Reuters seeks a reporter to cover French M&A and banking

Reuters is looking for a scoop-driven and tenacious correspondent to break stories on France’s largest M&A deals and its banking industry. It’s an intense beat covering a sector where decisions on sensitive transactions and key restructurings are closely scrutinized by the government, but one that will give the successful candidate the opportunity to produce exclusive […]

Monks named US deals team leader at Bloomberg

Liana Baker, managing editor of U.S. deals at Bloomberg News, sent out the following on Friday: We’re excited to announce that Matt Monks has been promoted to Team Leader on the US Deals team. He’ll continue to work closely with me overseeing the team’s priorities and strategy to ensure we’re getting our scoops and smart […]

D’Amico hired by CTFN as deputy editor

Esther D’Amico has been hired by CTFN as deputy editor. D’Amico will initially focus on antitrust coverage and serve as a writing resource for reporters and help to further develop CTFN’s in-house style. Prior to joining CTFN, D’Amico led U.S. antitrust, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and congressional coverage at Acuris’s Dealreporter […]

Reuters seeks M&A reporter covering tech, media and telecom

Reuters is looking for an ambitious and passionate journalist who thrives on big scoops to be part of its U.S. deals team and report on mergers and acquisitions, with a focus on the technology, media, and telecom (TMT) sectors. The successful candidate, who will be based in New York or San Francisco, will consistently break market-moving news on major deals involving the […]

Reuters hires Summerville for M&A team

Anirban Sen, editor in charge of U.S. mergers and acquisitions at Reuters, sent out the following on Wednesday: I’m pleased to announce that Abigail Summerville has joined us as a M&A Correspondent, based in New York. In her new role, Abigail will focus on breaking news and landing the biggest scoops in the consumer and […]

The Deal appoints Terrarosa head of sector coverage

The Deal has tapped Tom Terrarosa to serve as head of coverage to lead a team of pre-M&A, sector-focused journalists. Terrarosa served as a senior editor and reported on auction-related stories in the energy and industrial sectors. Prior to joining The Deal as an energy reporter in 2015, Terrarosa was a regional digital producer at […]

Crain acquires Grand Rapids Biz Journal

Crain Communications has acquired Grand Rapids Business Journal in Michigan for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is effective today, Aug. 31. Crain acquired Grand Rapids Business Journal, which launched in 1983, from Gemini Media LLC. The publication already has four city business newspapers — Crain’s Detroit, Chicago, New York and Cleveland Business. “The expansion of coverage […]

MLex seeks an M&A reporter in Washington

MLex is looking for a journalist in Washington, DC, to cover mergers in the US. The beat involves coverage of regulatory risk related to mergers, including the coverage of Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission reviews of major deals. MLex seeks to get ahead of the procedural story through deep-dive analyses of the markets and […]

MLex seeks an antitrust reporter in Washington

MLex is seeking a reporter in Washington, DC, to cover antitrust regulation, legislation and enforcement with a significant focus on the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. The ideal candidate will have some experience covering Congress, the federal court system and state or federal agencies. MLex is a highly collaborative environment, and the reporter […]

Dow Jones acquires Base Chemicals business

Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the following on Monday: Colleagues, News Corp and Dow Jones just announced an agreement to acquire the Base Chemicals business from S&P Global and IHS Markit. Base Chemicals is a trusted source for pricing data, insights, analysis and forecasting for the world’s most important base chemicals, and it […]