CNBC.com adds four editorial staffers

CNBC.com has hired four new editorial staffers: Yun Li has been hired as a reporter for the markets and investing team. She comes to CNBC from Reuters where she covered the U.S. leveraged loan market. Previously, Li was a reporter for Fund Action, writing about mutual funds and ETFs. Before that, she spent time as an […]

Houston Chronicle hires Diamond as assistant business editor

Houston Chronicle business editor Al Lewis sent out the following announcement: I’m remiss in announcing that Jonathan Diamond will be joining us as assistant business editor.  He has spent much of his career at the Los Angeles Business Journal, where he rose to the rank of the publication’s top editor. He has a master’s degree in public […]

NerdWallet discontinues investigation team, cuts four positions

Personal finance site NerdWallet is disbanding its four-person investigative team, and those four people will be leaving the company. Their last day is Feb. 1. NerdWallet had created the investigative team in 2016, hiring a Pulitzer Prize winner, among others. NerdWallet said it plans to make greater investments in other areas of its business. “Content […]

Former Phoenix Biz Journal editor Lowery joins Common Sense Media

Former Phoenix Business Journal editor Ilana Lowery has been hired by Common Sense Media as its Arizona director, responsible for driving a strategic effort to build its presence, philanthropic base, and strategic partnerships throughout the state. In August, Common Sense Media partnered with the Arizona Community Foundation, the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, and the […]

WSJ’s Podd is retiring after 25 years

Wall Street Journal editor Matt Murray sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Dear All: After more than 25 years at The Wall Street Journal, and a brilliant track record of success in a wide range of leadership roles, our dear colleague Ann Podd has decided to retire early next year. From her ringing, joyful laugh, to […]

Bloomberg reporter Levingston moving to Israel to cover economics

Bloomberg News reporter Ivan Levingston is moving to Israel next month to cover economics and government stories for the news service. Levingston has been at Bloomberg since June 2017, first as an intern in the Boston bureau and for the past year as a reporter in New York. In Boston, he covered asset managers, hedge […]

Politico hires Rosca to cover finance in London

Matei Rosca has joined Politico this week as a financial services reporter, based in London. Matei specializes in investigative stories on financial crime, corruption and money laundering, and his work has appeared in Private Eye, the Guardian and elsewhere. He spent the past three years as banking correspondent for S&P Global Market Intelligence in London. A native […]

Axios hires Yahoo Finance’s Rabouin

Axios has hired Dion Rabouin, who will write the new Axios Markets newsletter. He starts Dec. 17. Rabouin comes to Axios from Yahoo Finance, where he anchored “Midday Movers” and served as a global financial reporter. He has experience covering bond, equity and currency markets as well as Treasuries, FX and emerging markets. The newsletter is […]

TD Ameritrade hires Petallides of Fox Business

Former Fox Business Network anchor and New York Stock Exchange floor correspondent Nicole Petallides is joining TD Ameritrade Network as an on-air host. She starts Dec. 17. The TD Ameritrade Network launched in 2017. Petallides will broadcast out of New York, joining hosts that include Oliver Renick, former Bloomberg BusinessWeek co-anchor, and veteran traders from TD […]

Bloomberg BNA hires Dunbar as investigations editor

Bloomberg BNA announced Monday that it has hired award-winning investigative journalist John Dunbar as investigations editor. In this newly created position, Dunbar, who most recently served as CEO of the Center for Public Integrity, reports to editor-in-chief Cesca Antonelli. Dunbar will be creating a projects team within the news organization which will handle all investigative […]