WSJ names deputy money & investing editors, deals editor

Wall Street Journal finance editor Dennis Berman sent out the following announcement on Friday: I’m pleased to announce a number of changes to our Money & Investing team. Jamie Heller Jamie is appointed deputy Money & Investing editor. She joins after a glorious run as Deals editor, helping guide her staff to a string of […]

Private equity reporter Tan leaves WSJ

Gillian Tan, who covered private equity for The Wall Street Journal, left the business newspaper late last week. Tan says she is now pursuing other opportunities. “After nearly four invaluable years at the Journal, I’m excited to tackle new challenges,” said Tan in an email to Talking Biz News. Tan was a mergers and acquisitions reporter for […]

The Deal seeks M&A reporter in New York

The Deal LLC, an award-winning financial multi-media division of TheStreet Inc., publishes a two-edition daily newspaper and website (pipeline.thedeal.com), online databases, and online and print newsletters geared to the financial and business community. The Deal brings you breaking news and analyses on developments in the deal spectrum: mergers and acquisitions, auctions, private equity, shareholder activism, […]

Mergermarket seeks utilities and mining reporter

Mergermarket and DealReporter are looking to hire an energetic and curious journalist to cover M&A in the energy, utilities and mining sectors. A successful candidate will aggressively cover corporate strategy in the context of M&A and develop sources among CEOs, bankers, lawyers and advisors in order to pen original scoops on deals in the works, […]

Flaherty joining Reuters M&A team in New York

Greg Roumeliotis, the editor in charge of mergers and acquisitions coverage for Reuters, sent out the following announcement: I’m pleased to announce that Michael Flaherty will join the Reuters M&A and corporate finance team in New York as our new shareholder activism and corporate governance correspondent. ]Michael brings a unique combination of experience, knowledge and […]

Bloomberg seeks team leader to run Americas deals team

Bloomberg News seeks a Team Leader to run the Americas Deal Team, managing a group of 11 reporters and editors. The person in this role will be based in New York and report to the Managing Editor for Global Deals. The TL will have responsibility for overseeing our breaking news coverage on M&A, IPOs, activists […]

Reuters seeks corporate finance M&A reporter

Reuters is looking for an enterprising and competitive reporter to be part of its M&A and corporate finance team in New York. The successful candidate will be breaking news on the biggest deals in the healthcare and industrial sectors. The job requires a reporter with a deep understanding of what drives companies to consider M&A […]

Mergermarket seeks editor for consumer/retail team

Mergermarket Group, an online financial news service that covers M&A and equity capital markets, is looking for an editor to lead its consumer/retail sector team in North America from New York. This role involves overseeing a team of reporters who cover a range of companies from startup fitness chains to international consumer products giants.  The […]

Reuters hires Hirsch to cover IPOs, M&A

Greg Roumeliotis, editor in charge of mergers and acquisitions reporting at Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Monday: I’m pleased to announce that Lauren Hirsch has joined Reuters as our new IPO and consumer/retail M&A reporter, based in New York. Lauren will be breaking news and writing insightful stories on the biggest and most […]

Reuters seeks corporate restructurings reporter

Reuters is looking for an enterprising reporter to cover corporate restructurings on its mergers and acquisitions team. The successful candidate will be breaking news on companies hiring restructuring advisors to prepare for bankruptcy, or to avert it. The job requires a well-sourced journalist who can distill complex financial disputes into easily understood and compelling stories, […]