Bankadelic podcast: American Express survey takes the pulse of small business America
On the latest episode of Lou Carlozo’s Bankadelic podcast, Brett Sussman of Amex discusses the latest American Express Small Business Confidence Report. On the cusp of a new year, business owners confided that they’re still worried about inflation, struggle to find employees and lack cash flow tools to lay the foundation for growth. Sussman, the […]
NBC News Stay Tuned hire, NY Times Opinion moves, a Bankadelic holiday podcast
Marquise Francis (pictured) joins NBC News as a Stay Tuned correspondent reporting across Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and NBC News platforms. The New York Times has promoted two at Opinion and announced the return of editor David Firestone. And TBN editor/publisher Lou Carlozo has a new Bankadelic podcast, looking back at the year in financial services […]
Bankadelic Holiday Episode: The banking year in review, the year ahead
Just in time for the egg nog and third helping of holiday cookies, the Fourth Annual Bankadelic Holiday Extravaganza podcast gathers four financial technology leaders to talk about what got them excited (and irritated) in 2023, and name the gift they’d love to give in the industry. It caps a banner year for the podcast […]
Mother Jones merger, a Qwoted 100 PR superstar, UK’s Times names culture and books ed
Two of America’s finest investigative news organizations, Mother Jones and The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), are poised to merge. Joe Karasin of Karasin PPC is our latest Qwoted 100 PR superstar, and in the U.K., the Times has promoted Jake Helm to assistant editor, culture and books for the Sunday Times. Click on the links […]
Qwoted 100 PR superstar: Joe Karasin of Karasin PPC
Speed. Accessibility. Connection. The themes and values that North Carolina-based Joe Karasin has stressed in his media relations career speak volumes about how he’s landed on the Qwoted 100 list of PR superstars. (That he’s a big fan and frequent user of Qwoted doesn’t hurt either, natch.) Karasin’s digital marketing agency focuses on Google […]
NY Mag’s elections reporter, a Bloomberg banking move, Indy’s opinion and community ed
A winning vote: Laura Bassett (pictured) will now cover the 2024 election for the New York Magazine and The Cut. Bloomberg News reporter Todd Gillespie is moving to New York to cover Wall Street banks for Bloomberg and the Indianapolis Star in Indiana has hired James Briggs as an opinion and community engagement editor. Click on the […]
Our Friday ticker, Media Movers column and an LA Times food writer
We’ve got 17 moves in our Friday ticker for you to check out as you check off items on the holiday gift list. Our Media Movers column features prolific author and finance journalist John Wasik, and Sarah Mosqueda has joined the Los Angeles Times Food department as a staff writer. Click on the links to […]
A revived Jezebel’s EIC, Book Review ed action at NY Times, LA Times’ assistant ME
Paste Magazine founder and CEO Josh Jackson has relaunched Jezebel, naming Lauren Tousignant (pictured) as its new editor-in-chief. At the New York Times, Scott Heller has been appointed Book Review editor and at the Los Angeles Times, Ruthanne Salido has been promoted to assistant managing editor. Click on the links to read more: The revived […]
A double Pulitzer winner moves up, NY Times’ operations manager, new CBS anchor in Raleigh
Advance Local must be thrilled to have Challen Stephens (pictured) in its ranks, naming this winner of two Pulitzer Prizes its national Director of Investigations. Victoria Campbell has joined The New York Times as an operations manager, and CBS station WNCN-TV Ch. 17 in Raleigh, N.C., has hired Greg Funderburg as a weekend evening anchor […]
Qwoted 100 PR superstar: Jennifer Leckstrom of RoseComm
Is it a currency exchange term? Or a valuable way forward for the PR industry? Jennifer Leckstrom, New Jersey-based senior vice president of RoseComm believes in the PESO model — paid, earned, owned, and shared media — as a way to navigate clients through to outstanding coverage that grabs attention. As the latest of […]
