Bloomberg hires Yahoo Finance’s Fung as markets editor

Amanda Fung has been hired by Bloomberg News as a markets editor. At Yahoo Finance, she primarily edited the markets, economics and Federal Reserve reporters. She also oversaw its newsletters and covered the real estate industry. Prior to joining Yahoo Finance, Fung spent 12 years at Crain’s New York, where she most recently served as web editor, authored the RED […]

ABC News hires Zhan to cover business and tech

ABC News has hired Max Zhan as a business and technology reporter. He started on Monday. Zhan has been a reporter at Yahoo Finance. His work has been published in Money magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review and The Daily Beast, among other outlets. He holds an M.A. from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

Yahoo Finance Canada reporter Bains departs

Jessy Bains, a reporter at Yahoo Finance Canada, has left and joined LinkedIn as Canada news editor. In his new role, Bains will be covering and curating trending and breaking Canadian news. Prior to joining Yahoo Finance, Bains was at CBC, where he was the lead writer for “On The Money with Peter Armstrong,” a […]

CNBC hires Lombardo for “The Exchange” and “Power Lunch”

CNBC has hired former Yahoo Finance producer Chelsea Lombardo to work on two shows — “The Exchange” and “Power Lunch.” She will start on Monday. She previously was a line producer for a daily live two-hour show at Yahoo Finance. She joined in 2018 as an intern, and since then, held the posts of production assistant […]

Yahoo Finance producer Lombardo departs

Chelsea Lombardo, line producer for a daily live two-hour show at Yahoo Finance, has left. She joined in 2018 as an intern, and since then, has held the posts of production assistant and associate producer. She was also an intern media assistant at Athletic Media and has interned at DIGA Studios, a content studio in […]

Cheung becomes full-time anchor at Yahoo Finance

Brian Cheung has become a full-time anchor for Yahoo Finance. He will be on the air from 11 a.m. to noon with anchor Akiko Fujita covering the day’s big finance stories. Cheung has been a fill-in anchor. He joined Yahoo Finance in October 2018 to cover the Federal Reserve, banking, and economics. He will continue to report across […]

Yahoo Finance hires Garfinkle to cover tech

Yahoo Finance has hired Alexandra Garfinkle as a senior technology reporter. She started on Monday. Garfinkle has been at P&C Specialist, part of Money-Media, a Financial Times operation. Garfinkle was previously a reporter at The Deal, part of Euromoney Institutional Investor, where she covered consumer goods, retail and REITS. She had been there since June 2018. Garfinkle previously worked […]

Chiang swaps Yahoo Finance for ABC News

Lulu Chiang is joining ABC News as vice president of digital content, based in New York. She begins March 28. In her new role, Chiang will oversee the editorial operations of ABC News’ digital brands – ABC News, GMA Digital and FiveThirtyEight. Recently, she was a senior executive producer, leading and managing Yahoo Finance’s newsgathering, […]

O’Carroll named editor-in-chief of Forbes Australia

Sarah O’Carroll has been appointed editor-in-chief of Forbes Australia, which is expected to launch in the third quarter of 2022. She is expected to begin her new role in April. O’Carroll has recently been serving as editor-in-chief of Australia and New Zealand at Yahoo Finance. Before that, she was an associate publisher at Women’s Agenda, […]

Former Yahoo Finance anchor Guzman to write crypto newsletter

The Bulletin has tapped Zack Guzman to write a newsletter called “Crypto Uncomplicated.” Guzman was previously an anchor and multimedia reporter at Yahoo Finance. Before that, he covered breaking news, markets and entrepreneurship. He has also worked as a news associate, writer, associate producer, digital reporter and multimedia reporter at CNBC. He has also been […]