Spectrum hires Shipp as part of expanding coverage

Brett Shipp has joined Spectrum as it expands its hyperlocal TV news coverage to North Texas. He is the owner and principal of Brett Shipp Media, LLC, which investigates, advocates and communicates media strategy and crisis communication. He was also an investigative reporter at WFAA and KDFW-TV Fox 4 Dallas-Fort Worth. At WFAA, Shipp won […]

R Street Institute appoints Rossetti as senior fellow on energy and environmental

The R Street Institute has added Philip Rossetti as a senior fellow on the energy and environmental team, reports Politico. Previously, Rossetti was a fellow at the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. He also worked at the American Action Forum for more than 5 years, joining as an energy policy research intern. Later […]

Rest of World hires Matsakis from Wired

Rest of World has hired Wired magazine staff writer Louise Matsakis as a senior editor covering technology. Rest of World is a nonprofit publication covering the impact of technology beyond the Western bubble. Matsakis had been covering Amazon and TikTok. She writes predominantly about technology and the internet. She’s mostly interested in major tech companies such as Apple […]

Fortune’s Lashinsky to be EIC of World 50

Fortune magazine executive editor Adam Lashinsky writes Monday about what his plans are as he leaves the magazine after 19 years. His last day will be Oct. 14. Lashinsky writes, “For starters, I am becoming editor in chief of World 50, an organization that builds private peer communities for CEOs and other top executives at leading global […]

Adweek hires Kaplan as story desk editor

David Kaplan is returning back to Adweek as a story desk editor. Kaplan first joined the company in 2001 as a media reporter and left in 2004. His new role starts Oct. 12. Kaplan is also the founding editor of Kambr Media Group (KMG), which is the content arm of Kamb, Inc. and publisher of “kambr.media”, […]

Bobkoff joins Axios as executive producer of podcasts

Axios has tapped Dan Bobkoff as its new executive producer of podcasts. Previously, Bobkoff was with Three Uncanny Four Productions, which is a big podcast initiative with Sony Music. Before that, he was with Business Insider for more than four years, holding numerous roles, including editor of special projects, senior editor and executive producer, host. […]

Whitaker-Moore joins Axios as managing editor

Axios has hired Aja Whitaker-Moore as managing editor. In this role, she will be overseeing business coverage and will also be contributing to a long-term project covering systemic racism in America. Previously, she was global editor-in-chief, fixed income for Acuris, where she oversaw global editorial operations for the Group and was also a member of […]

Vice Media appoints Bellan-White as first global CMO

Nadja Bellan-White has been named the first global CMO at Vice Media. Bellan-White has more than 25 years of experience in integrated marketing and communications to transform brands. She has led brand transformations for clients including American Express, LG Electronics, IKEA North America, RBS Citizens and Coca-Cola to name a few. Previously, Bellan-White was at […]

WSJ hires USA Today’s Patterson

The Wall Street Journal has hired USA Today managing editor of money and consumer tech Philana Patterson. She will be deputy editor of newsroom standards. Her last day at USA Today is Oct. 9. “I’m excited to be joining the team and reuniting with colleagues who I worked with at Dow Jones Newswires many years ago, […]

CNBC data editor Schoen to leave in 2021

John Schoen, data editor at CNBC Digital, sent out the following to friends and colleagues: After more than four decades of never-ending deadlines, it’s time to pursue some long-deferred projects and interests outside of the daily news cycle. So I’ll be leaving CNBC at the start of the New Year. Since I filed my first story […]