FT names new Lex editor
The Financial Times announced Friday the appointment of John Authers as its global editor of Lex, the well-known business and financial column. Authers will take up his new role on April 1 and lead the team from New York until he relocates to London in September. Authers is currently the FT’s investment editor and principal […]
Banking reporter for Denver Post leaving for Dallas Morning News job
Miles Moffeit, an investigative reporter for the Denver Post who has been covering economic issues for the past year, resigned Thursday from the paper to become an investigative reporter for the Dallas Morning News. His last day at the Post will be April 8. Moffeit had been part of the business desk since January 2009. […]
WSJ takes on the NYC market
Diego Vasquez of MediaLife interviewed Steve Greenberger, chief executive officer at SR Greenberger & Associates, and Ed Strapagiel, executive vice president at Kubas Consultants, about the new New York edition of the Wall Street Journal. Here is an excerpt: What is the Wall Street Journal’s goal with the launch of this new New York edition? […]
Cramer admits advice was wrong
CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer admitted he made a mistake when he told investors to sell stocks in the wake of the passing of the health care reform bill, writes Craig Jones of Benzinga. Jones writes, “His first mistake was believing that the health care reform will hurt earnings of the companies. Caterpillar Inc. […]
Washington Biz Journal hiring five new staffers
The Washington Business Journal, an American City Business Journals paper, is looking to hire up to five new business journalists for its staff, according to editor Doug Fruehling. The paper recently lost Jonathan O’Connell, one of its top reporters, to Capital Business, the new weekly business newspaper from the Washington Post starting next month. Associate […]
Business Insider's Carney fired
John Carney, the managing editor of Clusterstock, a Business Insider site, has been fired, according to a story by Foster Kamer of the Village Voice. Kamer reports, “We’re told Carney was fired by Blodget this afternoon, and it was speculated that this was the result of the last few weeks of disagreements between Blodget, publisher […]
SF Chronicle to launch expanded biz section with help from Bloomberg
The San Francisco Chronicle announced Wednesday that it would launch this Sunday an expanded business news section with the help of Bloomberg News called Business Report. Business Report will be comprised of regional stories and data produced by the business staffs of The Chronicle and Bloomberg. The collaboration will include content sharing on SFGate.com and […]
Bloomberg hires Roberts as new Washington finance editor
Larry Roberts, the executive editor at the Huffington Post, has resigned to become the finance editor in Washington for Bloomberg News, overseeing coverage of financial reform. In a going-away e-mail to his staff posted by Gawker’s Ryan Tate, Roberts wrote, “I make this change with much excitement, but I will miss the extraordinary team at […]
Bloomberg TV's new look
Erik Schatzker, an anchor and editor-at-large at Bloomberg Television, talked with Bud Fox of Benzinga about the network and its coverage. Here is an excerpt: Q: I’ve noticed a new look at Bloomberg Television this year, getting away from the old “charts and graphs” look that people once associated with Bloomberg. Can you tell me […]
Bloomberg wins National Headliner Awards business news category
Bloomberg News won first place in the print business news category of the National Headliner Awards, given annually by the Press Club of Atlantic City. The Miami Herald placed second in the category, while the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel was third. Bloomberg won for “Lehman’s Lessons,” written by Mark Pittman, Bob Ivry, Christine Harper and Alison Fitzgerald. […]
