Bloomberg hires tax reporter, campaign finance reporter
Bloomberg Washington bureau chief Megan Murphy sent this staff hiring announcement out on Wednesday morning: I am delighted to announce that, from this week, Lynnley Browning has joined us as a reporter on our tax team, reporting to John Voskuhl, and Bill Allison has joined us as a campaign finance reporter, reporting to Josh Gallu. […]
Crain’s Chicago ME resigns for ESPN job
Crain’s Chicago Business managing editor Steve Reiss resigned Tuesday to join ESPN’s upcoming website The Undefeated, reports Robert Feder. Feder writes, “Reiss joined Crain’s in 2012 after more than two decades at the Washington Post, where he rose to enterprise editor. An Ohio native and graduate of Princeton University, he previously worked as a reporter and editor at […]
WSJ hires Greene to cover Microsoft
Seattle Times business reporter Jay Greene has been hired by The Wall Street Journal to cover Microsoft. He will be reporting mostly on the cloud business of Microsoft, Amazon and other companies in Seattle and in Silicon Valley. Greene starts Feb. 1. Greene has been at The Times in two stints, first joining the paper […]
Rutenberg named NY Times media columnist
New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet and business editor Dean Murphy sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Our next media columnist: Jim Rutenberg of The New York Times Magazine He was among the first reporters to recognize the ascendance of Fox News, and helped coin the term “the Fox effect” to describe cable’s […]
Bloomberg names chief of staff of news, Hong Kong and LA bureau chiefs
Bloomberg editor in chief John Micklethwait announced the following promotions on Tuesday: Shelby Siegel is now the chief of staff for news, a long-overdue title change to reflect reality; Fion Li, who joined Bloomberg in 2011 as a bond market reporter, will take over from Tan Hwee Ann as Hong Kong bureau chief in April; […]
Ex-CNBC.com ME joins MassMutual Financial
Allen Wastler, who was managing editor or CNBC.com, has been hired as head of digital content for MassMutual Financial Group. At MassMutual, Wastler is responsible for building the digital content library for MassMutual’s website and defining the company’s content strategy to engage and educate consumers about financial needs. Wastler had been ME of CNBC.com for […]
Bloomberg adds Kolker to investigations team
Bob Blau, who oversees the investigations and projects team at Bloomberg News, and Bloomberg Businessweek editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Monday: Please join us in welcoming Robert Kolker, who will start on January 25, and be based in New York. Bob will be a member of the Projects and Investigations team, […]
WSJ’s Wong named AP’s news director for China
Wall Street Journal technology reporter Gillan Wong has been named news director for China for the Associated Press. An AP story states, “Wong, who currently covers technology at The Wall Street Journal, will be based in Beijing as the AP’s greater China news director. In that role, she will oversee coverage in video, text and photos, across […]
Seattle Times biz editor Bisbee leaving paper
Seattle Times business editor Becky Bisbee is among 15 staffers whose buyout offers have been accepted by the newspaper, according to the Seattle Stranger. Her last day is March 4. “It has been a privilege to work at The Seattle Times,” said Bisbee in an email to Talking Biz News. “I have great respect for […]
Bloomberg’s Idzelis joins Investment News
Christine Idzelis, a corporate finance reporter at Bloomberg News for the past five years, has been hired by Investment News. At the Crain publication, she will cover Wall Street wealth management and independent investment advisers. Idzelis had been at Bloomberg since December 2010, reporting on the U.S. credit markets with a focus on high-yield, high-risk […]
