Barron’s Santoli joins Yahoo Finance
Michael Santoli, an associate editor for Barron’s, has left the Dow Jones business and financial weekly for a job with Yahooo Finance as a senior columnist. In this new role, Santoli will serve as a voice on financial markets and economic news, providing analysis and breaking commentary of market and economic trends. He will also […]
Another longtime biz journalist leaves Reuters
Steve James, who had been at Reuters for 27 years, left the news organization on Tuesday, multiple sources have confirmed to Talking Biz News. James was apparently a recipient of a “performance improvement plan” that has been used by Reuters management to improve the quality of reporters. The union representing Reuters journalists says that the […]
Private equity stories proliferate as the election approaches
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s famed background as a successful businessman has given a multitude of journalists, particularly business journalists, a topic of renewed interest to cover this election season that is usually left to the few — the private equity beat. Romney’s past as a consultant and then co-founder of Bain Capital LLC, one of […]
Apple’s new iPad mini draws breathless coverage
In case you were in a hole Tuesday and not watching TV, reading the news or in general, not paying attention, it was Apple product unveil day. The ever highly anticipated day where Apple shows its new toys to breathless technology analysts and journalists is like Christmas for the Steve Jobs lovers. So, here’s what […]
South Dakota TV anchor turns to biz reporting
Angela Kennecke, an anchor on KELO-TV in Souix Falls, S.D., is giving up the anchor chair to become a business and consumer reporter. Don Jorgensen writes on the TV station’s website that, “In the last few years, Angela has put her focus on business and consumer reporting, helping viewers understand complex economic issues in times […]
WSJ names digital editor
Deputy managing editor and international/investing editor Matt Murray of The Wall Street Journal sent out the following staff announcement on Tuesday: We’re pleased to announce another significant development in the digital transformation of the newsroom with the appointment of Shawn Bender as Digital Editor on the world desk. Shawn will design, launch and oversee a […]
Life on the wealth beat like any other biz news beat
Robert Frank is an award-winning CNBC journalist, best-selling author and leading journalist authority on the American wealthy.At CNBC, he oversees the “Inside Wealth” portion of its website. Prior to joining CNBC, Frank was with The Wall Street Journal for 18 years, serving as a foreign correspondent in London and Singapore, and later covering Wall Street […]
Huffington Post looking for two for its biz desk
The Huffington Post is looking for a news and social associate editor to work with our business, small business and money sections. This person will copy-edit stories and help manage the sites’ social accounts, crafting engaging status updates and Tweets and building the online conversation about economics, finance and business. The ideal candidate will have […]
San Diego daily hires three reporters to cover biz topics
Jim Watters, an editor at U-T San Diego, the daily newspaper in southern California, tells Talking Biz News that he has hired two reporters to cover business-related topics. Both came from the North County Times. Paul Sisson has joined U-T San Diego to cover health care. He previously covered health care and other topics for […]
WSJ staff abuzz over potential editor change
Michael Calderone of The Huffington Post writes about how The Wall Street Journal staff expects a change in the paper’s editorship, with Robert Thomson leaving to take on a higher position within the company. Deputy editor in chief Gerard Baker and deputy managing editor and executive editor online Alan Murray are considered the top candidates […]
