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The Information Promotes Nick Wingfield to Co-Executive Editor
The Information promoted Nick Wingfield to co-executive editor as the tech news outlet reshuffles its leadership.
Longtime co-executive editor Martin Peers will become editor-at-large and focus on expanding the outlet’s Briefing newsletters.
Wingfield will oversee daily editorial operations alongside founder and CEO Jessica Lessin and Amir Efrati, while continuing to manage his reporting team.
Abe Brown was promoted to features editor, and Meredith Mazzilli will lead the finance team.
The changes come as the outlet plans to expand its reporting staff and coverage areas amid shifts in audience habits and concerns about misinformation.
Peers will keep advising the newsroom, editing The Electric, and writing, while the reporters who currently report to him will move to other senior editors in the coming weeks.
The Information has promoted Nick Wingfield to co-executive editor in a leadership reshuffle announced by founder and CEO Jessica Lessin.
Longtime co-executive editor Martin Peers is stepping down from that role and will become editor-at-large.
Wingfield will oversee daily editorial operations with Lessin and Amir Efrati while continuing to manage his reporting team.
Abe Brown has been promoted to features editor, and Meredith Mazzilli to finance editor.
The changes come as The Information plans to expand its reporting staff and coverage areas.
- Who
- The Information’s senior editors, including Nick Wingfield, Martin Peers, Abe Brown and Meredith Mazzilli.
- What
- Wingfield was promoted to co-executive editor; Peers will become editor-at-large, and Brown and Mazzilli were promoted to section editor roles.
- When
- The changes were announced Thursday, October 15, 2026.
- Where
- The Information, a tech news outlet.
- Why
- The outlet plans to expand its reporting staff and coverage areas amid changes in audience habits and challenges facing news publishers.
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Nick Wingfield joined The Information after working at The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Ken Brown left The Information to join CNBC.
Jessica Lessin announced the leadership changes at The Information.
Reporters who currently report to Martin Peers will transition to other senior editors.
- New co-executive editor
- Nick Wingfield
- Outgoing co-executive editor
- Martin Peers will become editor-at-large
- Founder and CEO
- Jessica Lessin
- Features editor
- Abe Brown
- Finance editor
- Meredith Mazzilli
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