The Wrap hires business and technology editor
Joan E. Solsman has been hired by entertainment industry site The Wrap as business and technology editor, a new position based in New York in which she will lead coverage of digital media and focus on technology’s impact on the traditional entertainment industry. She will dig deep into the businesses and new media platforms that are changing content. She […]
Crain’s New York hires Green as assistant managing editor
Peter S. Green, a former reporter and editor at Bloomberg News, and a former deputy business editor of the New York Post, has joined Crain’s New York Business as assistant managing editor for news. In his new post, Green will join fellow AME’s Barbara Benson and Erik Engquist and report to Crain’s editor Jeremy Smerd, […]
South Bend Tribune makes changes to biz section
Ed Semmler, the business editor of the South Bend Tribune in Indiana, writes about changes to its business section. Semmler writes, “Heidi Prescott is closing her notebook as The Tribune’s Market Basket columnist after some 15 years to pursue a new career in media relations for Beacon Health System. We thank Heidi for her many […]
New day, new author for Des Moines biz column
Joel Aschbrenner is the new Biz Buzz columnist at the Des Moines Register, and the column will appear on Sundays instead of Tuesdays. Aschbrenner writes, “Biz Buzz was created by longtime Register business columnist David Elbert and executive business editor Lynn Hicks. More recently, Hicks manned the Buzz helm solo. “Elbert and Hicks provided a look […]
Reuters names deputy U.S. public finance editor
Megan Davies, who oversees public finance coverage for Reuters, sent out the following announcement: I am very pleased to announce that Dan Bases has been appointed deputy U.S. Public Finance EIC. Dan has been at Reuters for 18 years, where he has worked in both the New York and London bureaus and developed a specialization […]
Quartz forms incubator to find journalists
Global news site Quartz wants to overhaul how it hires journalists across the globe, reports Ricardo Bilton of Digiday. Bilton writes, “With what it’s calling a ‘talent lab,’ Quartz wants to formalize how it discovers and develops writers, videographers and data journalists from around the world. It will be one part talent network, one part skill […]
Fourteen journalists leaving due to Bloomberg Markets overhaul
Fourteen business journalists, including three senior writers, are leaving Bloomberg LP as part of the decision to overhaul Bloomberg Markets, sources told Talking Biz News. Their last day at the company will be Friday. Another 10 staffers will remain at Bloomberg in various roles. The company announced last month that the magazine, which goes to […]
FT journalists vote to strike
Financial Times journalists have voted to strike in a dispute over proposed changes to the newspaper’s pension policy, reports Mark Sweney of The Guardian. Sweney writes, “Almost 92% of members of the National Union of Journalists who participated in the ballot voted in favour of taking industrial action. “There was a 66% member turnout for […]
Hollywood Reporter names Bel Bruno as news director
Joe Bel Bruno, who has overseen coverage of the entertainment industry at the Los Angeles Times for the past 18 months, has been named news director at The Hollywood Reporter. The title is similar to managing editor and is the No. 2 position at the publication. “I am excited to join what is unarguably the […]
WaPo shuffles biz desk editors, names white collar crime reporter
Washington Post national economy and business editor Greg Schneider and deputy business editor David Cho sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: We have several organizational changes to announce on the Financial desk. Michelle Williams, who has been our digital editor, will become an assignment desk editor and will work closely with David Cho to […]
