Nicholas Carlson Explained

Occupation:Journalist
Alma Mater:Davidson College

Nicholas Carlson was the global editor-in-chief of Business Insider.[1] Before that, he was Business Insider's chief correspondent.[2]

Carlson attended Davidson College, graduating in 2005.[3] He began his career at Merrill Lynch before joining InternetNews.com and the Silicon Valley news blog Valleywag.[4] [5] In 2015, Carlson published the biography Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!.[2] [6] He won a Longform award for best business coverage for his reporting on AOL CEO Tim Armstrong's controversial investment in the local news initiative Patch.[7]

In 2022, Gawker reported that Carlson earned an annual salary of $600,000 as Insider editor-in-chief.[8]

Carlson was observed on June 13, 2023 taking pro-union posters with his face on them off lampposts in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn during a labor strike at Insider by its journalists.[9]

External links

Profile on Insider Inc.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nicholas Carlson named Global Editor-in-Chief of Business Insider. Henry. Blodget. Business Insider.
  2. News: 'Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!,' by Nicholas Carlson. Sheelah. Kolhatkar. The New York Times. January 23, 2015.
  3. Web site: Inside the Insider: Nicholas Carlson '05 and the Rise of Digital Mass Media . 2023-09-25 . . en.
  4. Web site: Nicholas Carlson . 2023-09-25 . All-American Speakers.
  5. https://www.businessinsider.com/author/nicholas-carlson Nicholas Carlson
  6. Web site: Nicholas Carlson interview: Insider editor in chief talks to Press Gazette. William. Turvill. April 23, 2020. Press Gazette.
  7. Web site: Business · Best of 2013 · Longform.
  8. Web site: Hitt . Tarpley . 2022-03-15 . The Editor-in-Chief of 'Insider' Makes $600,000 (With a $600,000 Bonus) . 2023-09-25 . . en.
  9. News: Cobb . Kayla . Insider Editor Caught Taking Down Pro-Union Flyers . 12 July 2023 . . 14 June 2023.