Brian’s Work

Brian Warmoth is an editorial director and journalist with more than a decade of leadership experience in B2B media products and business intelligence. He currently works for Digital Commerce 360 as Director of Editorial, Retail.

Previously, he worked as Director of Research and Editorial Strategy for Inside.com, running editorial operations for a team of 30+ editors and analysts covering news and trends for the company’s daily email newsletters, events, and social news site. He also worked for American City Business Journals as Director of Special Editorial Projects at the company’s Streetwise Media brand (now American Inno) and as Content Director at Industry Dive, leading that startup’s first editorial team, which launched and grew a family of B2B news websites, including Retail Dive, Utility Dive, and Education Dive.

His work has included building and growing editorial teams, as well as hosting events and podcasts, writing news content for digital and print media, and making televised appearances to share insights from original reporting. Over two decades he has been an editor, reporter, and analyst, covering technology, business, entertainment, and venture capital trends at media outlets including AOL News, MTV News, and others. He has been cited in publications from The Atlantic, Bloomberg Press, Wired, and elsewhere. Contact him at brian[at]warmoth[dot]org. You can also follow him on Threads, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, and Substack.

History of roles and projects

April 2022

🌐

Re-launched Inside.com website as a social news-driven network for professionals, hitting No. 3 on Product Hunt its first day

March 2022
October 2021

Joined Inside.com

Became Director of Research and Editorial Strategy for Inside.com‘s family of newsletters and events

📧

Launched new weekly internal email newsletter to brief Orange Group about emerging trends in US tech

September 2019
August 2018

🎙️

Launched ongoing Bistrocast podcast series at Orange Silicon Valley

Joined Orange Silicon Valley

Took over content operations, launching, producing, and managing email newsletters, reports, podcasts, and other channels

October 2016
May 2016

🌉

Moved to San Francisco Bay Area

📝

Became Director of Special Editorial Projects for American City Business Journals’ national family of American Inno sites

May 2016
January 2014

Joined American City Business Journals

Became Managing Editor for DC Inno

Joined Industry Dive

Became company’s first Content Director, launching daily newsletters and websites for Education Dive, Utility Dive, Retail Dive, Construction Dive, Waste Dive, and Healthcare Dive

May 2012
January 2012

🚇

Moved to Washington, D.C.

Graduated from Northwestern University

Earned MSJ degree from the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

December 2011
June 2011

Began contributing to Independent Film Channel

Wrote features, interviews, and news for IFC.com

Enrolled at Northwestern University

Entered MSJ program in interactive publishing

January 2011
January 2009

Began contributing to MTV News

Wrote daily blog, news, and feature coverage about the movie and video game industries

Joined DDP

Ran direct market and tradeshow marketing for a top-10 U.S. comic book publisher

December 2008
December 2008

🌭

Moved to Chicago

Joined Wizard Magazine

Reported on the comic book, movie, and video game industries for the print magazine and its website

May 2006
May 2006

🗽

Moved to New York

Leave a Comment