Western, formerly with WSJ, joins NY Times in Soeul
New York Times international editor Phil Pan sent out the following on Wednesday: We’re excited to announce that Neil Western has joined The Times’s Asia news hub in Seoul as an editor guiding coverage of Japan and the Koreas. Neil is an accomplished editor and an experienced Asia hand whose work spans some of the […]
NY Times names Karaian deputy biz editor
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Wednesday: I’m thrilled to announce that Jason Karaian is now a deputy Business editor. As our news director for the past two years, Jason has upped the urgency of our business report. He’s made us faster and smarter about what news to cover and how […]
FT seeks a trade and climate correspondent
The Financial Times is looking for a correspondent to cover international trade, based in Washington, DC. This is a demanding but rewarding role and an exciting opportunity to be part of one of the most intense, news-driven bureaus in the FT on a beat that will be central to our global report following Donald Trump’s […]
Why hedge fund managers are hesitant to talk with reporters
Nell Mackenzie, a hedge fund reporter at Reuters, spoke on the “Hedge Fund Huddle” podcast about covering the industry and the difficulties in getting fund managers to talk. Here is an excerpt: Nell: I think part of the friction we run up to with the free speech that hedge funds could or would have, if […]
Fortune jumps to No. 8 biz news website in November
Fortune magazine jumped two spots to become the No. 8 business news website in November due to a 12% gain in unique visitors, according to data from ComScore. Fortune had 21.5 million unique visitors in the month, up from the 19.2 million unique visitors it had in October. It passed Fox Business and CNN Business, […]
Bloomberg seeks a breaking news editor in Tokyo
Bloomberg News is one of the biggest financial and business news organizations in the world. We lead the way in breaking news and providing analysis on financial markets, from daily coverage through to in-depth features. We are known for our quality, accuracy and ability to deliver news investors can use. It’s what keeps us inventing […]
Bloomberg’s Micklethwait: Paywalls safest way to ensure jobs
Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait called paywalls “the safest way to guarantee journalistic jobs,” reports Bron Maher of Press Gazette. Maher writes, “He said there were two major reasons to adopt paywalls. “‘The first is that paywalls really are the safest way to guarantee journalistic jobs. There are lots of reasons why The Economist has overtaken other weekly magazines, […]
Eastwood departing The Markup for NY Times
Joel Eastwood is leaving tech news site The Markup for the weather team at the New York Times. Eastwood will join the team in January as a graphics/multimedia editor focused on front-end development based in New York. At The Markup, he worked as a visualizations engineer designing charts and building digital tools. As a journalist and […]
Semafor hires CNBC’s Goswami as biz reporter
Semafor has hired CNBC reporter Rohan Goswami as a business reporter, starting in January. Goswami has been covering deal making and shareholder activism in all sectors. He has broken news on a number of boardroom and activist-related matters, including the probe that ultimately led to the ouster of Norfolk Southern’s CEO, the ongoing struggles at Intel, the […]
Kempner, onetime AJC biz editor, is taking buyout offer
Matt Kempner, who has been business editor and business columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has taken the publication’s buyout offer and will be leaving on Dec. 31. Kempner says he’s “hoping to stretch into new and different things in retirement, but I may still search for interesting stories.” He has been with the paper for […]
