Yahoo Finance reporter Asymkos to take on retirement beat
Yahoo Finance reporter Stephanie Asymkos is now covering the retirement beat. She is still covering food insecurity and hunger, travel, and retail and has been at Yahoo Finance for two years. Asymkos was previously a freelance journalist for GoBankingRates, Acorns and Bankrate. She also freelanced for Business Insider. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Monmouth University and […]
Yahoo Finance real estate reporter Paynter is departing
Sarah Paynter, a real estate reporter at Yahoo Finance, is departing on Dec. 31. She had been at Yahoo Finance since September 2019. Paynter has been nominated for the Yahoo Finance trailblazer award for her “Mall of the Future” article, which was Yahoo’s first interscroller article and first augmented reality experience, plus it had audio […]
Yahoo Finance’s Saloway hired by NPR’s “Morning Edition”
Yahoo Finance producer Scott Saloway has been hired by National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition.” Saloway had been at Yahoo Finance since April 2018, producing video news and writing articles. He also served as a line producer and guest booker. He previously spent two years as a headline writer at MSNBC and nearly two years at Al Jazeera […]
Yahoo Finance reporter Heaphy is departing
Edmund Heaphy, a reporter for Yahoo Finance in London, is leaving after two years with the news organization. Heaphy said on Twitter that he will be freelancing for now and taking on a new job in 2021. He has been primarily focused on the technology industry, writing often about startups and venture capital firms. He […]
UNC’S student biz news wire is back
UNC-Chapel Hill’s student-run business news wire “NC Business News Wire” is running once again. The wire was shut down late last year due to low enrollment. “We have a policy at the school if we have a class with fewer than 10, we don’t teach that class. That was the situation that we had this […]
Yahoo Finance reporter Chung leaves for Variety
Yahoo Finance reporter Heidi Chung has left the business news website for a job at Variety. She will start her new job on July 27. Chung will be writing for Variety’s new subscription-based platform VIP (Variety Intelligence Platform) under Andy Wallenstein and will also be doing on-camera digital video. She has been an on-air reporter […]
Harding joins LinkedIn as producer of “Business Unusual” show
LinkedIn has appointed Jillian Harding as the new producer of the “Business Unusual” show hosted by Caroline Fairchild. Previously, Harding was working as a producer at Yahoo Finance developing new processes to coordinate logistics and execution of major events. She has also served as digital video producer/writer at CBS Money Watch. She has also worked […]
Biz news sites reported big gains in March
The top business news sites saw dramatic increases in unique visitors in March as the markets and the economy began to feel the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to comScore data obtained by Talking Biz News. CNBC.com claimed the top spot with 114.7 million users, nearly double the 60 million users it had in […]
Yahoo Finance launches on Verizon Fios
Yahoo Finance has launched on Verizon Fios Channel 604. The coverage will also be available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET on finance.yahoo.com, the Yahoo Finance app, Android TV, Apple TV, Fire TV, Samsung TV+ and Roku. Programs from across Verizon Media, including Autoblog, Engadget and TechCrunch, will also be rolled out. Yahoo Finance’s […]
Target named Company of the Year by Yahoo Finance
Target, or as it’s affectionally known as Tar-jay by its loyal patrons, has been named Company of the Year 2019 by Yahoo Finance. Strong in-store sales, surging online volumes, earnings day blowouts and a skyrocketing stock price all contributed to Target being credited with this title. Despite some unfruitful investments and tough competition from Amazon […]
