Union approves Consumer Reports contract extension
Union members who work for Consumer Reports have approved an 18-month contract extension and the personal finance magazine’s voluntary separation plan. The Thursday vote by the News Guild of New York members was unanimous, with 138 for the extension and plan, none against and two abstentions. The vote extends the contract through June 30, 2017, […]
Fortune.com hits 20 million users, hires more staff
Fortune editor in chief Alan Murray sent out the following announcement on Friday: Congratulations for taking Fortune.com over our target of 20 million unique users in the month of March (Omniture.) It’s an amazing accomplishment, especially for a website that didn’t exist two years ago. It was a true team effort, for which you all […]
Elmer-Dewitt says goodbye to Fortune
Philip Elmer-Dewitt of Fortune says goodbye to the magazine and hello to his new website covering Apple, co-founded by Steve Jobs. Elmer-Dewitt writes, “1983 was also the year Time named the computer Machine of the Year. Jobs, who thought he was going to be named Man of the Year, read the issue and burst into […]
Tech editor of TheStreet.com is leaving
Chris Ciaccia, the tech editor of TheStreet.com, is leaving the financial news site for a job at Group SJR, a subsidiary of WPP. His last day is April 8. Group SJR is a digital consulting firm specializing in insights, content creation, curation and audience development. “I’m incredibly excited to join Group SJR and WPP at a […]
Wall Street Journal makes changes to money and investing team
Wall Street Journal financial editor Dennis Berman sent out the following job changes on the money and investing team on Tuesday: We’re lucky to have such accomplished, committed journalists join the ranks of the new M&I — some making internal moves, others coming to us from outside. Here is the latest: Ken Brown returns to Money & […]
Goodman returning to New York Times
New York Times business editor Dean Murphy sent the following staff hire announcement to the staff on Tuesday: I’m pleased to announce that Peter S. Goodman – reporter, editor and author – is returning to The Times as our London-based economics correspondent. He succeeds Danny Hakim, who is focusing on investigative and large enterprise targets. […]
Personal finance journalist Barrett promoted at Acorns
Jennifer Barrett has been promoted to chief education officer at Acorns, where she was formerly vice president of editorial. The promotion comes just three months after the successful launch of Grow magazine, where she remains at the helm as founding editor and editor in chief. Grow is the first digital publication to educate, entertain and inspire millennials who want […]
Consumer Reports offers buyout to workers
Consumer Reports CEO Marta Tellado sent out the following announcement to the staff: Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to report that we have reached a tentative agreement with the Guild on a contract extension. The new agreement, if ratified by the Guild membership, extends the contract through June 30, 2017, and provides employees with competitive […]
Bloomberg hires senior reporter in DC
Bloomberg News executive editor and Washington bureau chief Megan Murphy made the following announcement on Monday: I’m thrilled to announce that we have just hired Jennifer Jacobs as a senior reporter to help us cover the most interesting presidential race in memory. She will report to John Geddes. As followers of politics already know, Jennifer has […]
Philly Inquirer assistant biz editor joins Houston paper
The Houston Chronicle has hired Philadelphia Inquirer assistant business editor Paul Bomberger as a metropolitan editor. Bomberger will manage its coverage of health and medicine, science and the NASA Space Center, transportation and education. A graduate of Temple University, Bomberger started his career at the Intelligencer Journal, where he spent 15 years as a business reporter […]
