Bloomberg Television seeks Hong Kong reporter
Bloomberg Television is seeking an experienced journalist to join the team based at our Asia headquarters in Hong Kong, as we expand our content. You’ll be involved in reporting into our 5 hours of live news shows out of the Hong Kong studio and where required elsewhere around the region. You may also be called […]
Reuters, Variety strike syndication deal
Penske Media Corp. has signed a wide-ranging syndication deal with Reuters that will make Variety its partner for entertainment news, the companies announced Thursday. A story on Variety’s website states, “The pact will extend the reach of the publication’s breaking news, feature stories, columns, reviews, analysis, data and original video content to the news service’s […]
Memphis daily hires deputy business editor
Sara Clarke, a business reporter at the Orlando Sentinel, has been hired as deputy business editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal. She starts June 30. This is her last week at the Sentinel. Business editor Ted Evanoff wrote in an announcement, “Sara interviewed here several weeks ago and impressed reporters and editors with her intelligence, […]
Goller joining Reuters Americas Desk
Tiffany Wu, the head of the Americas desk at Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: I am delighted to announce that Howard Goller will join the Americas Desk in New York as Deputy Editor for News. With his experience as a correspondent, desker and editor, Howard brings to this new job a longstanding […]
The philosophy behind Nikki Finke’s coverage
Entertainment business reporter Nikki Finke has started her new website after sitting out her non-compete clause after leaving Deadline.com. Finke writes, “I want to be your cruel and quirky alternative to Deadlame and Valiety and The Hollywood Unreported and TheCrap. To zig when others zag. To tell you the hard truths about Hollywood which its publicity machine […]
Yahoo’s Task named to SABEW board
Aaron Task, editor in chief of Yahoo Finance, has been appointed to join the board of governors of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Task, who oversees all original content for the site and the Yahoo! Finance newsroom, is also the host of “The Daily Ticker” on Yahoo! Finance, where he offers insights […]
Brooks, former UPI biz editor, has died
Dorothea Brooks, who was financial editor for United Press International from 1969 to 1987 and the first woman to hold a top spot in business news, has died, according to an announcement on the New York Financial Writers’ Association website. She was 90. Said longtime NYFWA member Myron Kandel upon learning about Dottie’s death: “Dottie […]
Bloomberg hires Wasson of The Hill
Erik Wasson, who covers U.S. economic and fiscal policy for The Hill, has resigned for a job at Bloomberg News, reports Nick Massella of FishbowlDC. Massella writes, “A 4:08 pm email from The Hill’s Peter Schroeder to staff confirmed Wasson’s jump to Bloomberg. Thanks birdie! Internal memo after the jump. From: Peter Schroeder Ladies and gents, You […]
Reuters seeks copy editor in Hong Kong
Thomson Reuters market-leading loan team is looking for a Sub Editor in Hong Kong. The successful candidate will be in charge of copy-editing material for both style and content, checking for accuracy, spelling, grammar, formatting and coding. Responsibilities: Supporting the bureau chief in daily and weekly news production Manage copy across a multimedia platform that […]
Fortune’s Serwer: Good business journalism can be positive
Public relations professionals and others shouldn’t classify stories about companies as “good” or “bad,” said Fortune magazine managing editor Andy Serwer. Good business journalism can relate positive stories, but the best stories are stories that are unusual and different, he added. “If we told only good stories, that would mean that the world is inherently […]
