Forbes sells majority stake to international investors
Forbes Media LLC announced Friday an agreement where a group of international investors will purchase a majority stake in the company for an undisclosed amount. The Forbes family will retain a minority ownership stake, will stay actively involved in Forbes Media and will work with the investor group. Upon closing, Elevation Partners, which invested in […]
Indianapolis Biz Journal seeks reporter
Indianapolis Business Journal is seeking an aggressive, enterprising journalist to write for our weekly print edition, email newsletters and IBJ.com. Candidates should have at least three years of professional media experience, multimedia savvy and a proven ability to break stories and write about complex topics in an engaging way. IBJ is an award-winning, locally-owned media […]
WSJ names deputy editor for Personal Journal
Emily Nelson, the editor of the Personal Journal section of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following staff announcement: I am delighted to announce the appointment of Laura Bird as deputy editor of Personal Journal. As a news editor on Personal Journal for the last several years, Laura has worked on some of our […]
CNBC digital up 12 percent in June
CNBC’s digital operations posted 12.4 million unique visitors in June, up 12 percent compared to last year at this time, according to the comScore Multi-platform Report US. In addition, CNBC averaged 13.1 million monthly unique visitors in the second quarter of 2014, its best quarter to date. The multi-platform number includes visitors from tablets and […]
WSJ seeks news editor in Beijing
The Wall Street Journal seeks an experienced editor to edit Chinese-language news stories and columns from bloggers and contributors. This Beijing-based position will fit an editor with strong news judgment who likes working closely with reporters and writers. The editor will be shaping some of the highest-profile original content featured on our professional and consumer […]
LATimes biz desk launches Hot Property blog
Los Angeles Times business editor Kimi Yoshino announced the debut of the Hot Property blog and the addition of reporter Neal Leitereg. Here’s her memo to the staff: Since its inception in 1984, Hot Property has been a trailblazer for celebrity real estate news – a Times hallmark emulated by numerous other outlets in print […]
WaPo hires reporter to cover “personal economics”
The following was issued by Washington Post financial editor Greg Schneider and deputy financial editor David Cho: We’re thrilled to announce that Chico Harlan is joining the Financial section to cover a beat we’re calling personal economics. In his four years as East Asia bureau chief for the Foreign staff, and before that as a […]
Louisiana daily seeks oil and gas reporter
The Daily Advertiser and theadvertiser.com, Lafayette, LA, are seeking a top-notch reporter to cover oil & gas, one of the most important beats in Louisiana. Candidates must have beat reporting or blogging experience, and, preferably, will have covered oil & gas previously. The best candidates will know how to build sources relationships and be able […]
Sports Business Journal seeks reporter to cover business of hockey/soccer
SportsBusiness Journal/Daily, the leading publications on the business of sports, are seeking a beat reporter to cover the business of hockey and soccer. Must have experience developing and working beats, understand business and league/team operations and dynamics. Responsible for filing stories both daily and weekly, with an emphasis on exclusive, breaking news, as well as […]
Bloomberg launches R&D office in San Francisco
Kara Swisher of Re/Code writes about Michael Bloomberg’s visit to San Francisco to open a research and development office for his company. Swisher writes, “Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was a little late to his own geek party this morning at WeWork in the South of Market area of San Francisco. “But when he […]
