Bloomberg Business is a splash, not a redesign
Caroline O’Donovan of Nieman Lab writes about the new Bloomberg Business website and interviewed Bloomberg digital editor Josh Topolsky about its creation. O’Donovan writes, “Did Topolsky set out to build a digital that both horrified and intrigued? With simplicity — think Quartz — dominating thinking about business news design, it makes sense that Bloomberg would […]
Houston Chronicle hires DME for sports/business
Houston Chronicle editor Nancy Barnes sent out the following to her staff: We’re delighted to announce that Todd Stone, assistant managing editor/business at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, will be joining the Houston Chronicle as deputy managing editor for business and sports. Todd is an exceptional journalist, whose career has taken him all over the […]
Minneapolis daily names new business editor
Minneapolis Star Tribune editor Rene Sanchez sent out the following announcement to the staff on Thursday: We are delighted to announce that THOM KUPPER will be our new Assistant Managing Editor for Business, succeeding Todd Stone. Thom joined the Star Tribune as senior business editor in 2010, and he has distinguished himself with his high […]
Orlando Sentinel seeks business reporter
The Orlando Sentinel is looking for a business reporter. The staffer will reports and write for digital platforms while developing specialization as a local business beat writer. Responsibilities: To report news and feature stories, blogs and other material originated by the reporter or assigned by the editor for all platforms. These should be written accurately, […]
Blodget: Business Insider goal is to be world’s biggest biz news source
Here is the note that Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget sent to his staff in the wake of the announcement that the business news site has received a $25 million investment: Dear Team, I am pleased to tell you that we have just closed a $25 million investment round led by the German media company […]
AP boosts its automated earnings story output
The Associated Press, working with Automated Insights and Zacks Investment Research, is now automatically generating more than 3,000 stories about U.S. corporate earnings each quarter, a tenfold increase over what AP reporters and editors created previously. AP assistant business editor Philana Patterson talked about the automated earnings stories: How does AP ensure quality control? Quality […]
Black Enterprise hires Stacey Tisdale
Black Enterprise magazine has hired Stacey Tisdale as a senior content producer with a focus on personal finance. “Stacey serves as a great addition to the Black Enterprise content team and expansion of our Wealth for Life franchise,” said Derek Dingle, chief content officer, in a statement. “Adding talent of this caliber brings us closer […]
Memphis biz magazine changes name, content
Beginning with the February/March issue, “MBQ: Inside Memphis Business” has changed its name to “Inside Memphis Business.” Publisher Ken Neill made the announcement at the magazine’s annual CEO of the Year Awards luncheon held at Memphis Botanic Gardens. The regional business-to-business publication, originally launched in 2006, has gone through an evolution over the past decade, […]
British version of Bloomberg Business to launch in March
Arif Durrani of MediaWeek interviewed Adam Freeman, Bloomberg Media’s first managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, about the launch of Bloomberg Business in England in March. Durrani writes, “After six months of planning, Freeman, who became Bloomberg Media’s first managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa in May last year, […]
Business Insider gets $25 million in funding
Business Insider, founded in 2007, will receive $25 million from a group of investors led by a unit of German media conglomerate Axel Springer SE that also includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, reports Lukas Alpert of The Wall Street Journal. Alpert writes, “A person familiar with Business Insider’s operations said the site became profitable in the second […]
