Tortoise Media editor d’Ancona set to depart

Matthew d’Ancona, editor and partner at Tortoise Media, is set to leave. His last day is Feb. 10. His tweet reads: “I’ll miss the talented friends I’ve made there in the past four years enormously. Thank you, too, to all who’ve read and commented on my Monday political column and Thursday.” He served as a […]

Hearst UK appoints Vanneck-Smith CEO

The following excerpt was sent out: Hearst Magazines today announced that Katie Vanneck-Smith has been named Chief Executive Officer of Hearst UK. The announcement was made by Hearst President and CEO Steven R. Swartz, Hearst Magazines President Debi Chirichella and Hearst Magazines International President Jonathan Wright, to whom Vanneck-Smith will report. Vanneck-Smith succeeds Simon Horne, […]

Mavin departs Dow Jones for Tortoise Media

Duncan Mavin has joined Tortoise Media as a journalist. Most recently, he was an editorial advisor to the CEO at Dow Jones. He has also worked as a managing editor – Barron’s Group and as head of editorial projects – Barron’s Group. He has also written columns about finance for Bloomberg. Mavin also held various […]

Cook re-joins FT as a senior reporter

Chris Cook will be returning back to the Financial Times as a senior reporter in London covering the area of investigations. He starts in July. Cook joins from Tortoise Media where he was a reporter, having joined the company in 2019 as a partner/editor. Before that, he was at the BBC working as a policy […]