Bloomberg.com launches personal finance section
Bloomberg.com has added a personal finance section to its website, one of the first sections — after Bloomberg View — to launch under the redesigned site. Bloomberg Personal Finance will cover areas such as investing, retirement planning, portfolio strategies, real estate and stories that dig into the “real cost” of things like owning a dog […]
Personal Journal looking for reporter
Emily Nelson, the editor of the Personal Journal section of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Wednesday: Personal Journal is looking for a reporter. This feature-writing position could cover any or all of the following topics including shopping, gadgets, home life and design, fashion, and food. We can […]
Dow Jones names news editor for wealth management coverage
Kevin Noblet, managing editor for wealth management coverage at Dow Jones Newswires, made the following staff announcement on Monday morning: I’m pleased to announce that Temma Ehrenfeld will become news editor for wealth management at Dow Jones Newswires. Temma, who will start on Sept. 6, brings the knowledge and experience to help guide our in-depth […]
Tulsa biz section adds column from Kiplinger
John Stancavage, the business editor of the Tulsa World, writes Sunday about changes to its personal finance coverage. Stancavage writes, “Beginning this week, the Tulsa World Business section is adding Money Power, a series of personal finance columns from Kiplinger. “The first Money Power report appears on E-3. It will occupy the space that was […]
Reuters hires deputy personal finance editor
Thomson Reuters announced Wednesday the appointment of Beth Pinsker Gladstone to deputy personal finance editor, reporting to Lauren Young, personal finance editor. In her new role, Gladstone will help coordinate wealth, personal finance and money-related coverage for Reuters.com and other Thomson Reuters platforms. “Consumers need clear, timely and actionable financial advice,” says Jim Impoco, executive […]
Kiplinger’s customer database is hacked
Diane Bartz of Reuters reports that a hacking of Kiplinger’s database occurred last month. She writes that hackers “broke into its database and accessed information about 142,000 customers, including possibly 43,000 encrypted credit card numbers. “The hack was discovered on June 25, and affected online subscribers as well as those who have print subscriptions, the […]
The fight against bafflegab
Pamela Yellen of The Huffington Post writes about Sylvia Porter, one of the pioneers of personal finance journalism who wrote a syndicated column for decades. Yellen writes, “At first, as a 22-year-old financial news freelancer for the New York Evening Post in 1935, Porter was required to use the byline ‘S.F. Porter’ to mask the […]
WSJ wins three Loebs; Bloomberg and NYTimes win two
The first two Loeb Awards — and three of the first four — announced Tuesday night went to Dow Jones & Co. news operations. Julia Angwin, Emily Steel, Scott Thurm, Christina Tsuei, Paul Antonson, Jill Kirschenbaum and Jovi Juan of The Wall Street Journal received the Loeb Award for “What They Know” in the online […]
Personal finance site Bankrate.com goes public, shares rise
Bankrate.com, a personal finance website that has three dozen business journalists working for it, went public on Friday, but its shares fell in initial trading. Its shares were trading at $14.74 as of 1:30 p.m. EST, down from its offering price of $15. UPDATE: Bankrate, which began as a newsletter in 1976, saw its shares […]
Motley Fool launches app for smartphones
Personal finance site The Motley Fool has launched a free application available on Android and iPhones. Its app will be available on iPads and Blackberrys later this summer. “At The Motley Fool, we don’t just empower people to take control of their financial lives, we provide the tools to do it including trustworthy advice and […]
