is a singleminded focus on news her subscribers can use. The information has become one of the most read publications by silicon valley insiders. Jessica lessin founded the information in 20 to build the next, leading business news publication. The information has a staff of 35 today, but founder jessica lessin sees the tech publication becoming on a par with the new york times and wall street journal. Jessica lessin, one of business insiders 100 people transforming business, started the information based on pricey subscriptions, but said she may experiment with advertising this year. Jessica lessin built a business to prove information doesnt have to be free if its valuable to an audience, theres a price that people should be willing to pay, lessin says on the. Marr writes, the information has gained notice for its contrarian, oldschool approach to digital news, which includes a nojoke. Oct 26, 2016 when jessica lessin founded the information in 20, she was making a big bet her gamble, all tidied up. The information, a technologynews site started by former wall street journal reporter jessica lessin in 20, clearly falls into the latter category.
Jessica lessin of the information deans lecture series. She is starting the new venture, which will be targeted at professionals, after eight years as an awardwinning reporter and editor for the wall street journal. It is producing just two stories a day focused on issues like valuations for private tech companies and whats next for facebook. Over nearly two decades as a journalist in china, europe, and the u. Jessica lessin, founder and ceo, opens up the informations mediafocused new york subscriber summit with a look at the state of the industry and some important news from the information. The information founder jessica lessin will laugh last. The informations jessica lessin nudges news past its.
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