Blumenstein to receive SABEW’s Distinguished Achievement Award

Rebecca Blumenstein, president of editorial for NBC News, will receive the 2025 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing, the professional association of business journalists. The award, the organization’s highest honor, recognizes an individual who has made a significant impact on the field of business journalism and who has been […]
Yahoo sells TechCrunch for undisclosed amount

Yahoo sold the tech-news site TechCrunch to investment company Regent for an undisclosed amount, reports Todd Spangler of Variety. Spangler reports, “The announcement of deal comes a day after news that Regent acquired Foundry, home of PCWorld, Macworld, InfoWorld, CIO, TechAdvisor and other tech publications, from International Data Group (IDG). “Financial terms of the deals for TechCrunch […]
Bankadelic podcast: A two-part special on banking and AI

Join Lou Carlozo on Bankadelic as he tackles the ultra-timely subject of banking and artificial intelligence in 2025. It’s a year that promises to introduce countless consumers to agentic banking and usher in the first stages of quantum computing. Yet banks will have their work cut out for them trying to adapt their cybersecurity to face […]
FT names Slade its new CEO

The FT Group announced Tuesday that Jon Slade, currently FT chief commercial officer, will become its new chief executive officer. He will become CEO on July 1 and replaces John Ridding, who recently announced his intent to retire. Slade has 30 years of media industry experience, more than 20 of which have been spent at […]
Here are the WSJ tech journalists whose jobs were eliminated

Here are The Wall Street Journal journalists whose jobs were eliminated on Tuesday: Reporters: Asa Fitch — a reporter covering the semiconductor companies, including Intel, Nvidia and Qualcomm. Prior to his move to California, he spent a decade as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East. Aaron Tilley — a reporter covering all things Apple. […]
CNBC’s Faber to receive Bell award

The New York Financial Writers’ Association has awarded CNBC’s David Faber as the recipient of the Elliott V. Bell Award. Faber is the 48th annual recipient of the award, which honors journalists who have made a significant contribution to the field of financial journalism and is named after NYFWA’s inaugural president, Elliott V. Bell. Since […]
Harvard Biz Review taps Bernstein as editor in chief

Harvard Business Review has named Amy Bernstein, a veteran business journalist and longtime editor of its bimonthly magazine, as its new editor in chief. She succeeds Adi Ignatius, who has decided to move to the role of editor at large to spearhead the launch of a new HBR offering for C-suite leaders. Bernstein joined HBR […]
Bankadelic podcast: Finance innovation is much more than AI

After a well-deserved rest, Lou Carlozo’s Bankadelic podcast returns with its first episode of the new year. Neil Stanley, Founder and CEO of The CorePoint, talks about how banks need to move beyond the rate sheets of old and start developing products for consumers in an age of apps and e-commerce. Stanley also touches on […]
WSJ assistant editor Beckett is departing

Wall Street Journal assistant editor Paul Beckett is leaving the publication after 34 years. He most recently oversaw the newspaper’s efforts to secure the release of reporter Evan Gershkovich from a Russian prison. Prior to this role, Paul was the Washington bureau chief, responsible for news across politics and government, economics, national security, the Supreme Court, financial regulation and […]
Bankadelic podcast: A Happy Financial Services New Year

What better way to ring in 2025 than with five finance stars appearing on Lou Carlozo’s Bankadelic? Join us as we tick off our gift list for the industry, banking’s bad holiday reruns and what the Happy New Year ahead looks like in professional and personal ways. Plus, all hail Bankadelic’s resident wise guy Johnny […]