RD Recap: Dan Frommer Joins Re/code; Self Loses Melissa Ventosa Martin

Re/code hires Dan Frommer as editor in chief. “Dan brings our site the energy, curiosity and tech-savvy we need to succeed in digital publishing, an industry that gets more exciting—and challenging—daily,” writes co-founder Kara Swisher in a post announcing the news. “Dan is a guy who loves words and pictures, but he’s also intensely interested in the mechanics of delivering them to readers.” Frommer had been technology editor at Quartz. Before that, he helped launch Business Insider (when it was known as Silicon Alley Insider) and created SplatF and City Notes. Ken