Quartz hires Bindrim to run talent lab
Quartz editor of new initiatives Xana Antunes sent out the following announcement on Monday: Dear Quartz, I’m happy to announce that Kira Bindrim, the managing editor of Newsweek, is joining Quartz as editor of our new talent lab, starting May 9th. At Newsweek, Kira was responsible for building a new staff, relaunching the website, and steering the magazine’s return to […]
Recode’s Li named ME of Newsweek
Ken Li, who has been editor in chief of tech news site Re/code, has been named managing editor of Newsweek magazine. Li will be based out of New York and will report directly to Jim Impoco, editor in chief of Newsweek. Li will handle day-to-day operations for the website and production of the weekly print […]
Dow Jones Media Group names EE for data, graphics and visuals
Almar Latour, the head of Dow Jones Media Group, sent out the following announcement: Colleagues, I’m pleased to announce that Sarah Squire is appointed Executive Editor for Data, Graphics and Visuals for Dow Jones Media Group. In this newly created position, Sarah will be responsible for developing the digital graphics and visual strategy for new […]
Dow Jones CEO addresses diversity, equality steps
Dow Jones & Co. CEO William Lewis sent the following email to the staff on Thursday: Dear Colleague, Last month, I let you know that we would be conducting a thorough analysis of our hiring, development and compensation programs at Dow Jones. While it will take a bit longer to complete this analysis, I would […]
Wile promoted to ACBJ’s VP of content
Jon Wile has been promoted to vice president of content at American City Business Journals. In an email to the staff, ACBJ CEO Whit Shaw wrote: As head of a redirected national content team, Jon will be focused on editorial strategy and implementation, hiring and training, product assessment and development and related areas. Since joining ACBJ as creative director, Jon […]
Reuters names two deals team leaders
Reuters deals editor in charge Greg Roumeliotis sent out the following message on Wednesday: I’m pleased to announce some organizational changes in the Americas deals team that will further expand our leading coverage. Liana Baker will be relocating from New York to San Francisco as Deals Team Leader, reporting to me. With better access to […]
TechCrunch hires hardware editor, privacy reporter
Tech news site TechCrunch has hired a new hardware editor and a privacy and policy reporter. Matthew Panzarino writes, “First up, Brian Heater has worked at a number of tech pubs, including PCMag, Laptop and Engadget, where he served as the Director of Media. Most recently, he was the Managing Editor of TechTimes.com. His writing […]
Yahoo Finance hires Fuchs as deputy ME
Erin Fuchs has been hired by Yahoo Finance to be its deputy managing editor. She will work closely with editor-In-chief Andy Serwer and managing editor Sam Ro to oversee how news is presented and delivered to Yahoo Finance’s readers. Her first day will be May 9. Fuchs comes to Yahoo from Business Insider, where she […]
Business Insider’s LaRoche to join Yahoo Finance
Julia La Roche, a senior reporter at Business Insider, has been hired at Yahoo Finance to cover finance. She will start May 2 and will cover Wall Street culture, investing, hedge funds, banks and private equity. She joins Sam Ro, who was a deputy editor at Business Insider but left in February to become Yahoo Finance’s managing editor. Yahoo […]
Detroit Free Press biz editor is promoted
Christopher Kirkpatrick, who has overseen business news at the Detroit Free Press for the past four years, has been promoted to one of the newsroom’s senior news director positions. A story on its website states, “Kirkpatrick, 48, formerly director of Business News, will oversee the Free Press’ business and autos coverage, and he’ll direct planning […]
