Masters to help launch Fort Worth Biz Journal

Nashville Business Journal senior reporter Julia Masters is leaving the publication to help launch the new Fort Worth Business Journal, a new publication from American City Business Journals. She has been in Nashville covering the entertainment industry for the past five years. She previously covered growth and development for the New Bern Sun Journal in North Carolina. […]
VentureBeat editorial director departs

Michael Nuñez, editorial director at VentureBeat for the past three years, has left the news organization. He previously had been at Playground Global as a senior marketing manager. Nuñez previously was an associate editor at Forbes, a deputy tech editor at Mashable and tech editor at Gizmodo. He also worked at Popular Science and Newsweek. He is a […]
Politico health care reporter Lim departs

David Lim, a health care reporter at Politico, has left after more than six years. He has been reporting on the policy, regulation and politics that impact the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Lim spent close to a decade reporting on the Food and Drug Administration and other federal health agencies, working to explain how […]
CNBC’s Santelli is retiring

CNBC editor in chief David Cho sent out the following to the staff: Team, After more than 27 years at CNBC, Rick Santelli will be retiring on October 2. Rick’s relationship with CNBC actually stretches back even further. He first began appearing as a guest on the network in 1994 before officially joining us in 1999, meaning […]
“Mornings with Maria” executive producer also ousted

Patrick Ignozzi, the executive producer of “Mornings with Maria” on Fox Business Network, has also been fired in the wake of anchor Maria Bartiromo‘s outing from the channel, reports Dylan Byers of Puck. Prior to joining Fox, Ignozzi worked at NBCUniversal and ABC/Disney. During his six years at ABC as the vice president of syndication and development, […]
Bartiromo’s departure due to detailing internal memo to White House

Oliver Darcy of Status writes that Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo left the network, announced Thursday, after detailing an internal Fox memo to the White House. Darcy writes, “Status has learned that Bartiromo’s termination stems from an incident, which has not previously been reported, that occurred in July. After Trump delivered his unhinged prime time speech in which […]
Bartiromo out at Fox Business

Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo has left the network after more than 12 years, reports Brian Steinberg of Variety. Steinberg reports, “‘We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 ½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter,’ the company said in a statement Thursday. “Bartiromo’s last ‘Mornings with Maria’ aired Thursday morning […]
SF Business Times hires Mukherjee to cover East Bay

Shomik Mukherjee started as the East Bay reporter at the San Francisco Business Times on Aug. 24. Mukherjee spent the past six years covering Oakland and Contra Costa County for the Bay Area News Group, where he wrote about politics, policing, corruption, land use and life around the town. He also worked for the Times […]
Axios health policy reporter Goldman departs

Axios health care policy reporter Maya Goldman has left the news organization after nearly four years. She previously was a rules and regulations reporter at Modern Healthcare. Previously, Goldman served as Insider health policy reporter/associate editor at Inside Washington Publishers. She interned at The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BNA and Michigan Radio. Goldman has a B.A. from the […]
Darkhorse candidate for NY Times biz editor role

Lachlan Cartwright of Breaker writes about candidates for the role of New York Times business editor. Cartwright reports, “Breaker has learned one dark horse candidate is former Wall Street Journal Journalist Dennis Berman, who until recently was president and publisher of The Free Press, and formerly finance and business editor at the Journal (Berman did not […]