Bloomberg hires Carman, taps Buckley to cover Hollywood
Lucas Shaw, team leader of entertainment, media, telecom and sports at Bloomberg News, sent out the following to the staff on Thursday: Ashley Carman, who reports on the audio business for The Verge, is joining Bloomberg to cover audio (podcasts/music) and the creator economy out of New York. Money is flooding into these industries and […]
Axios hires Baysinger to cover media deals
Axios has hired Tim Baysinger from The Wrap to cover media deals and help write a daily newsletter. He will start next week. Baysinger has been at The Wrap since April 2018 as a senior television reporter. He previously worked at Reuters and at Adweek, where he covered digital media. He also spent more than four years […]
Forbes promotes Voytko to senior entertainment reporter
Lisette Voytko is now a senior entertainment reporter at Forbes focusing on deal making and earnings in Hollywood, television, music, influencing and everything in between. Previously, she was an entertainment reporter, and before that, has served as a wealth reporter and breaking news reporter. She has also worked freelance. She was formerly a politics reporter […]
Variety adds three reporters to its staff
Variety has hired three new reporters to cover the television industry, reports William Earl. Earl writes, “Emily Longeretta, formerly senior entertainment editor for Us Weekly, has joined Variety’s Focus department as senior TV features editor, overseeing TV-related features and the 10 to Watch franchise, Impact lists and other franchises. She will work closely with senior editor, TV […]
WSJ reporter Whelan to cover Disney, studios
Wall Street Journal reporter Robbie Whelan, who has been covering COVID-19 for the past 15 months, is moving to cover Walt Disney Co. and other Hollywood studios. He will start Jan. 18. Whelan has also been a correspondent based in Mexico City, covering corporate news, economics, politics, migration, crime and general news. From April 2010 until […]
Variety promotes Wagmeister to chief correspondent
Elizabeth Wagmeister has been upped to chief correspondent for Variety. A story on its website states, “Wagmeister will continue to cover breaking news in the entertainment industry on all multimedia platforms, as well as conduct longform investigations and write feature stories. In her newly formed role, Wagmeister will develop video content for Variety, both as a producer […]
Nashville Biz Journal seeks an entertainment industry reporter
The Nashville Business Journal is seeking an aggressive, resourceful and creative reporter to own the entertainment beat in one of the country’s hottest cities. This uniquely Nashville beat features all the components that go into building Music City’s brand, which helps support a more than $5 billion tourism industry. You’ll cover storylines like tastemakers opening […]
Bloomberg seeks entertainment industry reporter
Bloomberg is looking for a reporter in Los Angeles to cover the entertainment business as it undergoes the greatest upheaval since the dawn of TV. From the storied studio lots to social media hype houses and podcasting studios, businesses are spending billions of dollars to reach customers on their personal devices wherever they are in […]
Bloomberg names new leaders for media, telecom, entertainment team
Crayton Harrison, Bloomberg’s managing editor, global business, Americas, sent the following memo to staff on Monday: To Global Business and the rest of the Bloomberg newsroom: I’m very pleased to announce our new leadership for the media, telecom and entertainment team in the U.S. Lucas Shaw, our ace reporter for the past seven years on […]
WSJ seeks a Hollywood beat reporter
The Wall Street Journal seeks a reporter to cover the film business. You will be responsible for covering major Hollywood studios, streaming services, talent agencies, unions, theaters and myriad other players. You will be expected to understand the economics of movie-making in the age of streaming as well as gather sources at the top levels […]
