Crain’s city publications seek a data editor

Crain Communications is seeking a meticulous and analytical data editor to oversee the strategy and execution of our lists and data offerings across our regional business publications: Crain’s Chicago Business, Crain’s Cleveland Business, Crain’s Detroit Business, Crain’s Grand Rapids Business and Crain’s New York Business. This role will be critical in transforming our comprehensive databases, […]

Crain is shutting Green Market Report

Crain Communication is shutting Green Market Report, a publication that covered the cannabis industry, immediately. The staff has been laid off with the exception of John Schroyer, a reporter who will write for its city publications. Crain Communications acquired the publication in 2021 for an undisclosed amount. Green Market Report was launched in 2017 by co-founders Debra Borchardt, […]

Axios hires Davis to cover biotech deals

Axios has hired Katherine Davis as its biotechnology deals reporter. Davis has been at Crain’s Chicago Business covering health care and life sciences companies. She previously was a general assignment and tech startup reporter at Crain’s Chicago. She previously reported for Cardiovascular Business and Chicago Inno and completed two internships at Crain’s sister publication Modern Healthcare. Davis […]

Pensions & Investments seeks a senior reporter in Singapore

Pensions & Investments, Crain Communications’ international news source of institutional investment, is seeking a part-time reporter (three days per week) to provide coverage of the Asia-Pacific region. Coverage will focus on institutional investors – including pension funds, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds – and the money managers they work with to achieve their financial […]

Crain’s Cleveland hires Smith to cover residential real estate

Crain’s Cleveland Business has hired Zack Smith to cover residential real estate. He started this week. Smith has been a data journalist with cleveland.com. Originally from Queens, New York, he specialized in health and climate journalism. He received a master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at City University of New York. Smith has […]

Crain Communication has hired a new CFO

Kevin Demorest has joined Crain Communications Inc., the parent of business publications in cities such as Cleveland, New York, Chicago and Detroit, as its new chief financial officer. Demorest has more than 15 years of experience in corporate finance and previously held the role of CFO at the Detroit-based global law firm Clark Hill, where […]

Crain Currency seeks an editor

Crain Currency seeks a dynamic leader and experienced editor to play a pivotal role in the growth and development of a digital platform aimed at family offices and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. The ideal candidate for this relatively new brand within a major media company must operate at a high level, executing the strategic direction set in […]

Cohen departs Crain Currency in restructuring

Andrew Cohen, a reporter at Crain Currency, has left the news organization in a financial restructuring. He was a family office reporter based in New York City. “I enjoyed covering family offices and the ultra-high-net-worth, reporting on topics across family wealth management, philanthropy, estate and succession planning, art, investment trends and more,” he wrote on LinkedIn. Cohen […]

Crain’s Detroit celebrates 40, mission unchanged

KC Crain, the CEO of Crain Communications, writes about the mission of Crain’s Detroit Business as it turns 40. Crain writes, “But we never shy away from tough stories, such as last year’s embezzlement scandal at the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, and we don’t balk at leveling constructive criticism when warranted. “In that regard, be it […]

Crain acquires parent of Oil and Gas Investor

Detroit-based Crain Communications announced Monday that it has acquired Hart Energy, a news and media company focused on the energy sector and headquartered in Houston, for an undisclosed amount. A story by Nick Manes of Crain’s Detroit states, “Hart Energy’s brands include Oil and Gas Investor, E&P and the DUG conferences, among others. Financial terms […]