Cheddar founder Steinberg talks about its strategy

Jon Steinberg is the founder, anchor and CEO of Cheddar, which broadcasts live from the New York Stock Exchange and has been described as business news for millennials. Before starting Cheddar, he was most recently the chief executive officer of DailyMail.com North America. Steinberg grew U.S. revenue 45 percent while at the Daily Mail and […]

How CNNMoney investigated a company that processes money for mail schemes

CNNMoney senior writers Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken broke the news last week of a crackdown by the U.S. government against PacNet and the companies with which it works in a months-long investigation. The government says Vancouver, Canada-based PacNet is part of an international network that has stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from millions […]

How one biz reporter covers the NFL team in town

Rich Ryman is a business reporter at the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Wisconsin and USA Today Network-Wisconsin who covers the city’s National Football League team, the Packers, from a business news perspective. Ryman, a Northern Illinois University graduate in journalism, has also worked for the Belvidere (Ill.) Daily Republican, Galesburg (Ill.) Register-Mail, and the Alexandria […]

McLeod on how MLex sets itself apart

Robert McLeod is the co-founder and chief executive officer of MLex, a financial news service acquired in 2015 by LexisNexis for an undisclosed amount. Prior to co-founding MLex in 2005, McLeod worked as a Bloomberg News journalist twice — he left in 2000 and returned in 2001 — covering financial services, mergers & acquisitions and antitrust […]

How MedCity News covers the business of health care

Arundhati Parmar is vice president and editorial director at MedCity News, which she rejoined earlier in July after working there as a reporter from 2011 to 2013. Previously she was senior editor at UBM’s Medical Device + Diagnostic Industry. She also worked as a business reporter at Finance & Commerce in Minneapolis, Crain publications FinancialWeek and […]

Why Forbes burned a print story and put its Thiel coverage online

Randall Lane is the editor in chief of Forbes magazine, a position he started five years ago. Lane previously worked at Forbes in a variety of positions — reporter, staff writer and Washington bureau chief from 1991 to 1997, authoring five cover stories. Lane has also been was editor at large at Newsweek and The Daily […]

Benzinga is business and financial news without stock recommendations

Jason Shubnell is the managing editor of Benzinga, a financial news website based in Michigan. Before joining Benzinga in September 2013, Shubnell worked for a variety of publications, including WhatsUpDetroit.com, EndZoneNews.com and Grand Central Magazine. He is a graduate of Central Michigan University. Benzinga was founded six years ago and currently has more than 3 […]

How Quartz’s special projects bring in revenue while maintaining integrity

Lauren Brown is the special projects editor for Quartz. She helps shapes editorial strategy, works on editorial products, and oversees the development special editorial projects. Previously, Brown was Quartz’s deputy ideas editor. Before that, she was the contributors editor at Business Insider where she oversaw all contributors and syndication partnerships and was responsible for an overhaul […]

How a weekly paper became an online-only publication

Hank Grezlak is regional editor in chief of ALM Media, responsible for all of its regional publications. That job includes developing and executing editorial strategies for The Legal Intelligencer, The New Jersey Law Journal, The Connecticut Law Tribune, and the Delaware Business Court Insider. In June, he added additional papers to his responsibilities, including the Daily […]

How MT Newswires provides news to investors

Brooks McFeely is the founder and chief executive officer of MT Newswires, which started in 1999 to provide news about why stocks were moving in after-hours trading and has now expanded to covering news throughout the trading day. A Naval Academy graduate and U.S. Navy veteran, McFeely served at Brunswick Naval Air Station and aboard […]