WSJ names Thomas its lead deals reporter
Lauren Thomas has been named lead deals reporter at The Wall Street Journal. She is also covering shareholder activism. She consistently breaks market-moving news about the biggest deals across all industries. Some of her scoops have included Exxon Mobil’s $60 billion deal for Pioneer Natural Resources, Capital One’s $35 billion deal for Discover Financial, Mars’s $30 […]
Glickman now covering M&A and activism at WSJ
Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Glickman is now covering mergers and acquisitions as well as investor activists. He has been a reporter on the real-time news desk for the past year. Glickman was a reporting intern and part of the summer 2023 newsroom intern class at The Journal. Glickman is a recent graduate of Brown University, where […]
How CNBC’s Faber got his start in business journalism
Investopedia editor in chief Caleb Silver spoke with David Faber, co-anchor of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” about his career. Faber has broken some of the biggest mergers and acquisition deals of the past 30 years. “I was not in anyway someone with an economics background,” said Faber, who majored in English at Tufts University. […]
Koch PE arm looking to bid for Forbes
Koch Inc.’s private equity arm is in ongoing talks on a bid to buy Forbes in partnership with another individual investor, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer writes, “Koch Equity Development (KED) has a history of successful media investments, including its 2017 deal to back Meredith’s acquisition of Time Inc. with $650 million and its 2018 and 2019 […]
Reuters taps Valle to cover M&A in New York
Anirban Sen, editor in charge of U.S. mergers and acquisitions coverage at Reuters, sent out the following on Friday: I’m thrilled to share that Sabrina Valle will be our new M&A correspondent, based in New York. In her new role, Sabrina will focus on winning the biggest scoops and delivering agenda-setting stories on the healthcare […]
Business Insider’s parent is set to split
German billionaire Mathias Döpfner and KKR are nearing a deal to split up the media giant Axel Springer, the parent of Business Insider, reports Financial Times reporters Laura Pitel, Arash Massoudi and Ivan Levingston. Pitel, Massouri and Levingston report, “A deal would enable Döpfner, who has served as CEO since 2002, to cement his control […]
WSJ seeks a reporter to cover midsize deals
The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires are seeking a newshound to cover small and midsize corporate deals and activist campaigns in New York. We’re looking for a well-sourced reporter who can break news about corporate reconfigurations like mergers, stock offerings and spinoffs as well as corporate clashes. The Journal has long dominated coverage […]
How the business press doesn’t understand M&A
Karl Bode of Techdirt writes about the business news media’s recent coverage of Kroger’s pending acquisition of grocery store chain Albertsons. Bode writes, “Kroger (and tell me if you’ve heard this one before) is pinky swearing that increased consolidation in the already consolidated grocery space will increase jobs, boost competition, and lower prices for consumers. […]
Reuters seeks a Europe M&A correspondent
Reuters is looking for an ambitious M&A Correspondent with a proven record of developing sources and breaking agenda-setting financial and business stories. In this position, you will be first to report on the most significant deals as well as being a leading voice on key trends and developments in the industry. You will seek out the story behind […]
Reuters seeks M&A correspondent for EMEA
Reuters is looking for an ambitious M&A Correspondent with a proven record of developing sources and breaking agenda-setting financial and business stories. In this position, you will be first to report on the most significant deals as well as being a leading voice on key trends and developments in the industry. You will seek out […]
