Bloomberg taps Tse to cover Europe M&A, investment banking
Aaron Kirchfeld, executive editor for deals at Bloomberg News, sent out the following announcement on Friday” Hi all, We’re pleased to announce that Crystal Tse will be relocating to London in the coming months after six exciting years in New York. She’ll be covering EMEA FIG M&A for the Deals Team, as well as helping […]
Minority stake in The Economist could be sold
Lynn Forester de Rothschild is exploring a sale of a significant minority stake in The Economist Group, marking the first ownership shake-up in a decade at the 182-year-old magazine, reports Katherine Griffiths and Aaron Kirchfeld of Bloomberg News. Griffiths and Kirchfeld report, “A sale process for around 20% in voting shares could kick off in […]
YES Group acquires Stockstoday.com
YES Group, a financial media organization based in Germany, announced it entered the U.S. market by acquiring Stockstoday.com, a financial news portal that covers the stock market, individual stocks, and developments across finance and the global economy. Terms were not disclosed. Ethan Lin of Newsbreak reports, “The company currently operates Finanztrends.info, stock-world.de, boerse-global.de, trading-treff.de, and Austria’s boerse-express.com, […]
Weitzman departs Axios for Octus
Aaron Weitzman has left Axios Pro for a senior reporting job at Octus, formerly known as Reorg. He will still be focused on healthcare M&A, private equity as well as expending coverage to private credit. He comes from Axios Pro, where he helped co-author the health tech deals daily newsletter, as well writing hundreds of […]
How WSJ’s Thomas covers deals
Lauren Thomas, the lead deals reporter at The Wall Street Journal, spoke with Meredith Klein of Meredith & the Media about how she covers mergers and acquisitions Here is an excerpt: As Lead Deals Reporter, you’re focused on mergers and acquisitions and shareholder activism. How do you get most of your stories? This job is […]
Axios seeks a health care deals reporter
Axios Pro Deals is the subscription service within Axios, a thriving, fast-growing media organization dedicated to providing trustworthy, award-winning news in an audience-first format. We’re hiring a healthcare deals reporter to cover this essential sector of the deals market with a focus on the public markets, private equity and M&A. Why it Matters: Axios Pro Deals […]
Mergermarket seeks a French M&A reporter
We are looking for a Reporter to join ION Analytics’ Paris Bureau covering French M&A and private equity activity for Mergermarket. The successful candidate will ideally have proven experience in a financial news reporter role, with an investigative focus. Our new France reporter will focus on unearthing scoops and providing analysis on late-stage startups’ growth […]
WSJ’s Thomas on being an M&A reporter
Russell Sherman of “Press Profiles” interviewed Wall Street Journal mergers and acquisitions reporter Lauren Thomas about how she uncovers deals, her reporter’s intuition, and staying ahead of the “footsteps” of competitors as she attempts to break news. “It’s a lot of jumping around, for sure,” said Thomas. “…It’s really all about who you know.” Thomas said she likes […]
Quartz has been sold to a software company
Financial news site Quartz has been sold to software company Redbrick for an undisclosed amount. Sara Fischer and Kerry Flynn of Axios report, “Redbrick is buying Quartz as part of an effort to scale publishing sites using tech from its other portfolio companies, a similar model to that used by Recurrent Ventures, The Arena Group and others. In […]
Reuters seeks an India M&A correspondent
Reuters is looking for an experienced, driven and scoop-hungry journalist with a passion for breaking news and writing ahead-of-the-curve stories on India’s M&A and deals landscape. Based in Mumbai, the reporter in this role will focus on sourcing up with bankers, regulators, lawyers and company sources to break news on fund raises, deals and IPOs, […]
