CoinDesk owner fires three editors, including EIC Reynolds
Bullish, the owner of leading crypto publication CoinDesk, abruptly dismissed three top editors on Friday, including editor-in-chief Kevin Reynolds, according to sources familiar with the matter, reports Leo Schwartz of Fortune. Schwartz reports, “While Bullish promised to preserve CoinDesk’s editorial independence, the unusual decision to remove the article—which appeared to be accurate— about Sun sparked a backlash […]
Derbyshire to become US opinion editor for Financial Times
Jonathan Derbyshire has been named U.S. opinion editor for the Financial Times. He will start shortly after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Derbyshire is currently the FT’s executive opinion editor. He was previously managing editor of Prospect, Britain’s leading monthly magazine of politics and ideas, and culture editor of the New Statesman. Derbyshire has also written for a […]
Klayman retiring as Reuters Detroit bureau chief
Ben Klayman, the Detroit bureau chief and North American transportation editor for Reuters, is retiring at the end of the year. He has been responsible for a team of about 10 reporters covering everything from autos to aerospace to airlines to outer space. Klayman got his start in journalism professionally in 1990 on a small […]
Washington Post hires former WSJ ME Pensiero as standards editor
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Thursday: I’m delighted to share the news that Karen Pensiero will be joining The Post in January as our Standards Editor, a new masthead position reporting to me. Karen, the former managing editor at The Wall Street Journal, is passionate about fair, ethical and independent journalism. […]
Business Insider hires Dixit to cover Meta
Business Insider has hired Pranav Dixit to cover Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram. He will start in January. He has been Engadget senior editor for a year. Dixit previously was a technology reporter covering the intersection of technology and culture for BuzzFeed News. He has been a Nieman fellow at Harvard University. He was also executive editor of FactorDaily, […]
Fox Business anchor Cavuto is departing
Neil Cavuto, the first anchor hired by Fox News in 1996, is leaving the network, another casualty of cost-cutting in the TV news business, reports Stephen Battaglio of the Los Angeles Times. Battaglio reports, “Cavuto will make his final appearance on the network Thursday on ‘Your World,’ his long-running daily business-oriented program. His current deal is up […]
Brower, formerly with Business Insider, hired by Ankler as executive editor
Ankler, which covers the entertainment industry, has hired Alison Brower as its executive editor. Brower was Los Angeles bureau chief at Business Insider before leaving in February. She will report to Ankler CEO and Editor-in-Chief Janice Min and will work closely with her and co-founder Richard Rushfield. As Los Angeles bureau chief, Brower led a bicoastal […]
Sinha departs S&P Global for Charlottesville Tomorrow
Charlottesville Tomorrow has hired S&P Global’s Akash Sinha as its managing editor. Tamica Jean-Charles of Charlottesville Tomorrow writes, “Sinha will join us to take the lead on giving our team direction and making sure our audiences keep getting great local news. He moved to Charlottesville 20 years ago to study English literature at the University of Virginia (the […]
Reuters names Menon its Australia, New Zealand and Pacific bureau chief
Reuters North Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australasia News Editor Soyoung Kim recently shared the below note with staff, announcing the appointment of Praveen Menon as Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific bureau chief: Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Praveen has been appointed Bureau Chief of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. Praveen […]
Western, formerly with WSJ, joins NY Times in Soeul
New York Times international editor Phil Pan sent out the following on Wednesday: We’re excited to announce that Neil Western has joined The Times’s Asia news hub in Seoul as an editor guiding coverage of Japan and the Koreas. Neil is an accomplished editor and an experienced Asia hand whose work spans some of the […]
