WSJ reporter Cooper moves to beverage and tobacco beat
Wall Street Journal reporter Laura Cooper has moved to the beverage and tobacco beat. She has been covering private equity and mergers and acquisitions for the last two-and-a-half years. Before joining the deals team, Cooper was a reporter for WSJ Pro Private Equity, where she regularly broke news involving private-equity deals, fundraising and trends impacting the industry. […]
WSJ owner sues AI company Perplexity
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, has hit Perplexity AI Inc. with a lawsuit accusing it of copying “massive amounts” of the News Corp. units’ content without permission. Here is a statement from News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson: Perplexity perpetuates an abuse of intellectual property that harms journalists, writers, publishers […]
Bloomberg hires Sisco to cover antitrust
Bloomberg News has hired Josh Sisco to cover antitrust news. He has been at Politico, covering how regulators and policy makers are fighting to rein in corporate power and the pushback from the companies and their Washington allies. He previously spent nine years covering antitrust enforcement, policy and litigation, most recently at The Information, including a long list of […]
Globe and Mail seeks a deputy personal finance editor
The Globe and Mail is seeking a deputy editor to join its personal finance and investing team. The deputy editor’s primary responsibility will be guiding the expansion of The Globe’s retirement and financial planning coverage, while also supporting the Personal Finance and Investing Editor in managing the wider team. Our readers regularly turn to The Globe […]
Bloomberg hires Thier as deputy German bureau chief
Jenni Thier has been hired by Bloomberg News as its deputy German bureau chief. She has been head of product and innovation at VKU Verlag GmbH. Thier previously was at Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG as tech editor and editorial product manager. She holds a degree from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
A biz editor: Give voice to the voiceless and hold power accountable
Local and business news editor Benjamin Lanka of the Columbus Dispatch talks about his career. Lanka writes, “More importantly, I covered a mayoral candidate who was eventually indicted for not properly reporting campaign contributions, allowing a Democrat to win the seat in a highly conservative community. He held the seat for multiple terms — proving the importance […]
MLex seeks a competition correspondent in Brussels
Global regulatory risk newswire MLex is looking for a Competition Correspondent for its Brussels bureau. This is an opportunity for a keen and driven reporter to dive deep into one of the most defining regulatory stories of our time: competition. The role: The beat involves coverage of competition regulation and litigation in the EU. MLex […]
Yahoo Finance hires Weissmann to cover consumer affairs
Yahoo Finance has hired Jordan Weissmann to cover consumer affairs, including student debt and health care. He previously was at Semafor as its Washington editor. He had been a Slate as a senior editor, focusing on policy, politics, and economics. He also was a senior business and economics correspondent at Slate. Before that, he was an economics blogger and […]
The Verge seeks a senior tech editor
The Verge is seeking a Senior Tech Editor to work with writers and editors across our newsroom to assign stories, edit copy, and coordinate coverage around the week’s biggest events. As Senior Tech Editor, you’ll be responsible for identifying opportunities for deeper reporting, clear analysis, and daily coverage, and then working with writers and editors […]
WSJ markets reporter Otani departs
Akane Otani, a markets reporter at The Wall Street Journal, has left the news organization after eight years. She covered the intersection of markets, monetary policy and investing trends for the Journal since 2016. In 2022, she also began covering Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett. Her reporting has spanned some of the most memorable moments […]
