Some of Monday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Trump media partner says it has lined up $1B in capital
US drugstores squeezed by vaccine demand, staff shortages, by Tom Murphy
CNN
Better.com CEO fires 900 employees over Zoom, by Ramishah Maruf
Former Netflix engineer and accomplice sentenced to prison for insider trading, by Ramishah Maruf
The Wall Street Journal
California Dairy Farmers Struggle to Stay in the ‘Got Milk’ State, by Jesse Newman
It Was a Pretty Good Year in the Car Business—Except for Suppliers, by Mike Colias
CNBC
Activist firm Engine Capital reportedly pressures Kohl’s to consider sale of online biz, by lauren Thomas
Buy now pay later boom shows no signs of slowing this holiday season, by Alicia Doniger
News about business journalism
Quartz updates policy regarding PR relationships
Barron’s hires Politico’s Cassella to cover economics and policy
Atlanta Biz Chronicle editor Allison leaving at end of the year
WSJ hires Bhattacharyya to cover emerging tech
WNYC hires Lam as poverty and economic instability reporter
Webber hired to be Reuters deputy editor for US and Canada breaking news
Automotive News veteran Versical retires
Wired appoints Harrington to cover labor and workplace
Bloomberg taps Goldstein for mobile news initiative
The Sun appoints Milner commissioning editor on the money team
WSJ’s Levy joins Politico as health care reporter
Weiss swaps Adweek for Digiday
Frazer joins Hartford Biz Journal as a reporter
