WSJ names national housing reporter
Laura Kusisto has been named the national housing reporter for The Wall Street Journal, according to Tony Wilbert. Wilbert writes, “The paper’s global real estate bureau has tapped current WSJ reporter Laura Kusisto to cover the beat, previously handled by Conor Dougherty, who now writes The New York Times’ Bits column about The Business of Technology. […]
Former NYT biz editor Ingrassia joining Los Angeles Times
Business journalist Larry Ingrassia, a former New York Times and Wall Street Journal senior editor, is joining the Los Angeles Times as associate editor focusing on new ventures, writes Tiffany Hsu of the Los Angeles paper. Hsu writes, “Ingrassia said he hopes to nurture an ‘entrepreneurial’ mind-set that will keep The Times innovative. “‘Larry is […]
Producer: The strategy behind “Squawk Box”
Matt Quayle, the senior executive producer of CNBC’s “Squawk Box” and “Squawk on the Streets,” writes about the strategy of the show as it moves its studio to midtown Manhattan. Quayle writes, “Squawk Box has always been about doing things a little differently. It’s been about leveling the playing field for individual investors, giving them […]
Bloomberg Radio to provide content for CBS Radio
CBS Radio has struck a deal where Bloomberg Radio will provide business news updates on its stations twice an hour. The business reports will appear on CBS- owned and operated radio stations in 12 markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia and Boston. “This partnership will greatly raise the level […]
Main Bloomberg site down due to internal glitch
Bloomberg.com, the main news site for Bloomberg News, went down Tuesday afternoon after the close of the stock markets. The site was down for about 25 minutes due to an internal glitch. It was back up shortly after 5:15 p.m. The down time comes just before the news service is about to merge its Businessweek.com […]
RichmondBizSense seeks senior business reporter
Richmond BizSense, a thriving daily business news website in Richmond, Va., is hunting for a senior reporter who can build a beat and grow into our lead reporter and eventual assistant editor. The ideal candidate will have: – At least 4 years of business reporting experience, including and a knack for working sources and a lively writing […]
NY Times reporter Kocieniewski joins Bloomberg
David Kocieniewski, a business reporter who has been covering the nation’s tax system for The New York Times since 2010, has joined Bloomberg News. He will work on the financial crimes team, according to a spokeswoman. Previously Kocieniewski had been a reporter on the paper’s Metro desk since 1995 where he focused on law enforcement, […]
Quartz seeks breaking news reporters
Quartz seeks reporters to scan the world for breaking news and quickly offer coverage to our global readership on multiple platforms. These positions are part of a team focused on news writing, the Quartz Daily Brief email newsletter, and products currently in development. Candidates should live for news, have a keen sense of story, and […]
CNBC will stop using Nielsen for ratings
Financial news network CNBC will no longer rely on TV ratings specialist Nielsen to measure its daytime audience, beginning later this year, reports Joe Flint of The Wall Street Journal. Flint reports, “Instead, it has retained marketing and research firm Cogent Reports for the task. “For years CNBC and its parent company, Comcast Corp. ’s […]
How a business publication was created
Tom Fenton, the publisher of El Paso Inc., writes about the creation of the business news publication on its 20th anniversary. Fenton writes, “After looking hard at that model and at business journals across the United States, we decided there was not enough demand in El Paso for a strictly business-to-business publication. “So we folded […]
