NY Times biz editor Murphy promoted to associate editor

New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet, Times managing editor Joseph Kahn, and Times deputy managing editor Matt Purdy sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: To the Staff, Over the last several years, BizDay has become an assembly line of groundbreaking enterprise journalism, from the riches of the Chinese princelings and the machinations of […]

WSJ video journalist Scheffler joins NY Times

Nancy Gauss, executive director of video at The New York Times, sent out the following announcement: Mark Scheffler joins the video team as the Director for Core News. He will oversee the existing news team and will expand our short-form coverage to include more culture, science and tech coverage. He has experience with setting an […]

WSJ’s Jordan leaving for New York Times job

Miriam Jordan, a senior special writer for The Wall Street Journal in its Los Angeles bureau, sent out the following email to her colleagues on Tuesday: Dear Friends and Colleagues, After many, many years, I am leaving the Wall Street Journal. I saw the world – the good and the bad — reporting in Asia, […]

Blumenstein to become NY Times deputy ME

New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Dear Colleagues, We’re delighted to announce that Rebecca Blumenstein, deputy editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, will join The Times as a deputy managing editor. Rebecca will bring deep expertise in business, technology and international affairs to the leadership of our […]

Blumenstein leaving WSJ for New York Times

Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: I’m sorry to announce that Rebecca Blumenstein is leaving Dow Jones to take up a senior position at The New York Times. In her 22 years with us Rebecca has been a peerless exponent and advocate of the very highest quality journalism. […]

New York Times seeks a media editor

Media coverage is core to The New York Times, a subject with deep resonance for our global audience. Donald Trump. Megyn Kelly. Sumner Redstone. Breitbart News. Fake news. Our report is both cutting-edge and deeply thoughtful, reaching across a number of industries — news, television, film, advertising, publishing and tech. We now want to take […]

Longtime NY Times biz news staffer Race joins PR firm

Tim Race, a longtime staffer on the New York Times business news desk who left the paper at the end of last year, has joined FleishmanHillard’s New York City office. Race will serve as a senior level strategist, helping design and shape the editorial approach for clients. “We’re excited to add Tim to our growing roster of former […]

NY Times biz desk undergoing reorganization

The New York Times business news desk is undergoing a reorganization as part of the newspaper’s broader overhaul. Here is an email from business editor Dean Murphy on Monday to the staff explaining some of the changes so far: You’ve read the 2020 report. You’ve listened to Dean’s Q/A sessions. You’ve seen our multiple job postings. So […]

Tech journalist Hardy leaving NY Times for Google Cloud

New York Times business editor Dean Murphy sent out the following announcement on Monday: Quentin Hardy, who has covered technology for The Times since 2011, is leaving for Google Cloud, where he will head the company’s effort to demystify its cloud computing business for customers. Quentin was key to the Times’s Bits blog for many years, and […]

NY Times names GM for tech news site

The New York Times Co. announced that David Perpich, the company’s senior vice president of product, has been named president and general manager of tech news site The Wirecutter. As The Wirecutter’s president and GM beginning March 5, Perpich will report to Mark Thompson, president and chief executive officer of the Times Company and will […]