Business Insider hires Stenberg to cover entrepreneurship
Mark Stenberg has been hired by Business Insider to cover entrepreneurship. His beat is the creator economy — companies such as Patreon, Substack, OnlyFans, Cameo, and Twitch and the people who use them. Stenberg has been writing for Business Insider since June 2020, when he joined the company as an entrepreneurial fellow. Before joining Business […]
Talking Biz News Today — Nov. 13, 2020
Some of Friday’s top business news stories: Associated Press 709,000 seek US jobless aid as pandemic escalates, by Christopher Rugaber Online shopping surge could lead to holiday delivery delays, by Anne D’Innocenzio CNN Fired Amazon worker sues over pandemic working conditions, by Brian Fung The housing market is sizzling, and Rocket Mortgage is cashing in, […]
San Antonio Biz Journal, ABC station form content-sharing agreement
The San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT 12, the ABC affiliate in San Antonio, have formed a content-sharing partnership as both news outlets seek to expand the scope of news they offer, reports Steven Santana of the Business Journal. Santana writes, “The Business Journal is making business news articles available to KSAT’s website readers, and San Antonio’s ABC […]
NY Times, ProPublica and Kaiser Health win multiple Loeb Awards
The New York Times won three and ProPublica both won two Gerald Loeb Awards, considered the top award in business journalism, on Thursday. The Times won the Loeb for breaking news for “Crash in Ethiopia.” Those that worked on the stories about the Boeing crash included Hadra Ahmed, Hannah Beech, Selam Gebrekidan, David Gelles, James Glanz, Thomas Kaplan, Natalie Kitroeff, Jack Nicas, Norimitsu […]
Einbinder promoted to senior reporter on Business Insider’s investigations team
Nicole Einbinder has been promoted to senior reporter on Business Insider’s investigations team. Einbinder was a 2017 Frontline-Columbia Abrams Journalism Fellow. A graduate of Columbia Journalism School, she writes about social justice, immigration, politics and women’s rights, and has pursued investigations examining everything from violence against transgender women in Central America to an Arkansas law that, if […]
New York magazine hires Hong to run Curbed
New York magazine has hired Sukjong Hong will be the editor of Curbed. The real estate news publication recently relaunched as part of New York. “She’ll be crucial in bringing an existing team into the New York fold, and vice versa, as the site takes on the city’s ever-changing built environment, real-estate market, and design world,” said editor in chief […]
NY Times Sunday biz editor Summers hired by New York magazine
New York Times Sunday business editor Nick Summers has been hired by New York magazine. He will be features editor, assigning and editing pieces that will run in the print magazine and across the site, with a focus on business and politics. He was previously the editor of the New York Times’ Sunday business section, producing cover stories, special […]
What was Quartz sold for?
Keith Kelly of the New York Post writes about the selling price for financial news site Quartz, noting that it could have been for just $1. Kelly writes, “Deal terms offered in the weeks leading up to Sunday sale to Seward, sources said, called for potential new owners to pay just $1 for the struggling […]
SABEW selects Ho, Thomas for Sho Fellowship
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing has selected Karen K. Ho and Myra A. Thomas as recipients of the Sho Fellowship for the SABEW20 virtual conference on Nov. 17-20. The Sho Fellowship, awarded to journalists of color, is offered in honor of SABEW board member Shobhana (Sho) Chandra, who passed away in February […]
Heltman named editor in chief of American Banker magazine
John Heltman has been promoted to editor in chief of American Banker magazine. He will start with the January/February issue. “I don’t buy into the idea of a ‘dream job,’ but that’s what this feels like for me. I’m excited for — and humbled by — the opportunity,” he wrote on Twitter. Heltman has covered the […]
