Ad Age seeks reporter in New York

Ad Age is looking for a dynamic, self-starter to cover media-buying and media-planning agencies – as well as digital agencies – from our New York office. This reporter will be charged with one of the most crucial beats for Ad Age readers. These agencies and the players within them are at the crossroads of a rapidly […]

Crain’s sells Business Insurance, which will resume publishing

Crain Communication announced Wednesday that it is selling Business Insurance, a 49-year-old publication it decided to close, to a new owner who is from the insurance industry. Terms were not disclosed. Gavin Souter will continue as editor while Peter Oxner, who had been advertising director, has been promoted to publisher. This was posted on the Business Insurance […]

Crain’s Detroit hires digital editor

Crain’s Detroit Business has hired Carlos Portocarrero as its digital editor. A story on its website states that he will “manage website projects and work with reporters to elevate the digital presentation of stories. “Portocarrero, 35, recently worked at Nuveen in Chicago as a digital project manager. Previously, he worked for Discovery Worldwide and Jacobson/Rost, both in […]

Crain’s Chicago seeks transportation/manufacturing reporter

Crain’s Chicago Business is looking for someone to be the source for news and analysis on key sectors of the Chicago economy. In addition to being first and best with corporate coverage, the reporter on this beat should be able to write knowledgeably and understandably about economic issues. We are looking to this reporter to […]

Crain’s Detroit seeks entrepreneurship reporter

We’re looking for a dynamic, self-starting reporter to cover the city of Detroit and entrepreneurship for Crain’s Detroit Business. This position requires 5+ years of reporting experience, with a demonstrated ability to develop sources, break news and write features. Detroit’s bankruptcy reorganization and its efforts to keep its financial stabilization and turnaround intact has made […]

Pensions & Investments seeks web editor

Pensions & Investments, the international news organization covering institutional money management, is seeking a talented, experienced journalist to be our web editor, the senior editor responsible for all of our online content. P&I’s web site is our storefront to the world of subscribers and non-subscribers alike. It is the first place that most of our content […]

A dual newsroom/business role at Crain’s Detroit

Anna Clark of the Columbia Journalism Review interviewed Ron Fournier, who is joining Crain’s Detroit Business as associate publisher next month. Here is an excerpt: What do see as your newsroom role at Crain’s? What I know about is that I’ll have a dual role, bringing my experience and background to an already really strong newsroom […]

Investment News seeks social media and engagement editor

Investment News is seeking a social media & engagement editor to lead our newsroom’s day-to-day efforts with social media and video content. The person in this role will be responsible for managing our official accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and for developing highly-focused strategies that will ensure that our digital content reaches and engages our […]

Crain closing Business Insurance

Crain editorial employees received the following announcement on Tuesday: Today we announced that we are discontinuing our Business Insurance brand. For nearly 50 years, Business Insurance has been the commercial insurance industry’s leading source of news and information. However, even after heavily investing in an extremely talented team, market shifts proved too great to maintain […]

Fournier hired as associate publisher of Crain’s Detroit

Crain’s Detroit Business announced Monday that Ron Fournier, an award-winning journalist, has been appointed associate publisher, leading editorial content strategy and work to expand new business and audience opportunities. A story on its website states, “Fournier, 53, is coming to Crain’s from Atlantic Media, where he served as editor-in-chief of theNational Journal for two years and […]