Fox Business remains fastest-growing cable channel
Fox Business Network, which ended 2015 as the fastest-growing cable news channel, has continued that growth in the first half of 2016, according to Nielsen Media Research. The eight-year-old network reported an average of 128,000 total viewers during the 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. business day slot, an increase of 113 percent, making it once […]
Coverage: British vote to leave EU sends markets into turmoil
The British people voted Thursday to leave the European Union, sending markets worldwide into turmoil. Stephen Gandel of Fortune had the outlook for the U.S. stock market: Dow Jones industrial average futures were predicting that the gauge could open down nearly 650 points when stocks start trading on Friday, after the U.K. voted to leave the […]
Verma hired by Bloomberg Markets
Sid Verma, an associate editor at Euromoney Institutional Investor, has been hired by Bloomberg Markets to cover markets. Verma has been with Euromoney since April 2012, writing news and features on emerging market finance and overseeing Euromoney.com. Before that, he was a reporter for FT Tilt for nearly a year and a reporter and deputy […]
WSJ seeks futures editor in New York
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a talented, versatile leader to run our coverage of futures and options. This job offers a big opportunity: shaping the Journal’s approach to an industry at the heart of Wall Street. It carries responsibility for covering the big futures marketplaces — the largest players in the exchange industry […]
Bloomberg’s Scaggs leaving for FT
Bloomberg News reporter Alexandra Scaggs has resigned to accept a position working with the Financial Times on its market commentary section Alphaville. Scaggs, who had been with Bloomberg since February 2015, sent out the following note to her colleagues: Hi everyone, I’m sad to say that today’s my last day at Bloomberg. I had a […]
WSJ seeks reporter to cover futures exchanges
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter to cover the world of futures exchanges. It is an all-encompassing beat with responsibility for everything from company performance to market structure to regulation to margin calls. The names on this beat — Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange — loom large in the world of finance, […]
WSJ seeks reporter to cover options market
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter to cover the options market. Contracts to buy and sell stocks are the focus, but the reporter would be expected to roam across the options landscape, picking up noteworthy trades and strategies in other markets like oil. The job also brings responsibility for the main options […]
Whitehouse returns to New York Post to cover federal courts
Kaja Whitehouse, who has covered Wall Street for USA Today since December 2014, has returned to the New York Post. At the Post, Whitehouse now covers Manhattan federal courts. “It’s a very cool gig covering the most exciting courthouse in the land,” said Whitehouse. Before joining USA Today, Whitehouse covered technology for the Post. Before […]
FT’s Ignites seeks reporters in New York
Ignites, an online daily from the Financial Times, is looking for reporters to join its team covering the retail fund industry. If you or anyone you know is looking for some stability and a solid, fun working environment after a laboring at newspapers, take a look. There are several open beats, including compliance/regulation and liquid […]
Quartz seeks markets and economics reporter
Quartz seeks a reporter to cover international markets and economics, and the relentless flow of charts, data and ideas they produce. You would be part of the growing Quartz team based in New York, and help shape our efforts to take bracingly creative approaches to covering business news. We are looking for journalists with professional reporting […]
