OLD Media News

Talking Biz News Today – June 22, 2022

Some of Wednesday’s top business news stories:

The Associated Press

UK inflation rate hits new 40-year high of 9.1%

Biden to call for 3-month suspension of gas and diesel taxes, by Josh Boak

CNN

Could a housing slump threaten the stock market and the entire economy?, by Paul R. La Monica

Twitter board recommends shareholders vote in support of Musk acquisition, by Clare Duffy

The Wall Street Journal

Canada to Compel YouTube, TikTok and Streamers to Boost Domestic Content, by Paul Vieira

Barack and Michelle Obama Strike Deal With Amazon’s Audible, by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg

CNBC

Sales of existing homes fell in May, and more declines are expected, by Diana Olick

Netflix talks with Google about ads as Sarandos is set to address Cannes this week, by Julia Boorstin

Reuters

U.S. tech companies yank job offers, leaving college grads scrambling, by Sheila Dang

COVID-19 vaccine scheme for world’s poorest pushes for delivery slowdown, by Jennifer Rigby and Francesco Guarascio

News about business journalism:

Lynch joins San Luis Obispo Tribune as housing reporter

Autos reporter Bellon departs Reuters

Euromoney Institutional Investor gets $2B takeover offer

Bellis departs WSJ for NBC News

Washington Post hires Gurley to cover labor

Bloomberg taps Penn to host show about climate change

NY Times biz news desk taps Hsu to cover misinformation

The Daily Beast hired Bender as innovation reporter

Deadline hires Goodfellow as London correspondent

Insider promotes Martin to business news editor

Washington Post launches coverage of economic issues

CNBC hires Thapa as lead producer for website

Politico hires Zeller as deputy health care editor

Mariam Ahmed

Recent Posts

Pacific Business News hires Meierdiercks as editor in chief

The Pacific Business News, an American City Business Journals publication, has hired Janis Magin Meierdiercks  as…

13 hours ago

Sifted reporter Nowshin departs

Sadia Nowshin, a reporter at European startup news site Sifted, is leaving to join literary…

14 hours ago

Variety promotes Shanfeld to TV reporter

Variety has promoted Ethan Shanfeld to TV reporter. William Earl of Variety writes, "Shanfeld joins the entertainment…

14 hours ago

Klimasinska named Bloomberg’s DC breaking news team leader

Kasia Klimasinska is the new team leader for DC breaking news at Bloomberg News. She…

16 hours ago

NYC event to honor Ledbetter is next week

  Paul Smalera has organized a gathering of James Ledbetter's friends and colleagues—open to all…

17 hours ago

CoStar hires Scheier to cover San Francisco market

Real estate news service CoStar News has hired Rachel Scheier to cover the San Francisco commercial market.…

18 hours ago