Marketwatch founder named TheStreet chairman
Larry Kramer, who founded what is now MarketWatch.com in the 1990s, was named chairman of the board of financial news company TheStreet.com on Thursday. Kramer, a director of TheStreet since October 2015, founded and led CBS MarketWatch. Most recently, he was the president and publisher of USA Today where he transformed an iconic newspaper from a […]
Bloomberg adds two reporters to congressional team
Bloomberg Washington bureau chief and executive editor Megan Murphy announced two new hires Thursday afternoon, both on its congressional team: I’m thrilled to announce two new hires to our Congress team, as we deepen our already-outstanding bench on Capitol Hill. Kevin Whitelaw, the editor of CQ Weekly, will be joining us to lead our congressional […]
Economist names two reporters for its New York bureau
The Economist announced Thursday that two of its journalists have been posted to its New York city bureau to cover consumer goods, marketing and media. Gady Epstein is the media editor. Prior to that he took over as Beijing bureau chief of The Economist in 2014. In that role and before that as China correspondent […]
CNBC personal finance editor to start online magazine
Jennifer Barrett, who left CNBC.com last month as its personal finance editor, has been hired by investment application Acorns to start an online magazine offering financial advice to millennials. Her title at the company is vice president of editorial, and she will be founding editor of Grow. The site is expected to launch next month. […]
WSJ overhauls Money & Investing team
Wall Street Journal finance editor Dennis Berman sent out the following announcement: The Bold–Faced Names of M&I There are a lot of changes underway at the Money & Investing team and I wanted to share them with you. The moves are intended to make our coverage more analytical, impactful, and timely, while giving our staff opportunity to adapt and […]
Kentucky biz editor Stinnett leaves after 35+ years
Chuck Stinnett, business editor and columnist at the Henderson Gleaner in Kentucky, is leaving the paper after more than 35 years. Stinnett writes, “I didn’t expect to be writing this, at least for a while — say, in about 2022. But circumstances change. “After more than 35 years, I am leaving The Gleaner. As we prepare […]
Chasan named sustainable finance editor at Bloomberg Brief
Emily Chasan, a senior editor at The Wall Street Journal’s CFO Journal, has been hired to be sustainable finance newsletter editor at Bloomberg Brief. She will start Jan. 4. She’ll be covering corporate social responsibility, sustainable and responsible investing, and corporate governance. At the CFO Journal, she wrote about finance, corporate governance, tax, accounting, auditing […]
CNNMoney adds Mullen in Hong Kong
CNN Digital producer Jethro Mullen will join CNNMoney in its Hong Kong bureau in January. He replaces Charles Riley, who moved to New Delhi to open a CNNMoney bureau in India. Mullen has been working for CNN in the Hong Kong bureau for the past four years. He previously worked for the International Herald Tribune, […]
Kessler leaving NYTimes for Scripps’ DC bureau
Aaron Kessler, who has covered the auto industry and regulation for The New York Times, is leaving for a job on the national investigative team at the Scripps Washington Bureau. In the new job, Kessler will be focused on longer-term projects involving both government and the business world. “The corporate world is increasingly using “big […]
Crain’s Cleveland publisher placed on leave
Crain’s Cleveland Business publisher John Campanelli has been placed on indefinite administrative leave, pending an internal review of events that resulted in misdemeanor citations against him. A story on the newspaper’s website states, “Campanelli, 46, faces a charge of public indecency following a complaint filed with Aurora police on Nov. 16. A pre-trial hearing is […]
