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Nicholas Carlson

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Nicholas Carlson
Carlson in 2021
Carlson in 2021
OccupationJournalist
Alma materDavidson 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]

References

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