Lawler returns to TechCrunch: After four years leading all aspects of thought leadership and content development at Samsung NEXT, Ryan Lawler(@ryanlawler) has headed back to TechCrunch (@TechCrunch), where he’ll primarily be working with the ExtraCrunch team. To start, he’ll mostly be focused on analysis of the fintech market.
Hall joins TechCrunch team: Christine Hall (@christinemhall) has joined TechCrunch (@techcrunch), where she’ll be covering venture capital and startups. Before TechCrunch, she covered venture capital rounds for Crunchbase News. Prior to that, she has worked for the Houston Business Journal, Pulse magazine (Texas Medical Center), and Community Impact Newspaper.
Landoline retires from Omdia: Longtime industry analyst Ken Landoline (@klandoline) has retired from Omdia, where he focused on telecom, customer engagement and contact center technology. Prior to joining Ovum (now Omdia) in 2016, Ken held analyst positions at Current Analysis and Yankee Group. He also has held voice telephony positions at global companies like Siemens, Fujitsu America, and ITT Worldcom.
Sargent promoted at SD Times: SD Times (@sdtimes) has named Jenna Sargent (@jsargey) news editor. She was previously the online and social media editor for the publication and has been on staff since 2017. Prior to that, Sargent was a web developer for QuEST Global.
New editor at Fleet Maintenance: John Hitch (@Hitched2Trucks) has been named editor at Fleet Maintenance (@FleetMx) magazine. Before joining the publication, he worked for Fleet Owner and Informa.
BBC’s Cellan-Jones leaving organization: BBC News technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones (@ruskin147) is leaving in late October after 40 years at the news organization.
Fildes leaving telecom role at FT: Later this year, Nic Fildes (@NicFildes) is leaving his role as technology correspondent at the Financial Times (@FT) and is moving to Australia as the FT’s new Australia and Pacific correspondent.