Reuters hires Spalding to cover health care M&A
Reuters has hired Bloomberg News reporter Rebecca Spalding to cover mergers and acquisitions in health care, biopharmaceuticals and industrial industries. She will be based out of New York. “Thank you all for your kind words in the last few days! It’s a great team and I’m excited for the new challenge,” she wrote on Twitter. […]
Mergermarket hires Jacobsen to cover French M&A
Jax Jacobsen has been hired by Mergermarket to cover mergers and acquisitions in France. Jacobsen previously worked for SNL Financial, now S&P Global Markets, as its Canadian mining correspondent, where she covered growing Aboriginal influence in the sector. She was also managing editor at Central Asia Newswire, where she monitored and reported on developments in the […]
Dealreporter seeks an M&A columnist
Dealreporter, an Acuris-owned company, is looking for a co-writer to add to our New York-based team that produces the Morning Flash, a daily newsletter read by many of the world’s top fund managers. Each morning, the Morning Flash team picks out hints of future material developments in merger arbitration and special situations by combing through […]
Ryan Gould hired by Mergermarket
Ryan Gould is joining Mergermarket, an Acuris company, as a reporter. Mergermarket is focused on mergers and acquisition coverage. He starts next month. Prior to Mergermarket, Gould was the head of content at Capital.com. Gould has also worked as senior news editor at Charwell. He was also the editor-in-chief at Palatinate.
Wang joins Reuters’ M&A team to cover China deals
Greg Roumeliotis, corporate finance and deals editor at Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Monday: I’m excited to announce that Echo Wang has joined the deals team in New York to cover cross-border M&A and investments, with a focus on Chinese money. Chinese dealmaking is coming under intense U.S. scrutiny over technology transfers, information […]
Eavis: Why covering M&A is no longer boring
New York Times business reporter Peter Eavis, who once thought covering mergers and acquisitions was boring, has changed his opinion. Eavis writes, “But when a big deal comes up, reporters might best serve readers by looking closely at whether it will hurt competition, squelch innovation or have other ill effects. The days of relying on […]
TheStreet.com is being sold to The Maven for $16.5 million
Financial news site TheStreet.com has agreed to a deal where it will be acquired by The Maven Inc. for $16.5 million. The Maven is a group of media brands operating on a shared digital publishing, advertising, and distribution platform. Based in Seattle, Maven is publicly traded. “This is a good outcome for TheStreet’s shareholders,” said […]
Reorg hires Carnevali as senior editor to develop new product
Reorg has hired David Carnevali as a senior editor. He started on Monday and will be developing a platform at Reorg within an existing product, Reorg M&A, focused on providing breaking news content on mergers and acquisitions and activism in the U.S. market. Carnevali will be recruiting and managing a team of journalists, as well […]
Coverage: Sports Illustrated sells for $110 million
Sports Illustrated magazine has been sold for $110 million to a company that specializes in managing fashion, entertainment and sports brands, including marketing rights to Shaquille O’Neal and Muhammad Ali. Tali Arbel of the Associated Press had the news: The seller, Meredith Corp., will continue running the print edition and the website SI.com for at least […]
Mergermarket seeks a finance reporter in Paris
Mergermarket is a business development tool designed specifically for the M&A sector, providing proprietary intelligence and analysis on corporate strategy before that strategy becomes public knowledge. Our network of M&A Journalists and Analysts talk to CEOs, CFOs and industry contacts, reporting what they learn to Mergermarket subscribers. Together with our specialized analysis and data, this […]
