Fortune hires Gossage as director of news
Fortune magazine has hired Bobbie Gossage to be its director of news. She will start June 1. “I’m honored and thrilled to be joining this incredible team and working with so many talented business journalists whose work I have long admired,” she wrote on Twitter. She most recently had been the deputy editor at Marker, Medium’s business publication. […]
American Banker has hired Rocha as a reporter
American Banker has hired S&P Global Markets reporter Polo Rocha. His first day is Monday. Rocha has been at S&P Global since November 2017 writing primarily about the Federal Reserve Board, focusing on monetary policy and financial regulation. He previously spent a year at WisPolitics.com as a reporter and a year at WisBusiness.com as a […]
LA Times names Merida executive editor
Veteran journalist Kevin Merida has left ESPN to join the Los Angeles Times as its executive editor. In his new role, Merida will transform the newspaper into a digital powerhouse that thrives for decades to come. He succeeds Norman Pearlstine, who stepped down in December. Merida previously served as senior vice president and editor-in-chief of […]
Adweek CEO Litvack has resigned
Jeffrey Litvack, the chief executive office at Adweek, has resigned. Shamrock Capital partner Laura Held will lead the Office of the CEO while the company conducts a search. The Adweek leaders comprising the Office of the CEO include Chief Brand Officer Danny Wright, Chief Innovation Officer Toby Daniels, Chief Content Officer Lisa Granatstein, Editor in […]
CNBC hires two new correspondents, promotes two producers
Dan Colarusso, senior vice president of business news at CNBC, sent out the following announcement on Monday: As we continue to expand our general news coverage and build on our industry-leading business news team, I’m excited to announce the addition of two new correspondents to CNBC ‘s roster and the promotion of two of our […]
Reuters Legal hires Jackson to cover M&A
Reuters Legal has hired reporter Sierra Jackson to cover mergers and acquisitions. She has spent the past year at Law360 as a general assignment reporter. Jackson covered daily news stories and occasional features about M&A, private equity, venture capital, asset management, real estate, initial public offerings and other capital market and finance happenings. Before Law360, she worked […]
Washington Post welcomes Tucker on the 202 newsletter team
Brianna A. Tucker has joined The Washington Post as a deputy editor on the 202 newsletter team, overseeing the success of Power Up, The Post’s flagship early morning political newsletter, editing The Cybersecurity 202, and helping support the suite of 202 newsletters. Tucker joins from Supermajority where she was a senior copy editor. She has […]
Politico hires Akhtar as senior video producer
Monica Akhtar has joined Politico as a senior video producer. She comes from The Washington Post where she held the post of video producer. Akhtar was also a video producer at USA Today Sports Media Group and a video production intern at American Enterprise Institute. She was also a freelance correspondent at Worchester Telegram and […]
Dallas daily moving DiFurio to consumer companies beat
The Dallas Morning News is moving Dom DiFurio to the consumer companies beat. Business editor Paul O’Donnell writes, “Dom has written about virtually every business subject imaginable in his two years on breaking news. “He’s reported on evictions taking place in North Texas, even though a federal order suspended kicking renters out. He landed an interview with advertising legend Stan Richards after his […]
S&P Global hires Bennett as an energy reporter
S&P Global Markets has hired Abbie Bennett as a reporter covering energy and the environment. She will start next week. Bennett has been covering Capitol Hill, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Pentagon for “Connecting Vets,” an online national news service for CBS Radio (later purchased by Entercom, now called Audacy), where she produces enterprise and […]
