Crain’s New York Business Excels In National Competition
Crain’s New York Business, the NYC-based arm of American publishing company Crain Communications, nabbed three awards at the Alliance of Area Business Publishers’ annual Editorial Excellence Awards. The 116 awards are given to various winners all across the United States. Crain’s senior reporter Aaron Elstein won gold for the best body of work by a […]
Business Insider Intelligence and EMarketer are merging
Business Insider Intelligence (BII) and EMarketer are combining in hopes of becoming the world’s leading global research, insights, and data firm. Both brands will be complementary services offered separately, but a more unified branding strategy should be implemented over the next year. The new company will be headed by Barbara Peng, the president of BII. […]
Google to create digital news site with McClatchy
McClatchy announced that Youngstown, Ohio would be the launch city for The Compass Experiment. The Compass Experiment is a collaboration with tech giant Google to help develop sustainable local digital news models. Mandy Jenkins, general manager of The Compass Experiment, pointed out that the move was well-timed: “When we heard that Youngstown’s daily newspaper, The […]
Barton joins Black Enterprise as VP of strategy
Justin Barton will be assuming the role of vice president of strategy and partnerships at Black Enterprise. Black Enterprise is a business and financial publication geared toward African-Americans. He will focus on audience growth, product, social and partnerships including various forms of advertising. Prior to this role, Barton was the head of analytics and digitalsStrategy […]
Zhang joins Reuters commodities and energy team
Shu Zhang will be joining the Reuters commodities and energy team next week as an energy correspondent. Zhang was previously covering China’s financial sector since April 2015. In this role, she broke exclusive news regarding China’s central banks and wrote in-depth reports examining China’s regulatory regime reforms. Zhang also worked as an intern reporter for […]
Talking Biz News Today – July 19, 2019
Some of Friday’s top business stories: CNBC: NY Fed clarifies speech that market took as signal of a rate cut, by Christine Yang What a failed Iran deal would mean for oil prices and military tensions, by Natasha Turak Bloomberg: France climbs above Italy on Europe’s debt mountain, by Giovanni Salzano ECB studies revamping inflation […]
GateHouse Media may buy Gannett
GateHouse Media and New Media Investment Group (its parent company) are currently discussing a merger with Gannett. Gannett is the owner of USA Today. Gatehouse Media is home to hundreds of newspapers, publications, and local-market websites. The merger would join the two largest newspaper chains in the United States. The companies are discussing a cash-and-stock […]
Wittenberg leaves Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
Alex Wittenberg is leaving his role as a reporter at Minneapolis/St Paul Business Journal. He will be studying magazine writing at New York University. Wittenberg began his role as a reporter in August 2018. Prior to that, he was an editorial intern at MSPBJ. He was also the editor of the Wake Student Magazine from […]
Craig Ey stepping down as editor-in-chief of Philadelphia Business Journal
Craig Ey is stepping down as editor-in-chief of Philadelphia Business Journal to pursue other opportunities, according to a story on its website. This marks almost a decade with the publication at Ey’s helm, as he joined as editor-in-chief in 2010. During his tenure, the newspaper was named Newspaper Of The Year three times by the […]
The Financial Times selects Ellison as editor for luxury supplement
Jo Ellison will be assuming the role as editor of How To Spend It, a luxury supplement to The Financial Times. She previously held the role of Financial Times fashion editor. The paper will be hiring a replacement to fill Ellison’s current role. Ellison has been with The Financial Times for several years, first joining […]
