Fox Business Network hires Carrasco

Fox Business Network has hired Tracee Carrasco to be a general assignment reporter. She will start May 1 and work in its New York headquarters. Since June 2013, Carrasco served as a general assignment reporter for WCBS-TV and WLNY 10/55 in New York. Prior to WCBS-TV, Carrasco worked as a reporter at WKRN-TV, the ABC […]

Hollywood Reporter to pay $900,000 to freelancers

Industry publication The Hollywood Reporter has agreed to pay $900,000 to freelancers as part of a class action lawsuit settlement, reports Dominic Patten of Deadline Hollywood. Patten writes, “The preliminary approval by Judge Ann Jones after a hearing on March 22 downtown at LA Superior Court means that about 35 THR contributors who were designated […]

Senior editor Moore takes on new role at MarketWatch

Senior editor Angela Moore has taken on a new role at MarketWatch leading several key initiatives. Most notably, Moore is now overseeing a re-branding and re-imagining of the website’s coverage of the rite of passage known as retirement, which MarketWatch considers one of the most important money/investing/lifestyle issues facing its readers. Moore will also spearhead efforts […]

Variety hires Bel Bruno as managing editor

Variety has hired longtime business journalist Joe Bel Bruno as its managing editor. A story on its website states, “Bel Bruno, who joins Variety’s Los Angeles headquarters on April 10 from his previous role as news director at the Hollywood Reporter, will report to Co-Editor-in-Chiefs Claudia Eller and Andrew Wallenstein. He will work closely with […]

Braiker hired as Advertising Age editor

Digiday executive editor Brian Braiker has been hired as the next editor of Advertising Age, a Crain publication. A story on the Ad Age website states, “‘As someone who has been both working in and observing the digital space for more than 15 years, I couldn’t be more honored to join such a storied brand at this […]

Vanity Fair’s Hive hires Homans as executive editor

John Homans has been hired by Vanity Fair as executive editor of The Hive, its business news site. He will work with Hive co-founder and editor Jon Kelly, focusing in particular on the Hive’s investigative reach into Washington and the media. His first day will be April 3. The Hive launched last summer and features high-profile […]

Orland named Calgary bureau chief at Bloomberg

Kevin Orland, who has been the consumer news deputy team leader at Bloomberg’s Chicago bureau, has moved to a new role in Canada. Orland is now the Calgary bureau chief and Canadian energy reporter for Bloomberg. He has been with Bloomberg since October 2003, originally starting as a general assignment reporter. He was also commodities […]

Washington Post hires Fortune’s Newmyer

Washington Post national editor Scott Wilson, politics editor Steven Ginsburg, national politics editor Rachel Van Dongen and deputy politics editor Amy Gardner sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: We are excited to announce that Tory Newmyer will be joining the PowerPost team to anchor our forthcoming newsletter on financial services and economic policy. This […]

Bloomberg Gadfly hires Gandel from Fortune

Bloomberg Gadfly executive editor Tim O’Brien and senior executive editor David Shipley sent out the following announcement to the staff: Greetings Folks — David Shipley and I are pleased to let you know that Stephen Gandel will be joining Gadfly’s New York team on April 24, where he will be covering the equity markets. Mark […]

Stephenson leaving Reuters to become Politico news editor

Kieran Murray, the Washington bureau chief for Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Dear all, I’m sad to share the news that Emily Stephenson will be leaving Reuters at the end of this week to take up a new job as news editor at Politico. Emily started her career at Reuters as a […]