We are excited to announce the addition of a great new member to our leadership team. Karin Levy will join VentureBeat as the new editor-in-chief. Today is her first day.
Many may know Karyn from her most recent role as deputy editor at TechCrunch, but her career has been a highlight reel for veteran technology journalists. Her resume includes significant roles Protocol, NerdWallet, Business Insider, and CNETgave her a deep understanding of the industry from all angles.
Karyn’s hiring is an important step forward for VentureBeat. With a focus on serving our customers, who are technical decision makers in enterprises dealing with the complexity of AI and data, I was looking for a very specific type of leader.
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In the past, the editor-in-chief was often the final support for the copy. Today, in a modern, data-centric media company like ours, that role is infinitely more dynamic. This is the central hub for your entire content operation.
During my search, I noticed that I often talk about these two types. "dopamine hit" In our business. There are hit works by writers. It means your name will be in a great story. And it’s also a hit for the organizers. It’s the satisfaction that comes from building, coordinating, and running complex machines that allow different parts of a company to move in a single, powerful direction.
We were looking for an organizer.
When I spoke to Karin, I explained this vision. It’s a leader who is passionate about creating workflows and loves being a leader. Collaboration between editorial teams, our data and research teams, our events and our marketing efforts.
Her response confirmed that she was the one. "Everything you said is just a dopamine hit for me."
Karin’s passion makes the whole operation buzz. She has a proven track record of managing employees, running newsrooms, and interacting with all parts of the business to get everyone on the same page. This operational rigor is exactly what we need in the next chapter.
Why this matters to our strategy (and to you)
As I’ve written before, VentureBeat has an evolving mission. In an age where experts and companies can publish directly, it is no longer enough to be a secondary source. Our goal is to primary source for you.
how? By leveraging our relationships with a community of millions of technology leaders. We’re increasingly surveying you directly to gain unique insights you won’t get anywhere else. we want to be the first to tell you which one Vector store with your colleagues actually implementation, what Governance challenges are most pressing for data scientists, or how Your opponent is budgeting for generative AI.
This is an ambitious strategy. It requires a close-knit team, with editorial content, research studies and reports, newsletters, and VB Transform events all working from the same playbook.
Karin is a leader who helps execute that vision. Her experience at Protocol, also focused on serving technical and business decision makers, means she has a fundamental understanding of our audience. She is ideally suited to manage our newsroom and ensure that all the content we create helps us do our jobs better. She will work alongside Editor-in-Chief Karl Franzen, who will continue to drive news decisions.
This is a great hire for VentureBeat. This is another sign of our commitment to building a team of experts most focused on enterprise AI and data.
Please welcome Karin to your team.
