CNBC’s Smith departing after five years

Elliot Smith

CNBC correspondent Elliot Smith is leaving the network after five years. His last day will be Thursday. Smith is a correspondent for CNBC International in London, covering the intersection of economics and politics in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining CNBC as a markets reporter in April 2019, he spent two and a half […]

Nuttall returning to Berlin to lead The Economist’s Germany coverage

Tom Nuttall

Tom Nuttall of The Economist is returning to Berlin to lead the publication’s Germany coverage. Nuttall has been a senior editor on The Economist‘s digital team since March 2022. Before that he spent three years running the Berlin bureau, and four years writing the Charlemagne column on Europe. He has also worked as U.S. west coast […]

Semafor hires Quach as a tech reporter

Semafor has hired Katyanna Quach as a tech reporter. Quach is based in San Francisco She previously was a reporter for The Register, a British tech news site, primarily covering artificial intelligence and machine learning. She also reported on developments in space technology and scientific breakthroughs. Quach holds a master’s degree in journalism from City […]

Martuscelli now covering European economy for Politico

Carlo Matruscelli

Carlo Martuscelli is now covering the European economy for Politico. He has been covering health care in Europe. He has written for Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal, and previously worked at a media startup focused on financial technology. He began his career in journalism contributing to a local London paper. Martuscelli studied at […]

Sports biz journalist Rovell launches site to cover collectibles

Sports business journalist Darren Rovell has launched Cllct, a website that will cover the sports collectibles industry, reports Dylan Manfre of Sportico. Manfre writes, “Cllct raised $4 million from a group that includes David Blitzer’s Bolt Venture, Gabe Plotkin’s Tallwoods Capital, Roger Ehrenberg’s Eberg Capital, Stephen Ross’ Amity Supply and Phoenix Capital Ventures. It also includes personal investments from […]

Maki named team leader for rates/FX coverage at Bloomberg

Sydney Maki has been named team leader for rates/foreign exchange coverage at Bloomberg News. She has been a full-time editor on the markets team for the past year. She had been reporting and editing stories about currencies and bonds from emerging markets and G-10 countries for the previous two years. Maki has been covering Latin American […]

Bloomberg Law hires Navera to be a senior reporter

Bloomberg Law has hired Tristan Navera to be a senior reporter covering national tax litigation and business law. He has been at the Washington Business Journal covering commercial real estate. Before that,  Navera has been the Columbus Business First commercial real estate and development reporter since September 2017. He previously worked at the Dayton Business Journal, where he […]

Astill departs The Economist for IMF

James Astill

The Economist Asia editor James Astill has departed the organization for a job at the International Monetary Fund. He was previously the paper’s Washington bureau chief and Lexington columnist. Astill also worked as The Economist’s South Asia bureau chief, stationed in New Delhi 2007-2010. He has also worked as the publication’s defense editor, energy and environment editor […]

Outgoing Fortune CEO: We’ve had record three straight years of profits

Outgoing Fortune CEO Alan Murray sent out the following to the staff on Tuesday: All, It is with pride and confidence that I can announce that Fortune’s new CEO is Anastasia Nyrkovskaya, our Chief Finance and Strategy Officer. (The New York Times has just reported this news.) She will officially succeed me when I step […]

Sportico seeks a West Coast editor

Sportico is hiring an editor to join the award-winning sports business news publication. We are seeking a West Coast editor with exceptional news judgment, writing ability and sports business or financial reporting experience to join a fluid and real-time multimedia newsroom. The work schedule is Tuesday through Saturday, 10am – 7pm PT. Candidates must have […]