Nicholas Carlson

Nicholas Carlson
Carlson in 2021
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]

References

1. Blodget, Henry. "Nicholas Carlson named Global Editor-in-Chief of Business Insider". Business Insider.
2. 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.

External links

Profile on Insider Inc.