Barro returning to Business Insider

Josh Barro is returning to Business Insider as a columnist and senior editor, writes Hadas Gold of Politico. Gold writes, “Barro will take charge of the site’s commentary team while also writing columns on politics, business and the economy. “Barro previously worked at Business Insider as politics editor, but left after less than a year in 2014 to […]

Bloomberg hires Joachim from NY Times

David Joachim, assistant Washington editor for the New York Times, has been hired by Bloomberg News to be one of its financial crimes editors. “It’s the opportunity of a lifetime to get to work with some of the best editors and reporters in business journalism,” said Joachim in an email to Talking Biz News. “I’m […]

Dwyer promoted to editor of St. Louis Biz Journal

Joe Dwyer, the managing editor of the St. Louis Business Journal, has been promoted to editor of the American City Business Journals paper. A story on its website states, “Dwyer, currently managing editor, succeeds Patricia Miller, who was promoted to publisher and St. Louis market president in January. “A graduate of Saint Louis University, Dwyer […]

West named Birmingham Biz Journal editor

Ty West has been promoted to editor-in-chief of the Birmingham Business Journal A story on its website states, “West joined the BBJ in 2006 as special sections coordinator. He was named associate editor in 2007 and managing editor in 2010. “‘Ty has done a great job for us, and we’re excited he is taking on […]

CNBC Digital hires Yarow as executive editor

CNBC chairman Mark Hoffman sent out the following announcement on Thursday: CNBC Digital has had an extraordinary start to the year in both user and revenue growth. On the content side, January was a record breaker with more than 27 million unique visitors and more than 62 million video starts. On the heels of this […]

Interim CEO of TheStreet to receive $35,833 a month

Larry Kramer, named interim chief executive officer of TheStreet.com earlier this week, will receive compensation of $35,833 per month while in the position, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Thursday. While he is interim CEO, Kramer will no longer serve as a member of the financial news firm’s audit committee or the […]

BuzzFeed business names deputy editor, senior reporter

BuzzFeed business editor Tom Gara sent out the following announcement on Wednesday afternoon: Hi all – a couple of updates from the land of dollar signs here at BuzzFeed Business: Venessa Wong is now our deputy editor. As you all know, Venessa has been absolutely killing it covering the food business, and reporting will still be her number one […]

Business Insider executive editor Yarow leaves

Jay Yarow, the executive editor for Business Insider, resigned Wednesday afternoon to accept another job. His departure was announced in a short newsroom meeting. Yarow has been executive editor, overseeing the day-to-day operations, for nearly a year. Before that, he was deputy editor, running the technology vertical and overseeing 16 reporters. He was also a […]

International Biz Times names Crowley editor of UK edition

International Business Times announced Wednesday that John Crowley has been named as the new editor-in-chief for the UK edition. Crowley will oversee the UK edition starting March 29 and will be based out of IBT Media’s newly expanded Canary Wharf office. Most recently, Crowley served as digital editor EMEA at The Wall Street Journal where he […]

Dallas Morning News hires economy writer

Dallas Morning News business editor Paul O’Donnell sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: I’m extremely pleased to announce that Jill Kimiko Cowan will be joining our staff next month as our new economy reporter. Jill comes to us from the Tennessean in Nashville, where she has been writing about growth and development in Franklin, one of […]