Business Insider to cut 21% of staff
Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng sent out the following on Thursday: Team, Today we’re making significant organizational changes that are part of the strategy we set in motion a year and a half ago: to be the essential source of business, tech, and innovation journalism for an audience determined to succeed and unafraid to challenge […]
Bankadelic podcast: How the looming trade tariffs will hit banking–hard
It’s easy to conclude the U.S. tariff rollercoaster will only affect consumer goods. But on this special episode of the Bankadelic podcast, two financial experts illustrate how tariffs could upend an industry that hates uncertainty. Host Lou Carlozo chats with Will Tumulty of Rapid Finance and Dr. Daniel Ahn of Delfi to get their read […]
CNBC’s Pisani stepping away from daily markets coverage
CNBC senior vice president Dan Colarusso sent out the following on Tuesday: After 35 years, Bob Pisani has expressed his desire to step away from his day-to-day responsibilities as Senior Markets Correspondent at CNBC. His last day on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange will be May 9th. While we’ll certainly miss seeing […]
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 […]
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 […]
