WSJ reporter moves from U.S. banking to Europe retail

John J. Edwards, the deputy business editor for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement: We’re pleased to welcome to the London corporate team Saabira Chaudhuri, who joins us to cover the fashionable ferment of the U.K. and European retail scene. With the region serving as […]

Serwer: Why I’m joining Yahoo Finance

Andy Serwer, the former Fortune editor who was named editor in chief of Yahoo Finance on Wednesday, writes about why he’s joining the financial news website. Serwer writes: In a way, joining Yahoo is a return to my digital-first roots. I started going to Yahoo Finance for market news and data years ago while writing […]

Bellstrom hired to take over Fortune’s Broadsheet

Kristen Bellstrom, a senior editor at Money magazine, has been hired by Fortune magazine to run its Broadsheet email about the world’s most powerful women. She replaces Caroline Fairchild, who left for a job with LinkedIn. Bellstrom, who will start on March 9, will also edit and manage the Most Powerful Women channel on Fortune.com. […]

Bloomberg Media launches ad campaign

Bloomberg Media has launched an advertising campaign in New York and San Francisco in a bid to attract new readers, writes Steven Perlberg of The Wall Street Journal. Perlberg writes, “It’s a transition that may come as a big change to Bloomberg’s more staid core consumer, the markets-minded finance type often using the company’s flagship […]

Serwer to become editor of Yahoo Finance

Andy Serwer, who had been editor of Fortune magazine until last summer, has been named editor in chief of Yahoo Finance. Yahoo head of media Kathy Savitt writes, “In March we will celebrate 15 years since the start of Yahoo Finance, and as we look to the future, we’re excited to welcome Andy Serwer, the […]

The Economist’s journey in programmatic ads

Ricardo Bilton od Digiday writes about The Economist and its evolution from programmatic advertising neophyte to savvy veteran. Bilton writes, “The Economist hired its first programmatic specialists in June 2014, and didn’t actively sell through programmatic channels until August. Since then, programmatic selling has become ubiquitous. Not only does it sell inventory through guaranteed direct deals and […]

Bloomberg seeks Chinese language editor in New York

Bloomberg News is seeking a markets editor to join its Chinese-language service in New York as it expands coverage of FX and fixed-income markets. The individual in this role will help to shape Bloomberg’s Chinese news coverage of currency and debt markets during the eastern trading timezones, working with our editors and translators in identifying […]

Bloomberg Politics seeks social media editor

Bloomberg Politics is seeking an experienced Social Media Editor to manage content promotion and strategy across all social media platforms, including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Key responsibilities include identifying, analyzing and communicating audience trends and story recommendations to Politics editors, real-time coverage of breaking news, and working directly with editors to […]

WSJ seeks energy reporter in London

Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal are looking for a reporter with plenty of energy to cover oil and gas markets in real time. This is a crucial role mostly serving our newswires platform. The reporter will file on market-moving news, such as refinery outages or labor disputes. He or she will report on […]

WSJ seeks ag commodities reporter in London

Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal are seeking a hungry reporter to cover agricultural commodities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The position, which is based in London, will be focused on real time news coverage. The reporter will be expected to deliver news on grains, oilseeds, coffee, sugar and cocoa. He or […]