Dow Jones names news editor for wealth management coverage

Kevin Noblet, managing editor for wealth management coverage at Dow Jones Newswires, made the following staff announcement on Monday morning: I’m pleased to announce that Temma Ehrenfeld will become news editor for wealth management at Dow Jones Newswires. Temma, who will start on Sept. 6, brings the knowledge and experience to help guide our in-depth […]

Dow Jones names new foreign exchange reporter

Michael Casey, managing editor of the Americas at Dow Jones Newswires, made the following staff announcement on Monday morning: I am pleased to announce that Anusha Shrivastava will be the latest addition to the New York team for DJ FX Trader. Anusha, who will cover foreign exchange markets, is no stranger to many of us […]

Global editor leaving Reuters

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Reuters deputy editor in chief Paul Ingrassia sent out the following announcement to the staff on Monday: After a distinguished journalistic career with Reuters and Thomson Reuters, Sean Maguire has decided to leave the company to pursue new opportunities. In his four years as global editor, Sean redefined Reuters coverage of […]

Reuters names new tech, media editor

Thomson Reuters announced Monday the hiring of Peter Lauria as editor in charge of technology, media and telecom coverage in the Americas, replacing Ken Li who has moved into his new role as editor of Reuters.com. Lauria has covered the media and entertainment industry for more than a decade, and broken many stories including the […]

Bloomberg looking to launch Arabia TV channel

Financial media giant Bloomberg LP is reportedly in talks with Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia to launch a new Arabic-language business news channel. Neal Ungerleider of Fast Company writes, “Regional newspapers are reporting that Bloomberg and Alwaleed are in talks to launch the new channel, which would be formally announced within the […]

Bloomberg Businessweek to expand in Europe and Asia, up rate base

Bloomberg Businessweek announced Monday that it will expand its reach in Europe and Asia with two new regional editions and raise its rate base from 900,000 to 980,000 in early 2012.. Bloomberg Businessweek has seen a strong pattern of growth since relaunching in 2010. The global edition of Bloomberg Businessweek posted a 14% increase in […]