Dayton Biz Journal reporter leaving for Milwaukee
Olivia Barrow, the senior reporter at the Dayton Business Journal, is leaving the paper and moving to Milwaukee. Barrow writes, “In three years at the Dayton Business Journal I’ve never had as much trouble starting a story as this one. “Today is my last day here, and there’s just too much to say about what […]
CNBC’s Delevingne hired by Reuters
Lawrence Delevingne, a CNBC.com staff writer, has been hired by Reuters to cover hedge funds. He starts at Reuters on July 20. Delevingne, who covered a “big money” beat for CNBC, had previously covered hedge funds for Absolute Return. At CNBC, he had focused on large money managers, especially hedge and private equity funds. Before […]
Alison Smith leaving the Financial Times
Alison Smith, a reporter at the Financial Times, is leaving the business newspaper after more than 20 years. Smith is the FT’s chief corporate correspondent. Her positions at the paper have included political correspondent, financial services correspondent, Lex writer, UK companies editor and, most recently, leader writer. “At the moment I am intending to leave […]
Seeking Alpha promotes Hoffmann to CEO
Eli Hoffmann, who has been senior vice president of content for investment news site Seeking Alpha, has been promoted to chief executive officer. Outgoing CEO David Jackson writes, “We’ve also needed to get things right as a company. We have an outstanding team – the best we’ve ever had. We’ve established a strong management framework […]
KC Star plans to dissolve business news desk
The Kansas City Star plans to dismantle its business desk and move those reporters into other areas of a completely reorganized newsroom, according to a memo by editor Mike Fannin. Jams Dornbrook of the Kansas City Business Journal writes, “The memo was sent to members of the Star‘s newsroom and picked up by Jim Fitzpatrick, […]
Nishimura to lead new Texas biz magazine
Longtime business journalist Scott Nishimura has been hired to launch a new business magazine called FW Inc. Jeff Prince of the Fort Worth Weekly writes, “FW Inc. will be published quarterly beginning this summer. “‘We’re going to have in-depth analysis, features on leading business people and entrepreneurs in Fort Worth, and a lot of fun […]
Borchardt now financial reporter for Women’s Wear Daily
Former TheStreet.com senior producer and markets analyst Debra Borchardt is now a financial reporter for Women’s Wear Daily. She left The Street a year ago to do research for Stansberry & Associates, but Borchardt has been blogging recently for Forbes.com about the cannabis industry. She worked at The Street for eight years after getting her […]
Claman renews contract with Fox Business
Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman has renewed her deal with the business news channel, a spokeswoman confirmed. Claman’s “Countdown to the Closing Bell” airs in the 3 p.m. on Fox Business. She had also been co-anchoring “After the Bell” with David Asman at 4 p.m. until last month. Claman joined Fox Business in October […]
Dallas Morning News’ Bob Miller writes farewell
Bob Miller, the business section columnist for the Dallas Morning News who has been working for the paper for 64 years, wrote his farewell column. Miller writes, “My title changed again a few times, and eventually, in the 1980s, our business editor at the time, the remarkable Cheryl Hall, asked me if I would like […]
Union in dispute with Consumer Reports
Keith Kelly of the New York Post writes Wednesday about the News Guild’s protest against Consumer Reports and its layoffs. Kelly writes, “Protestors carried signs that spoofed the ratings system of Consumer Reports and read, ‘management rated unacceptable.’ “The union rolled out the big inflatable rat outside the magazine’s Yonkers, NY, headquarters. “‘We closed off […]
