Yahoo Finance hires two from TheStreet

Yahoo Finance has lured two editors from TheStreet.com to join the Verizon-owned site, reports Keith Kelly of the New York Post.

Kelly writes, “Brian Sozzi, who became executive editor of TheStreet late last year, will be joining Yahoo Finance on Oct. 1, leading coverage of equity markets and the industries that make up those markets, including retail, restaurants, banks and tech, a spokeswoman said.

“‘Managing Editor Jerry Kronenberg assumes responsibility so we haven’t missed a beat,’ said TheStreet Chief Executive Officer David Callaway.

“TheStreet’s Scott Gamm starts his new gig at Yahoo on Oct. 8 as a reporter covering financial markets, the economy and personal finance.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.