Laurie Hays, former No. 2 at Bloomberg News, joins Brunswick Group
Former Bloomberg senior executive editor Laurie Hays has joined Brunswick Group as a partner. Based in the firm’s New York office, Hays will become a senior advisor to C-suite executives and deepen the firm’s relationships with senior business leaders and will counsel clients on a range of corporate matters. “Laurie has long been known as […]
Quartz hires NY Times finance reporter Anderson
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following announcement Tuesday morning: I’m happy to announce that Jenny Anderson is joining Quartz as a reporter in our London bureau. Jenny comes to us from the New York Times, where she has worked for over a decade and currently covers finance, and will start around Sept. […]
Illinois paper names new business editor
Stephen Di Benedetto has been named the business editor of the Northwest Herald in Crystal Lake, Ill. Di Benedetto writes, “In the role, I want to try and cover all aspects of the business community in McHenry County, from life within the workplace to new and emerging trends within various industries. I want to highlight […]
Reuters News names global head of sales
Steven Schwartz, global managing director of Reuters News, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Last December, I announced a restructure of News Agency & Content Solutions, which included a to-be-appointed global head of sales for News Agency. Today I am very pleased to announce that we have promoted Anita Tobias to serve in this […]
Dow Jones hires CTO of consumer products from FT
Dow Jones & Co. chief technology officer Paul Meller sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Dear Colleagues, I am very excited to welcome John O’Donovan to the Technology Leadership team as CTO, Consumer Products and Platforms. Alignment between our products and platforms is key to delivering world-class content and our continued success in digital. […]
Reuters losing two journalists in Brazil
Kieran Murray, news editor for Latin America and the Caribbean at Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Thursday morning: I regret to announce that Todd Benson and Brian Winter, who have led a great news file out of Brazil in the last few years, are both leaving Reuters in June. Todd is taking a senior […]
Consumer Reports revamps editorial leadership, drops two publications
Consumer Reports announced changes at the top of its editorial structure on Wednesday and also dropped two publications. Wendy Bounds, who currently heads Consumer Reports’ video division, had been named executive director of content. Bounds will oversee editorial strategy and content creation for all print and digital products. She joined Consumer Reports after serving at […]
Fins named business editor of Palm Beach Post
Antonio Fins is the new business editor of the Palm Beach Post in Florida. A Media Moves post states, “He took over the role on May 18. “‘I am extremely happy to back in a newsroom. If you are going to leave journalism, do it like I did. I went to a largely self-funded NGO […]
InvestmentNews reporter joining the industry she covers
Darla Mercado, who writes about retirement and insurance for InvestmentNews, is leaving the publication to work for the Pension Resource Institute, an ERISA compliance consulting firm that works with registered investment advisory firms and broker-dealers. In an email to Talking Biz News, Mercado writes: My duties there include driving the marketing and training effort for […]
BuzzFeed hires Tiku to cover tech news
BuzzFeed has hired Nitasha Tiku from The Verge to cover tech news from its San Francisco bureau. Alyson Shontell of Business Insider writes, “Tiku tells Business Insider why she’s banking on BuzzFeed: “‘It wasn’t about leaving the Verge. I adored my colleagues and editors there and benefitted from their generosity and patience,’ Tiku told Business […]
