Peng replacing Blodget as Business Insider CEO
Business Insider announced Tuesday that Barbara Peng is its new CEO, as company founder Henry Blodget becomes board chair. This move marks the culmination of a leadership transition that began when Peng stepped into her current role as president two years ago. Peng joined the company in 2015 and has held several key strategic positions […]
Towey departs Business Insider for Conde Nast Traveler
Business Insider travel and transportation reporter Hannah Towey has left to become an associate editor at Conde Nast Traveler. She had been at Insider since June 2021. Towey previously worked as a documentary script writer at PBS North Carolina. She is a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate.
Kansas City Biz Journal promotes one, hires two
Leslie Collins, a reporter at the Kansas City Business Journal, has taken on the role of specials editor. She joined the newspaper in February 2014 as a web producer. In her new role, Collins will oversee the Journal’s major programs, including Women Who Mean Business, Champions of Business and Best Places to Work. She will […]
FT hires Bischof to be AME
The Financial Times has hired Jackie Bischof as an assistant managing editor. She has been senior managing editor of business and international at Insider, and before that she served as a managing editor of business. Previously, Bischof was at Quartz, where she worked for six years in various roles, including deputy editor for talent lab, deputy global news […]
Business Insider hires Notopoulos to cover tech
Business Insider has hired former BuzzFeed senior tech reporter Katie Notopoulos. Insider editor in chief Nicholas Carlson wrote on Twitter: “Our readers want stories that help them interpret what’s going on in the world, and especially at companies like Meta, Google, Tesla, and Apple. They don’t just want to stay up-to-date on the news — they want a […]
Saacks rejoins Business Insider to cover hedge funds
Business reporter Bradley Saacks is rejoining Business Insider to cover hedge funds from its London office. He most recently had been covering that beat for Semafor. He left Business Insider in 2022. Before Business Insider, he spent the two years and three months at Ignites, the Financial Times’ mutual fund news branch, where he reported on sales, distribution and marketing […]
Mahal departs Business Insider for the AP
Pavan Mahal, an audience editor at Business Insider, has left to join The Associated Press as digital manager for curation and engagement. Mahal joined Insider in June 2019 as a social media fellow. She also served as an associate distribution producer and distribution producer. She also curated the homepage for BusinessInsider.com, Insider.com, and the […]
Law360 hires Tabahriti in London
Law360 has hired Sam Tabahriti as a reporter in London covering legal and financial news. Tabahriti had been on trending business news from the London bureau of Business Insider. He frequently covered tech, such as Apple, Twitter, Meta, and Google as well as transportation. He received his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Westminster. Before […]
Lee departs Insider for Law360
Law360 has hired Business Insider reporter Yeji Jesse Lee as its senior health care reporter. She has been a health care reporter covering the biotech industry, focusing on the neuroscience, mental health and psychedelics industries. Lee previously covered psychedlics. Previously, she was an editorial fellow and a contract reporter at The (Toronto) Globe and Mail’s Report on Business […]
Bisnow hires Wangman as Chicago commercial real estate reporter
Bisnow has tapped Ryan Wangman to serve as a commercial real estate reporter covering Chicago. He joins from Business Insider, where he has held the posts of personal finance reviews fellow, junior loans reporter, and recently serving as loans reporter. Wangman was a content writer at Best Money Moves in Illinois and interned at Boston […]
