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Washington state paper hires biz reporter Morgan - Talking Biz News
The Longview Daily News in Washington state has hired Nick Morgan to cover business, real estate and the city of Longview. He previously was a reporter at the Rogue Valley Times in Medford, Oregon. Morgan also spent 15 years at the Mail Tribune in Medford in a variety of positions, including web editor. He is a […]
Industry Dive is shutting Agriculture Dive - Talking Biz News
Industry Dive is shutting its Agriculture Dive newsletter, which launched in 2023, and moving that content over to Food Dive. Sarah Zimmerman, the editor of Agriculture Dive, writes on LinkedIn: “I’m incredibly heartened by the feedback and traction Agriculture Dive has gotten in the short 1.5 years of its existence — at the end, we […]
CNN Business hires Eadicicco as tech editor - Talking Biz News
CNN Business has hired Lisa Eadicicco as its technology editor. She will start on Monday. Eadicicco has been a senior editor for CNET covering mobile devices. She has been writing about technology for almost a decade. Prior to joining CNET, Eadicicco served as a senior tech correspondent at Business Insider covering Apple and the broader consumer tech industry. She was also […]
Bloomberg News makes business beat changes - Talking Biz News
Shelly Banjo, managing editor of global business coverage at Bloomberg News, sent out the following: We are thrilled to announce that Rachel Cohrs Zhang will be joining Bloomberg as a Washington-based national health reporter on Feb. 10. Rachel will lead health coverage out of Washington, chronicling the Trump administration’s rapidly changing approach to health care […]
Inc. hires Swarts as a senior editor - Talking Biz News
Will Swarts, a veteran freelancer for Inc., has been hired as a senior editor there. He began his staff position in late January. Before taking over the Workplace section at Inc., Swarts edited the A.M. News team pilot project from its inception in November 2023, editing general news from a small reporting team and selecting […]
Adweek hires Barnett as senior tech reporter - Talking Biz News
Adweek has hired Kendra Barnett as its senior technology reporter. She previously was The Drum’s U.S. associate editor. While there, she ran day-to-day coverage of the U.S. market and works alongside global editors to shape editorial strategy across the publication. She also spearheads The Drum’s coverage on big tech, media and data, and has a special interest […]
WSJ reorganization rattles newsroom - Talking Biz News
IAPE 1096, the union that represents editorial staffers at The Wall Street Journal, issued the following statement: WSJ leadership announced the latest large-scale—and unsettling—restructuring in the newsroom this week, mainly affecting the Life & Work teams. While IAPE has received no notices of member layoffs in that or other departments this week, we are concerned […]
Forbes senior editor Konrad departs after 12 years - Talking Biz News
Forbes senior editor Alex Konrad is leaving the publication to “build something new,” he wrote on a social media post. He has been covering venture capital and startups, especially in cloud and AI, out of New York. Konrad also edited the Midas List and Under 30 for VC, and created the Midas List Europe and Cloud 100 […]
Pulitzer, Loeb winner Mendoza departs AP - Talking Biz News
Martha Mendoza, a two-time Pulitzer Prize and Emmy-winning journalist, has accepted a buyout from the Associated Press after 30 years. In 2016, she was part of an AP team that won a Loeb Award for “Seafood from Slaves,” which also won a Pulitzer. The international investigation of the fishing industry in Southeast Asia freed more than […]
Forbes has laid off about 5% of its staff - Talking Biz News
Forbes laid off about 5% of its employees on Friday, in the latest round of job cuts to hit the media world, reports Sean Burch of The Wrap. Burch writes, “The business magazine’s website said it has about 500 employees worldwide, which would mean around 25 people lost their jobs. Forbes also has a network of 2,100 […]
Consumer Reports hires Radford as its new CEO - Talking Biz News
Consumer Reports has hired Phil Radford as its next president and CEO. Radford previously served as chief strategy officer at Sierra Club and will assume his new role at the beginning of February. He replaces Marta Tellado, who has been CEO since 2014. Radford’s experience leading membership organizations, growing revenue models and tackling consumer issues will […]
What's behind the FT's AI-powered paywall - Talking Biz News
The Financial Times’s AI-powered paywall has helped improve key subscription business metrics, such as average revenue per user and lifetime value, but it hasn’t led to more readers converting into subscribers, reports Sara Guaglione of Digiday. Guaglione writes, “The paywall went live to 95% of the FT’s global readers that have opted in to sharing […]
Georgia daily hires Paul-Slater as a biz reporter - Talking Biz News
Jordyn Paul-Slater has been hired by the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer as a business reporter. Her writing work has appeared in publications such as Reuters, Fast Company, and The New York Observer. Beyond her writing, Paul-Slater is an experienced radio and podcast producer. Her portfolio includes producing, hosting, and editing content for platforms like SiriusXM. She has […]
Wealth Management hires Ortolani as senior reporter - Talking Biz News
Wealth Management has hired Alex Ortolani as a senior reporter. He is focused on deals, moves and trends in the registered investment advisor space. Ortolani returned to reporting after a decade in media relations and communications in fields including international relations, economics, retail, and finance. Prior to those roles he reported for outlets Bloomberg News, The South […]
Washington Post hires FT's Spiegel as ME - Talking Biz News
The Washington Post has hired Peter Spiegel as its newest managing editor. Spiegel will oversee The Post’s National and Local newsroom departments, including its coverage of national politics, the federal government, national security, the judiciary, immigration, race, health and science. He will begin Feb. 24 and will be based in Washington. Spiegel joins The Post […]
CNBC saw huge increase in viewers on Monday - Talking Biz News
CNBC reported a big increase in viewers in Monday after the news about DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence tool broke, causing a decline in Nvidia shares and the overall NASDAQ market. The business news channel saw an 18 percent increase in total viewers and a 26 percent increase in viewers in the key 25- to 54-year-old age […]
Wilde, writer of Sherwood's financial newsletter, departs - Talking Biz News
Jamie Wilde, who has been writing the financial newsletter Snacks for Sherwood News, was laid off from the news organization. She had been with Sherwood since April 2023. Wilde previously wrote Incrypto, the Morning Brew newsletter covering cryptocurrency. She also wrote the main Morning Brew newsletter. She previously worked at Ypulse, working on newsletters. Wilde interned […]
American Banker senior editor Egan promoted to corporate position - Talking Biz News
American Banker senior editor Mary Ellen Egan has been promoted to senior director, strategy and content, live media – banking at Arizent, the publication’s parent company. Egan will be responsible for the expansion and execution of programming for multiple conferences for American Banker, At American Banker, Egan helped shape and lead the The Most Powerful Women in Banking […]
Bloomberg hires Meaker as Weekend senior writer - Talking Biz News
Bloomberg News has hired Morgan Meaker as a senior writer for its new Weekend edition. She has been a senior writer for Wired covering Europe. She was previously at The Telegram, where she has worked as a technology reporter and most recently, as a business reporter. She has also worked freelance for Wired, BBC News, The Guardian, Reuters, Politico, Financial Times, DR – […]
NBC News taps Klein as DC senior director of newsgathering - Talking Biz News
NBC News DC bureau chief Ken Strickland sent the following internal memo on Wednesday: I am pleased to announce that Stacey Klein has been promoted to Washington Senior Director of Newsgathering. Stacey is uniquely qualified to lead our coverage during what promises to be a pivotal time in Washington politics with the new administration. For […]
WSJ taps Restuccia as its White House editor - Talking Biz News
Wall Street Journal reporter Andrew Restuccia has been named the publication’s White House editor. Restuccia has been covering the White House for The Journal, focusing on domestic policy, foreign policy and the economy. He joined the Journal in 2019 after a seven-year stint at Politico. During his time at Politico, he wrote about policy and politics, as […]
American Banker hires Huspen to cover tech - Talking Biz News
American Banker has hired Melinda Huspen to cover financial technology. Previously, she was a business reporting intern with Digital Insurance through the Dow Jones News Fund. She is a graduate of Fordham University with a major in communications/journalism and a minor in business. Huspen also attended King’s College, where she was managing editor of the Empire State Tribune, […]
WSJ reporter Ensign moves to economics team - Talking Biz News
Wall Street Journal reporter Rachel Ensign has moved to the economics team. She has been on the banking team for nearly 10 years. She has been covering millionaires, billionaires, regular people hoping to become millionaires and billionaires, and bankers serving all of the above. Ensign previously covered Bank of America and commercial real estate lending. Ensign joined […]
Bezos vs. Bezos: Amazon sues to keep records from Washington Post - Talking Biz News
The company that Jeff Bezos founded has gone to court to keep the newspaper he owns from finding out too much about the inner workings of its business, reports Todd Bishop of Geekwire. Bishop reports, “Amazon is suing Washington state to limit the release of public records to The Washington Post from a series of state Department of Labor […]
Tech editor Owens departing MarketWatch.com - Talking Biz News
Jeremy Owens, the tech editor and San Francisco bureau chief at MarketWatch.com, is leaving the news organization and looking for a new opportunity. He has been with the financial website for nearly 10 years. Owens was previously with the San Jose Mercury News as online breaking news editor focused on business and technology coverage. He […]
Place joins American Banker as a national reporter - Talking Biz News
Nathan Place has joined American Banker as a national reporter. He previously was a reporter at Financial Planning, also an Arizent publication, where he covered retirement legislation and other finance news. He’s also been a writer for The Independent, a copy editor in Beijing, an on-the-street reporter for the New York Daily News, and a […]
Atlanta Biz Chronicle names Anason its editor in chief - Talking Biz News
The Atlanta Business Chronicle has named Dean Anason its editor in chief. Anason joined the Business Chronicle as managing editor in 2024. Former editor in chief Doug Sams moved to the San Francisco Business Times last year, and Anason had been running the newsroom in the interim. Anason was previously was managing editor of American Banker. In two […]
Bloomberg taps Sanchez to cover the energy industry - Talking Biz News
Emma Sanchez has been tapped by Bloomberg News to cover the energy industry out of its Houston bureau. She will cover the world’s largest oilfield servicers, drillers and equipment makers. Sanchez has been in Bloomberg’s rotation program for the past year, covering beats such as credit and Chile. She interned for Bloomberg, NBC News and […]
Greater Fayetteville Biz Journal editor promoted to associate publisher - Talking Biz News
Faith Hatton, the editor of the Greater Fayetteville Business Journal, has been promoted to associate publisher. A story on its website states, “With this new role, Hatton will be continuing to work as editor while overseeing continued growth, expanding the Journal’s team in 2025 and developing marketing strategies to help strengthen brand recognition. She will […]
Dayton Biz Journal hires Hetzer as a reporter - Talking Biz News
The Dayton Business Journal has hired Rowan Hetzer as a reporter covering manufacturing and defense. She will also be covering residential real estate, economic development and education industries. Hetzer graduated from the University of Cincinnati in December. She interned at Cincinnati CityBeat most recently. Last summer, she interned at the Cincinnati Business Courier, a sister publication to […]
WSJ: Readers paid more attention to ads during election - Talking Biz News
The Wall Street Journal said its readers paid more attention to ads during the election, reports Mark Stenberg of Adweek. Stenberg writes, “In October, The Journal offered advertisers a performance guarantee for any qualified campaign that ran during a four-week window coinciding with the U.S. presidential election. “Between Oct. 15 and Nov. 15, all five clients—representing six total campaigns—saw […]
San Fran Business Times editor Gardner is retiring - Talking Biz News
James Gardner, the editor in chief of the San Francisco Business Times, announced plans Tuesday to retire in March. “It has been a fantastic ride spending three of those guiding our coverage of the ups and downs of the Bay Area,” he wrote on LinkedIn. “Now, it’s time to pass the torch.” Gardner has been […]
Politico's Mott to oversee employment/immigration and ag coverage - Talking Biz News
Politico staff editor Greg Mott is taking on oversight of the employment/immigration and agriculture teams, He joined Politico in 2021 as an editor working across its economy beats after almost 15 years guiding financial regulation coverage at Bloomberg News, a period that included the global financial crisis and aftermath. Before that, he was a health […]
Puget Sound Biz Journal hires Perez as a reporter - Talking Biz News
The Puget Sound Business Journal has hired Jessica Perez to cover commercial real estate and large employers such as Boeing. She worked in television news for four years in Yakima and Omaha, Nebraska, before shifting to print. Perez started her career in 2020 after graduating from Central Washington University with a degree in broadcast journalism.
Bloomberg Industry Group union objects to company proposal - Talking Biz News
Bloomberg Industry Group management has proposed in negotiations with its union to remove just cause protections for editorial employees, which the Guild has rejected. Rebecca Rainey, Bloomberg Industry Group guild chair, issued the following statement: This provision is unique and it is special. For all the wrong reasons. It is an embarrassment to the history […]
FT's Spiegel in talks to join Washington Post - Talking Biz News
Peter Spiegel of the Financial Times is in talks to join the Washington Post, reports Ben Mullin of the New York Times. He would oversee the Post’s national coverage, Mullin reports. He has been U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times. He is slated to become the FT’s global affairs editor. In that role, he […]
Des Moines Business Record names new editor - Talking Biz News
Sarah Diehn has been named the new editor of the Des Moines Business Record. President Chris Conetzkey writes, “Sarah is an award-winning journalist who has led our innovation coverage since joining the Business Record in 2021, and who has served since 2023 as our digital news editor, leading the production of the Business Record Daily […]
Cybersecurity Dive reporter Kapko departs - Talking Biz News
Matt Kapko, senior reporter at Cybersecurity Dive, is leaving for a new opportunity. He joined the Industry Dive publication in 2022. “I am proud of the work I did during my time here — it was the best of my nearly 25-year career as a journalist,” he wrote on LinkedIn. Kapko previously was a senior […]
Canary Media gets $300K from MacArthur Foundation - Talking Biz News
Energy news site Canary Media will receive $300,000 from the MacArthur Foundation, according to an announcement Tuesday. The money will support its general operations, including journalism covering the transition to clean energy and solutions to the climate crisis. The support comes as Canary is merging next month with the Energy News Network and its reporting […]
CoStar hires San Juan as a reporter - Talking Biz News
Rebecca San Juan, a former real estate reporter at the Miami Herald, has been hired by CoStar News as a reporter in the Washington, DC area. San Juan will be covering federal housing policy and national residential news. At The Herald, she had been writing about the real estate industry, covering news about industrial, commercial, […]