Axios Names Chief Tech Officer as Publisher Readies Pay Product

Vanity Fair: After two years of doing business as a purely ad-driven media publication, Axios is preparing to introduce a complementary subscription component. The influential website and e-mail-newsletter factory has hired Jess Szmajda as its new chief technology officer to lead the effort on the tech side. The 38-year-old joins from the e-commerce-oriented start-up Optoro.