Real Deal sued by online advertiser

Outbrain, the online advertiser that specializes in presenting sponsored Web site links to digital publishers, claims that real estate news site The Real Deal owes it close to $40,000, reports Keith Kelly of the New York Post. Kelly writes, “Lawyers for Outbrain filed a claim totaling $37,733 in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan […]

Halberstadt named editor of WSJ’s Mansion

Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker sent out the following announcement on Monday: I’m pleased to announce the appointment of Heather Halberstadt as the new editor of Mansion. Heather comes to us from a distinguished career as a magazine editor, and some of you know her from her most recent freelance role, as editorial director […]

CoStar seeks architecture reporter

CoStar has served as a respected source of news for the fast-paced commercial real estate industry for more than two decades. Our award-winning, industry-focused news informs subscribers and complements CoStar’s role as the industry’s leading source of commercial real estate information and data. Fortune magazine recently named CoStar Group top 100 fastest growing companies in […]

Coverage: Pending home sales rise slightly in March

Slightly more Americans signed contracts to buy homes in March, yet higher mortgage rates and a shortage of available houses are weighing on sales. Christopher Rugaber of AP had the news: The National Association of Realtors said Monday that its pending home sales index ticked up 0.4 percent last month to 107.6. It was the second […]

Ang to join WSJ’s Mansion as digital editor

Mike Miller, the senior editor for features and WSJ weekend, sent out the following announcement on Monday: We’re pleased to announce that Katerina Ang will join the Mansion team as Digital Editor. Katerina previously reported and managed social media for Moneyish, a Dow Jones personal-finance website she helped launch. She has written for many sections […]

CoStar seeks a chief copy editor

CoStar has served as a respected source of news for the fast-paced commercial real estate industry for more than two decades. Our award-winning, industry-focused reports inform subscribers and complements CoStar’s role as the industry’s leading source of commercial real estate information and data.  Fortune Magazine recently named CoStar Group top 100 fastest growing companies in […]

Tennessean hires growth and development reporter

Sandy Mazza has been hired by The Tennessean in Nashville to cover growth and development. Mazza comes from California, where she was a reporter for the Southern California News Group. She was a city reporter covering Carson and Hawthorne and specializing in features about Los Angeles’ growing Silicon Beach tech, bioscience and aerospace sectors. Before that, […]

Louisville paper hires Menderski to cover downtown development

Maggie Menderski, who had been covering retail for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, has been hired by the Louisville Courier-Journal as part of a two-person team covering downtown development. The beat is one of the newsroom’s primary audience strategies as there are billions of dollars’ worth of development on the table for the downtown central business district […]

Daily Journal of Commerce in Portland seeks a reporter

The Daily Journal of Commerce, a Portland-based business-to-business news and information resource for the building industry in Oregon and Southwest Washington, has an opening for a business reporter covering architecture, engineering and construction. We’re a small, fast-paced newsroom, and we’re looking for a journalist with a competitive streak who’s eager to provide quality print stories […]

Coverage: Housing starts rise faster than expected in March

U.S. homebuilding rose more than expected in March amid a rebound in the construction of multi-family housing units, but weakness in the single-family segment suggested an acute shortage of homes for sale will likely persist. Lucia Mutikani of Reuters had the news: Other data on Tuesday showed a solid increase in industrial production last month as […]