Longtime biz journalist White has died
Ben White, a longtime business journalist, died Saturday after a brief illness. His most recent job was at The Messenger as its chief Wall Street correspondent. The website closed earlier this year. Before that, he was Politico Pro’s chief economic correspondent and author of the “Morning Money” column covering the nexus of finance and public […]
Fortune hires Steiner as director of multimedia and video growth
Fortune has hired Hallie Steiner as director of multimedia and video growth. She previously was head of social video at The Messenger, which shuttered earlier this year. Steiner also worked at BuzzFeed and NationSwell. She is a graduate of Point Loma Nazarene University.
FT hires Berthelsen as US editor of markets and companies coverage
The Financial Times has hires Christian Berthelsen as its U.S. editor for markets and companies coverage. He had been at The Messenger as a financial investigations reporter. Previously, he covered financial crime and illicit finance, including national security and international tax evasion for Bloomberg. Prior to joining Bloomberg in July 2016, Berthelsen was a senior commodity markets […]
Former business and finance editor of The Messenger sues owner
Former business and finance editor Ciro Scotti has sued The Messenger founder Jimmy Finkelston, claiming he back out on his vow to pay them hundreds of thousands of dollars of severance if they were terminated without cause. Justin Baragona of The Daily Best writes, “Scotti, meanwhile, was paid $325,000 a year and promised two months’ severance […]
Bisnow hires Jones as NYC real estate reporter
Real estate news service Bisnow has hired Sasha Jones as a reporter covering New York commercial real estate. She previously worked at The Messenger as its national real estate reporter. Jones had previously been a reporter at the New York Business Journal, an American City Business Journals publication, covering economic development. Prior to joining the New York Business Journal, Jones […]
Fortune hires Smith as an editor
Fortune magazine has hired Dave Smith to be an editor on the news, real estate and success teams. He previously was at The Messenger as deputy editor for the homepage and story production. Before The Messenger, Smith was a deputy editor on Business Insider’s owned & operated audience team, which included homepage, notifications, and newsletters. Smith had […]
Twenty-one biz and tech news staffers affected by The Messenger’s closing
Here’s a list of the business and technology news staffers at The Messenger, which announced Wednesday it was closing: Editors Business and finance editor Ciro Scotti. Recently, he was a senior project manager at Blue Heron Research Partners, where he worked for five years. Before that, Scotti served as deputy editor, the Americas at Reuters. […]
The Messenger is shutting down
The Messenger, the news website that started last year, is now shutting, reports Benjamin Mullin of The New York Times. Mullin reports, “It’s unclear when The Messenger will stop publishing. “By closing less than a year after it launched, The Messenger will now be one of the biggest busts in the annals of online news. And its […]
Semafor hires McEnery to cover business and finance
Semafor has hired Thornton McEnery to cover business and finance. McEnery will start Jan. 22. He most recently was at The Messenger covering hedge funds and money managers. He has been at The Daily Upside, which covers business and investing, as its executive editor. He was a MarketWatch.com markets reporter before leaving there in March 2022. He previously […]
Serrano among those laid off at The Messenger
Jody Serrano is among the editorial staff laid off at The Messenger. Serrano had been covering online communities and social media. Previously, she was an online communities and internet reporter at Gizmodo, where she joined in 2017 as a weekend editor. Serrano began her career in Texas, where she also worked for the Austin American-Statesman and The Texas Tribune. She […]
