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PCWorld executive editor Ung dies at 58 - Talking Biz News
PCWorld executive editor Gordon Mah Ung, a tireless journalist we once described as a founding father of hardcore tech journalism, passed away over the weekend after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Jon Phillips of PCWorld writes, “With more than 25 years’ experience covering computer tech broadly and computer chips specifically, Gordon’s dogged reporting, one-of-a-kind personality, and commitment […]
CNBC taps Sullivan as "Power Lunch" co-anchor - Talking Biz News
CNBC senior vice president Dan Colarusso sent out the following on Monday: Before this year comes to a close, I wanted to share the news that Brian Sullivan will be joining Kelly Evans as co-anchor of “Power Lunch,” beginning Jan. 2. Brian’s presence and experience, both behind the anchor desk and in the field, will be a […]
Business Insider hires Brooks as standards editor - Talking Biz News
Business Insider editor in chief Jamie Heller sent out the following on Monday: I’m excited to share that Rick Brooks is joining Business Insider as Standards Editor. I worked with Rick for more than two decades at The Wall Street Journal, where he most recently served as a standards editor, advising reporters and editors across the newsroom. […]
Is this the end of CoinDesk as we know it? - Talking Biz News
Former CoinDesk editorial staffer Michael McSweeney writes about the recent happenings at the cryptocurrency news site, where the owner ordered the removal of a story and fired three top editors. McSweeney writes, “Yanking a rather inoffensive piece of event journalism at the apparent behest of a major crypto business interest is an affront to all the hard […]
LinkedIn finance editor Singh departs - Talking Biz News
Manas Pratap Singh, finance editor for LinkedIn News Europe, has left for a new opportunity after two years. He previously was a reporter at HFM Global for its London bureau, covering hedge funds. Singh was an intern at Bloomberg, where he covered the UK economy and the credit market. He also worked at NDTV for […]
Crain's Cleveland senior reporter Bullard retiring - Talking Biz News
Stan Bullard, a senior reporter at Crain’s Cleveland Business, is retiring after nearly 39 years with the publication. Bullard covers real estate and related industries from architecture, brokerage and construction to property technology, as well as retail. His last day will be Dec. 31. Bullard started at the publication on Feb. 2, 1986. He previously […]
LaReau promoted to senior autos reporter at Gannett - Talking Biz News
Jamie LaReau has been named senior autos writer for Gannett. She has been covering General Motors for the Detroit Free Press for the last seven years and will start covering Ford on Jan. 6. She joined the Detroit Free Press in June 2018. Previously, she spent 13 years writing for Automotive News. Most recently, the Society […]
Dang to cover US oil companies for Reuters - Talking Biz News
Sheila Dang is joining Reuters’ Houston energy team on Jan. 6 and take over coverage of U.S. oil majors Exxon and Chevron, as well as large independent producers such ConocoPhillips and Occidental Petroleum. Dang joins as the industry works through the biggest consolidation in two decades. The U.S. is pumping record volumes of oil and […]
Deputy tech editor Haselton departs CNBC for The Verge - Talking Biz News
CNBC.com deputy technology editor Todd Haselton is leaving the news organization for a job at The Verge. He will start Jan. 2 as deputy reviews and commerce editor at The Verge, running its product reviews program. Haselton has been covering technology for 15 years and joined CNBC in 2017. Before CNBC, he was executive editor of TechnoBuffalo […]
WSJ's Volz named Kiplinger fellow - Talking Biz News
Wall Street Journal reporter Dustin Volz has been named a fellow in The Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism at Ohio University. The journalists will be on campus March 24-28 and have residence at the Ohio University Inn while attending workshops on artificial intelligence in Schoonover Center and Alden Library. “This fellowship in AI produced a record […]
FT hires Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels - Talking Biz News
The Financial Times has hired Barbara Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels. She will start in January. Moens is chief EU correspondent at Politico, based in Brussels. Prior to joining Politico, Moens covered Belgian politics for the Belgian national daily De Tijd. She studied at the KU Leuven, the Université de Strasbourg, the University of […]
Cunningham named editor in chief of Newsweek - Talking Biz News
Jennifer H. Cunningham has been named editor in chief at Newsweek, succeeding Nancy Cooper. Cunningham will oversee all aspects of Newsweek’s editorial strategy and execution moving forward, continuing the organization’s mission of fearless and responsible journalism. Cunningham joined Newsweek in March of 2024 as executive editor and has 20 years of experience writing, reporting, editing, […]
Upset CoinDesk staffers send letter to owner - Talking Biz News
Members of the CoinDesk editorial team have sent a letter to the CEO of its parent expressing concern about its influence over the newsroom in the wake of the firing of its editor in chief and two other top editors, reports Daniel Kuhn of The Block. Kuhn reports, “‘In the original press release announcing Bullish’s acquisition of […]
Washington Post announces start of third newsroom - Talking Biz News
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last few months, colleagues from the newsroom, opinion and business teams have focused on creating and developing a plan for WP Ventures, formerly known as the “Third Newsroom.” The goal is to explore how The Washington Post can effectively grow our […]
"Power Lunch" co-anchor Tyler Mathisen is leaving CNBC - Talking Biz News
Note from CNBC Business News senior vice president Dan Colarusso: After more than 27 years with CNBC, Tyler Mathisen will step away from his role as “Power Lunch” Co-Anchor in late December. He will continue to play a key part in CNBC Events and a variety of other areas into 2025. Tyler’s contributions, both editorially […]
Fox Business anchor Cavuto is departing - Talking Biz News
Neil Cavuto, the first anchor hired by Fox News in 1996, is leaving the network, another casualty of cost-cutting in the TV news business, reports Stephen Battaglio of the Los Angeles Times. Battaglio reports, “Cavuto will make his final appearance on the network Thursday on ‘Your World,’ his long-running daily business-oriented program. His current deal is up […]
McGraw Center for Biz Journalism hands out five grants - Talking Biz News
Five veteran journalists have been named the latest recipients of the McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism. Each of the winning projects will receive a grant of up to $15,000. The new McGraw Fellows will explore subjects ranging from the emerging market for biodiversity credits and fraud schemes that target tribal corporations, to the impact of chemicals […]
Brower, formerly with Business Insider, hired by Ankler as executive editor - Talking Biz News
Ankler, which covers the entertainment industry, has hired Alison Brower as its executive editor. Brower was Los Angeles bureau chief at Business Insider before leaving in February. She will report to Ankler CEO and Editor-in-Chief Janice Min and will work closely with her and co-founder Richard Rushfield. As Los Angeles bureau chief, Brower led a bicoastal […]
Cavuto signs off from Fox Business - Talking Biz News
Neil Cavuto, one of the founding anchors at Fox Business Network when it launched in 2017, said goodbye on his show Thursday. He has been managing editor of business news for Fox News and Fox Business. “I’ve been planning this day for some time,” said Cavuto. “…I’m not leaving journalism, I’m just leaving here.” He […]
Washington Post hires former WSJ ME Pensiero as standards editor - Talking Biz News
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Thursday: I’m delighted to share the news that Karen Pensiero will be joining The Post in January as our Standards Editor, a new masthead position reporting to me. Karen, the former managing editor at The Wall Street Journal, is passionate about fair, ethical and independent journalism. […]
MLex starts AI, intellectual property news services - Talking Biz News
Regulatory news service MLex said Thursday it has launched services covering artificial intelligence and intellectual property. The artificial intelligence news service will be run by chief global correspondents Mike Swift and Matthew Newman. It will cover how regulators worldwide are interpreting laws. “Other news organizations might tell you when a suit is filed or a […]
Edgecliffe-Johnson to write CEO newsletter for Semafor - Talking Biz News
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson will write an invitation-only newsletter for chief executives, The CEO Signal, for Semafor, reports Katie Robertson of The New York Times. Robertson reports, “Mr. Edgecliffe-Johnson, formerly FT’s U.S. news editor, said in an interview that other ‘C.E.O.-branded’ media products were intended for a more junior and more aspirational audience, while his newsletter would be written directly […]
Sinha departs S&P Global for Charlottesville Tomorrow - Talking Biz News
Charlottesville Tomorrow has hired S&P Global’s Akash Sinha as its managing editor. Tamica Jean-Charles of Charlottesville Tomorrow writes, “Sinha will join us to take the lead on giving our team direction and making sure our audiences keep getting great local news. He moved to Charlottesville 20 years ago to study English literature at the University of Virginia (the […]
Business Insider hires Dixit to cover Meta - Talking Biz News
Business Insider has hired Pranav Dixit to cover Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram. He will start in January. He has been Engadget senior editor for a year. Dixit previously was a technology reporter covering the intersection of technology and culture for BuzzFeed News. He has been a Nieman fellow at Harvard University. He was also executive editor of FactorDaily, […]
Reuters names Menon its Australia, New Zealand and Pacific bureau chief - Talking Biz News
Reuters North Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australasia News Editor Soyoung Kim recently shared the below note with staff, announcing the appointment of Praveen Menon as Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific bureau chief: Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Praveen has been appointed Bureau Chief of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. Praveen […]
Eastwood departing The Markup for NY Times - Talking Biz News
Joel Eastwood is leaving tech news site The Markup for the weather team at the New York Times. Eastwood will join the team in January as a graphics/multimedia editor focused on front-end development based in New York. At The Markup, he worked as a visualizations engineer designing charts and building digital tools. As a journalist and […]
CoinDesk journalists concerned about owner interference - Talking Biz News
Leo Schwartz of Fortune examines cryptocurrency news operation CoinDesk under its new owners, which forced editors to take down a story. Schwartz reports, “The article was titled ‘I Watched Justin Sun Eat the World’s Most Expensive Banana. I Don’t Get It.’ It provided context about the art world and the banana-eating stunt, as well as background […]
Bloomberg's Micklethwait: Paywalls safest way to ensure jobs - Talking Biz News
Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait called paywalls “the safest way to guarantee journalistic jobs,” reports Bron Maher of Press Gazette. Maher writes, “He said there were two major reasons to adopt paywalls. “‘The first is that paywalls really are the safest way to guarantee journalistic jobs. There are lots of reasons why The Economist has overtaken other weekly magazines, […]
Semafor hires CNBC's Goswami as biz reporter - Talking Biz News
Semafor has hired CNBC reporter Rohan Goswami as a business reporter, starting in January. Goswami has been covering deal making and shareholder activism in all sectors. He has broken news on a number of boardroom and activist-related matters, including the probe that ultimately led to the ouster of Norfolk Southern’s CEO, the ongoing struggles at Intel, the […]
Fortune jumps to No. 8 biz news website in November - Talking Biz News
Fortune magazine jumped two spots to become the No. 8 business news website in November due to a 12% gain in unique visitors, according to data from ComScore. Fortune had 21.5 million unique visitors in the month, up from the 19.2 million unique visitors it had in October. It passed Fox Business and CNN Business, […]
Kempner, onetime AJC biz editor, is taking buyout offer - Talking Biz News
Matt Kempner, who has been business editor and business columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has taken the publication’s buyout offer and will be leaving on Dec. 31. Kempner says he’s “hoping to stretch into new and different things in retirement, but I may still search for interesting stories.” He has been with the paper for […]
Western, formerly with WSJ, joins NY Times in Soeul - Talking Biz News
New York Times international editor Phil Pan sent out the following on Wednesday: We’re excited to announce that Neil Western has joined The Times’s Asia news hub in Seoul as an editor guiding coverage of Japan and the Koreas. Neil is an accomplished editor and an experienced Asia hand whose work spans some of the […]
NY Times names Karaian deputy biz editor - Talking Biz News
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Wednesday: I’m thrilled to announce that Jason Karaian is now a deputy Business editor. As our news director for the past two years, Jason has upped the urgency of our business report. He’s made us faster and smarter about what news to cover and how […]
Why hedge fund managers are hesitant to talk with reporters - Talking Biz News
Nell Mackenzie, a hedge fund reporter at Reuters, spoke on the “Hedge Fund Huddle” podcast about covering the industry and the difficulties in getting fund managers to talk. Here is an excerpt: Nell: I think part of the friction we run up to with the free speech that hedge funds could or would have, if […]
Dallas Morning News hires Nobles to cover workforce and economic mobility - Talking Biz News
The Dallas Morning News has hired Wilborn Nobles to cover workforce and economic mobility issues. Nobles previously was a reporter for Axios in Atlanta. He also worked for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution covering City Hall and the Baltimore Sun covering the local county government. Nobles also worked for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans. He is a […]
Forbes is cutting ties with some freelancers - Talking Biz News
Forbes will stop using freelancers for some types of stories indefinitely and blames the change on a recent update to Google Search policies, reports Mia Sato of The Verge. Sato reports, “In recent days, Forbes has said it will stop hiring freelancers to produce content for its product review section Forbes Vetted, according to a journalist who […]
Felcyn, longtime BusinessWeek editor, has died - Talking Biz News
Keith Felcyn, a longtime editor at BusinessWeek magazine, died on Dec. 10 in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he lived since 1975. Felcyn worked as a senior editor and chief of correspondents for BusinessWeek magazine for 41 years. He also was manager of the Milwaukee bureau and the Chicago bureau. While in Chicago, he was vice president […]
Kanell, Atlanta economics reporter, is retiring - Talking Biz News
Michael Kanell, senior economics reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for nearly 30 years, is retiring. He has been reporting on jobs, housing and the economy. In that role, he has appeared on television and radio talk shows and panel discussions to analyze and report on the region’s business and economic developments. Scott Trubey, the economy […]
Globe and Mail hires Al Mallees to cover economic policy - Talking Biz News
The Globe and Mail has hired Noujoud Al Mallees to cover fiscal and economic policy. She will be based in Ottawa. Al Malless has been an economics reporter for The Canadian Press since July 2022. She previously was a reporter for CBC/Radio Canada. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Western University and a master’s degree from Ryerson […]
Serrano-Roman moving to bankruptcy beat at Bloomberg Law - Talking Biz News
Angelica Serrano-Román is moving to the bankruptcy beat at Bloomberg Law. She has been covering state tax policy since joining the news organization in 2022. Serrano-Román was a fellow for CNBC’s investigative unit. Before joining CNBC, she worked as a freelance reporter for Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism where she covered government and business news while […]