Bloomberg hires Davis to cover money and power

Bloomberg News has hired Miranda Davis as a reporter covering money and power in Chicago and the Midwest. She recently was a residential real estate reporter at The Real Deal for two years covering the Chicago housing market across the 19-county Metropolitan Statistical Area. Davis was also a commercial real estate reporter for the Kansas City Business […]

Quartz names news editor, adds two reporters

Quartz editor in chief Dan Hirschhorn and executive editor Susan Howson sent out the following on Friday: Team Quartz, We’re excited to announce the addition of two new journalists to the newsroom, as well as an important new leadership role for one of our colleagues. This is just the beginning of an ambitious audience growth plan […]

Bloomberg hires Bleiberg to cover hacking and cybersecurity

Bloomberg News has hired AP reporter Jake Bleiberg to cover hacking and cybersecurity. He will start next month. Bleiberg has been based in Dallas for the AP, covering criminal justice, law enforcement and politics in Texas and across the country. He previously was a reporter for the Bangor Daily News in Maine. Bleiberg also worked for Vice […]

Bloomberg Canada hires Zhao-Murray as economics data editor

Bloomberg’s Ottawa bureau has hired Jay Zhao-Murray to be its economics data editor. He starts Feb. 5. He has been a foreign exchange analyst for Monex Canada for the past two years. Previously, he was a research assistant at the Bank of Canada and a consultant at MNI. His commentary has been featured by news outlets that […]

Business Insider real estate editor among the layoffs

Zoe Rosenberg, real estate editor at Business Insider, is among the layoffs at the publication. From 2018 to 2022 she reported on luxury real estate, interior design, development, public policy, and travel with bylines in The Guardian, Philadelphia Inquirer, and the New York Times, among other publications. Before that she covered all things New York, […]

Tang named interim executive editor at LA Times

Los Angeles Times executive chairman Patrick Soon-Shiong announced Thursday that he’s named Terry Tang, who currently serves as editor of the editorial page, the interim executive editor of The Times. In her new role, Tang will oversee the newsroom and the editorial page. She will immediately begin working to identify a managing editor and organize […]

Forbes CEO Federle on layoffs: We need to shift resources

Forbes Media CEO Mike Federle sent out the following on Thursday afternoon: Hi everyone – Over the past few years, we’ve continued to find ways to diversify our business and revenue streams, and we’ve seen significant growth as a result. As we continue to position ourselves to fully align with our 2024 business strategy, we […]

Hardel named head of Reuters news agency

Alphonse Hardel has been named head of the news agency for Reuters, effective March 15. Hardel currently serves as vice president of business development and strategy at Reuters, responsible for delivering strategic partnerships, acquisitions aligned with our strategic needs and developing growth opportunities. He also leads the data & analytics and program delivery functions. Prior […]

Business Insider health editor Rosenbaum is leaving

Leah Rosenbaum, the health editor at Business Insider, is leaving the news organization as part of its layoffs. She has been editing about infectious diseases, parenting, chronic illnesses, and other medical topics. She joined Business Insider in 2021 after spending two years at Forbes reporting on the business of health care and the coronavirus pandemic. Before […]

Deputy editor Tracer leaving Business Insider

Zach Tracer, who became deputy editor of Business Insider’s investigations team earlier this month, is among the layoffs. He previously was deputy editor for health care coverage. He joined Business Insider in 2018. Previously, he was a health care reporter at Bloomberg News. Tracer has written about how drug prices are set, the insurers who are profiting off Obamacare, […]