Strengthening our core: Welcoming Karen Levy as VentureBeat’s new managing editor
I am excited to announce a great new addition to our leadership team: Karen Levy He joins VentureBeat as our new Managing Editor. Today is her first day.
Many of you may know Karen from her recent role as deputy managing editor at TechCrunch, but her career is a highlight of veteran tech journalism. Her resume includes pivotal roles in Protocol, NerdWallet, Business Insider, and CNETGiving her a deep understanding of the industry from every angle.
Hiring Karyne is an important step forward for VentureBeat. As we’ve sharpened our focus on serving you — the technical decision maker in the organization navigating the complexities of AI and data — I’ve been looking for a very specific type of leader.
the "Dopamine hit the regulator"
In the past, the managing editor was often the final arbiter of copy. Today, in a modern, data-centric media company like ours, the role has become infinitely more dynamic. It is the central hub of the entire content process.
During my research, I found myself talking a lot about both types "Dopamine hits" In our business. There is writer success – seeing your name in a great story. Then there’s the regulator’s stroke—the satisfaction that comes from building, adjusting, and operating the complex machine that allows dozens of different parts of the company to move in one powerful direction.
We were looking for an organizer.
When I spoke with Karen, she explained this vision: A leader who thrives on creating workflows, and loves to be one The connection between editorial, our data and surveys team, and our events and marketing operations.
Her response confirmed that she was: "Everything you said is exactly my hit of dopamine."
Karen’s passion is to make the whole process hum. She has a proven track record of managing people, managing newsrooms, and communicating with all parts of the company to ensure everyone is aligned. This operational precision is exactly what we need in our next chapter.
Why this is important to our strategy (and yours)
As I’ve written before, VentureBeat is on a mission to evolve. In an age where experts and companies can publish directly, it’s not enough to be a secondary source. Our goal is to become Primary source for you.
how? By leveraging our relationship with our community of millions of technical leaders. We’re increasingly surveying you directly to create special insights you can’t get anywhere else. We want to be the first to tell you any Vector stores are your peers In reality implementation, What Governance challenges are the most pressing for data scientists, or how Your peers are budgeting for generative AI.
This is an ambitious strategy. It takes a cohesive team where our editorial content, our surveys and research reports, our newsletters, and our VB Transform events all operate from the same playbook.
Karen is the leader who will help us execute this vision. Her experience at Protocol, which is also dedicated to serving technical and business decision makers, means she fundamentally understands our audience. They’re ideally suited to running our newsroom and making sure every piece of content we produce helps you do your job better. She will work alongside Carl Franzen, our executive editor, who continues to lead news decision-making.
This is a great hire by VentureBeat. It’s another sign of our commitment to building the most focused team of experts in AI and enterprise data.
Please join me in welcoming Karen to the team.
