Kramer named group publisher at Crain’s

Longtime company executive Mary Kramer has been named group publisher of Crain’s New York Business and Crain’s Chicago Business. She replaces Jill Kaplan, who left to go to United Airlines. A story on Crain’s New York states, “Kramer joined the company in 1989 as the editor of Crain’s Detroit Business and in 2012 became group publisher of Crain’s Detroit Business and Crain’s Cleveland Business. […]

San Antonio daily names deputy biz editor, makes other changes

San Antonio Express-News business editor Dawn Kopecki sent out the following to her staff on Friday: We have some exciting changes coming in the new year on the Biz team. First, I would like to congratulate Jennifer Hiller on her promotion to Deputy Business Editor (in what has to be one of the worst-kept secrets in the […]

WSJ hires Clozel to cover banking regulation

The Wall Street Journal has hired Lalita Clozel to cover banking regulation out of its Washington bureau. Clozel previously worked at The American Banker, where she covered fintech regulation, anti-money-laundering, cybersecurity and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in its Washington bureau. Before that, Clozel was Technical.ly D.C.’s first reporter, developing sources, creating a presence and […]

Miet, Real Deal ME in LA, leaving for non-journalism job

Hannah Miet, managing editor for real estate news organization The Real Deal in Los Angeles, is leaving for a job outside of journalism. In a farewell email to colleagues and sources, Miet wrote: Thank you for all the help, love and time you have given me and The Real Deal LA in its first two […]

Reporter Hill leaves “Marketplace”

Adrienne Hill, a reporter at “Marketplace,” has left the public radio business news show for another job in public radio in California. After 7+ years @Marketplace, I’m saying goodbye today. Get to spend the next couple of years thinking about the California Dream with @CALmatters @CapRadioNews @KPBSnews @KPCC and @KQED ! — adrienehill (@adrienehill) November 14, 2017 Hill […]

Quartz names a chief revenue officer

Business news site Quartz has promoted Joy Robins to lead both sales and marketing in the newly established role of chief revenue officer. “Joy’s energy, skill and credibility have made her not only a great driver of revenue, but a great leader as well. We recently consolidated sales and marketing under Joy and we’re already […]

Personal finance site NerdWallet lays off 53

Nerdwallet CEO Tim Chen sent out the following announcement to the staff of the personal finance site on Thursday: Hi Nerds, I have some tough news to share today. As part of the 2018 planning process, the leadership team spent a significant amount of time evaluating our needs for next year and has decided to […]

Washington Post hires Sarah Ellison to cover media

Washington Post features editor Liz Seymour, deputy features editor David Malitz and deputy features editor Mitch Rubin sent out the following announcement on Thursday:  We are thrilled to announce that Sarah Ellison, a writer for Vanity Fair magazine, will join The Post in January as a staff writer covering media and its intersection with politics, […]

Pesta leaving NY Times biz desk for climate desk

Hannah Fairfield, who oversees climate coverage at The New York Times, sent out the following announcement: We are thrilled to announce that Jesse Pesta will be joining the Climate Desk as deputy editor. He comes to Climate from Business, where he is the enterprise and Sunday Business editor and has worked on some of the […]

Business Insider reporter Muoio leaves for Politico

Danielle Muoio, a tech and auto reporter for Business Insider, has accepted a job at Politico. Her new job is the New York and New Jersey energy beat, which was formerly covered by Marie French. She starts Nov. 27. At Business Insider, Muoio covered innovations in transportation and energy and was a beat reporter for Tesla. […]