USA Today’s Mutzabaugh hired by The Points Guy
USA Today aviation industry journalist Ben Mutzabaugh has been hired by The Points Guy as senior aviation editor. Ashley Lutz writes, “Mutzabaugh comes to The Points Guy from USA TODAY, where he is best known for launching the industry-leading Today in the Sky blog in 2002. This new hire comes on the heels of another big win for […]
Washington Biz Journal hires new fed biz reporter
Washington Business Journal editor Doug Fruehling sent out the following announcement to his staff on Monday: Hi all – Please welcome Carten Cordell, our new FedBiz reporter who started today. Carten joins us from FedScoop, where he was senior technology reporter covering federal agency acquisition, IT and cybersecurity issues. Before that, he was a senior staff reporter […]
Bloomberg TV names new heads in US, Asia Pacific
Bloomberg Television announced Monday the appointment of Rachel Wehrspann as head of TV in the United States and Emily Yamamoto as head of TV in Asia-Pacific, effective immediately. Both Wehrspann and Yamamoto will report to Al Mayers, global head of television and radio. Wehrspann will be responsible for U.S. editorial. Wehrspann most recently served as […]
NY Times ad reporter Maheshwari moves to retail
Sapna Maheshwari, who has been covering advertising for the New York Times business news desk, is moving to the retail beat. Maheshwari wrote Friday on Twitter that she will focus on brands — online, malls, apparel chains — and how they’re navigating Amazon, as well as the new ways consumers shop. She joined the business […]
Bartalos joins Royal Media as editorial director
Greg Bartalos, the former editor in chief of Barrons.com, has been hired by Royal Media as its editorial director. Royal Media’s publications include Air Cargo World and Auto Finance News. Bartalos will oversee content strategy, production and editorial for events. In his Barrons.com role, Bartalos oversaw editorial content for the site, as well as online […]
Bloomberg Media chief revenue officer is leaving
Keith Grossman, chief revenue officer at Bloomberg, has joined marketing and technology group Engine as chief operating officer, reports Patrick Coffee of Adweek. Coffee reports, “Grossman spent the last five years at Bloomberg Media, where he led digital products and ad sales before being promoted to chief revenue officer in late 2016. He previously held similar positions […]
Puget Sound Biz Journal hires Johnson as ME
Rob Johnson has been hired as the new managing editor of the Puget Sound Business Journal, an American City Business Journals publication in Seattle. Johnson writes, “My journalism education has spanned 20 years and eight newsrooms in four states. Every stop along the way — large circulations and small — has played a part in […]
Why there’s so much hiring in biz journalism these days
Ellen Pollock, the business editor of the New York Times, talked with Roben Farzad of Full Disclosure about the demand for business journalists in today’s media world. “It’s constantly busy, and it’s really exciting” to be covering business news stories, said Pollock. Farzad asked Pollock if she was surprised by the announcement that The Wall […]
How James Grant got into business journalism
James Grant, the editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer and a Barron’s columnist, talked with Eric Wallach of The Yale Politic about how he got into business journalism. Here is an excerpt: When you first started working on the financial desk of the Baltimore Sun, you were regarded as having a “dead-end” job. That sounds […]
Kilgore, editor of National Mortgage News, departs
Austin Kilgore, the editor in chief of National Mortgage News, is leaving the Source Media publication. His last day was Wednesday. On Twitter, Kilgore wrote, “I’ll be sharing more news about what I have lined up next very, very soon.” Kilgore had been editor in chief since August 2014, managing the editorial team and oversee […]
