Greg Bartalos, the former editor in chief of Barrons.com, has been hired by Royal Media as its editorial director.
Royal Media’s publications include Air Cargo World and Auto Finance News. Bartalos will oversee content strategy, production and editorial for events.
In his Barrons.com role, Bartalos oversaw editorial content for the site, as well as online community-building initiatives and Barrons.com’s relationships with other sites.
Bartalos left Barron’s in September 2017. He became editor of Barrons.com in early 2009, following his role as assistant managing editor of Yahoo Finance, a position he had held since 2006. He previously served as senior editor of Barrons.com.
He joined Yahoo Finance in 2005 after serving as senior editor of Barrons.com for four years. Previously, Bartalos served as managing editor and an editorial consultant for Individual Investor Online from 1998-2001.
He was also a reporter for Bloomberg News and Institutional Investor. Bartalos began his career at Competitive Media Reporting as an audio editor.
Bartalos graduated from Boston University with a bachelor’s degree in communications.