An editor for "The Verge" took a job with Apple — and didn"t tell his employer

An editor for The Verge took a job with Apple — but didn’t tell his employer. 

Chris Ziegler, a founding editor at the tech-focused digital media publication, began working for Apple in July 2016. Ziegler did not tell The Verge, where he had been a deputy editor, and continued to be employed by the website, according to Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel, who posted a note to The Verge on Friday afternoon.

Patel said that the website had become aware of Ziegler’s dual employment and investigated whether he had been involved in any coverage of his new employer. Strangely, Patel said that the website had not heard from Ziegler in August or September. Read more…

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An editor for "The Verge" took a job with Apple — and didn"t tell his employer