Yahoo Finance hires Ferre as markets reporter

Ines Ferre has been hired Yahoo Finance as a markets reporter, contributing to all its programs. She started this week. Ferre previously worked at NBC 10/Telemundo 62 in Philadelphia where she was a bilingual investigative consumer reporter, and helped launch the consumer franchise unit for Telemundo 62. Her experience includes reporting for CBS MoneyWatch and […]

Yahoo Finance hires Claudio as video producer

Yahoo Finance has hired Mike Claudio as a video producer on the Live Events team. At Yahoo Finance, Claudio will support the production of annual events like the Berkshire Hathaway 2019 Annual Shareholders Meeting, exclusively livestreamed on Yahoo Finance, and All Markets Summit in addition to Yahoo Finance’s regular programming including “Breakouts” and “Influencers with […]

Yahoo Finance hires eight editorial staffers

Yahoo Finance has hired eight new staffers for its editorial staff. They are: McKenzie Stratigopoulos joined Yahoo Finance as the producer of  “The Ticker.” For the past two years, Stratigopoulos was a producer at the Fox Business Network, most recently working as the line producer of “Mornings with Maria.” Meghan Fitzgerald joined Yahoo Finance as an […]

Yahoo Finance hires Fujita as on-air anchor/reporter

Akiko Fujita has been hired by Yahoo Finance as an on-air anchor/reporter, coming from CNBC International where she was previously the Hong Kong-based co-host of “Squawk Box Asia.” Fujita will work across the daily live shows, covering markets and other stories of the day. In addition to co-anchoring “Squawk Box Asia” out of Hong Kong, […]

Yahoo Finance hires Smith as DC reporter

Jessica Smith has been hired by Yahoo Finance as a Washington-based reporter. Smith comes from Nexstar Media Group’s Washington bureau, where she reported for 100+ local TV stations since April 2017. She primarily focused on consumer issues, trade and taxes. Smith spent three years reporting at WISH-TV in Indianapolis and started her career at Fox Business Network […]

Yahoo Finance is expanding its events business

Yahoo Finance is expanding its events business into other parts of the globe. Its signature All Markets Summit, which was launched in 2017, will be held in New York on Sept. 9, followed by events in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 26 and London on Oct. 3. Audiences will also be able to tune in to […]

Yahoo Finance launches eight hours of live programming on Monday

Andrew Hoffman, the senior executive producer of Yahoo Finance, previewed the website’s launch Monday of eight hours of live programming. “We’ve all been watching the markets the last few weeks, the last few months,” said Hoffman on Friday during one of Yahoo Finance’s existing shows. “And volatility is the name of the game. And it […]

Yahoo Finance hires DeAngelis as anchor of new show

Yahoo Finance has hired CNBC energy correspondent Jackie DeAngelis to be an anchor. DeAngelis will anchor Yahoo Finance’s new 2 p.m. program, “The Ticker,” beginning Jan. 22. She has deep reporting experience on commodities, with a focus on energy. Previously, she spent 13 years at CNBC, where she was a correspondent and the host of CNBC’s […]

Yahoo Finance editor Serwer launching weekly interview show

Yahoo Finance editor in chief Andy Serwer will begin a weekly interview show next month. The show, “Influencers with Andy Serwer,” begins on Jan. 10 at 5 p.m. and will air each Thursday. Serwer will sit down with some of the biggest names in business, politics, entertainment, sports, and academia. “Influencers” will focus on industry trends, the […]

Yahoo Finance to launch premium subscription service

Yahoo Finance’s eight-hour video programming will launch on Jan. 7, and it will also start a premium subscription service next year, according to an announcement by its parent company Verizon. The statement says: We put Yahoo Finance everywhere our consumers are with content like Women and Money and Personal Finance features and grew our off-network […]