CoinDesk hires former CNBC reporter Bennington
Ash Bennington has been hired by CoinDesk as its first-ever markets lead reporter. CoinDesk is the most prominent dedicated cryptocurrency news website. His work has appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, TheStreet.com, Business Insider, ZeroHedge, Yahoo Finance and numerous other publications. “Ash joins CoinDesk at a time when there is a real gap in mainstream […]
CNNMoney seeks markets and economy editor
CNNMoney, CNN’s fast-growing digital platform for business news, is hiring a Markets & Economy Editor to play a key role in its New York newsroom. The editor will run a team of writers and manage CNNMoney’s coverage of markets and the economy – shaping and editing news and enterprise stories, mentoring reporters, collaborating with video and TV […]
Cheddar buys stock picking game StockStream
The fledgling business news network Cheddar has acquired the stock picking game StockStream for an undisclosed amount. Joe Ciolli of Business Insider reports, “The concept of StockStream is a novel one, crowd-sourcing investment decisions from users who vote on which stocks should be bought and sold. Roberts, who fronted $50,000 of his own money to kickstart […]
Business Insider making hires to expand Markets Insider
Matt Turner, deputy executive editor at Business Insider, sent out the following announcement to the staff: All, I have some exciting news: Joe Ciolli is joining the markets team from Bloomberg as a senior reporter. You may have seen him on TV warring BI alum Joe Weisenthal with a chart, or have seen some of […]
Harloff named AP’s global markets editor
AP business editor Lisa Gibbs sent out the following announcement on Thursday: BIZ staffers, some exciting staffing news to share with you all: Paul Harloff will become AP’s global markets editor, starting next week (July 5). In addition to daily news and enterprise about stocks, bonds and commodities, this team covers banking, investing and also produces the Money […]
Time licenses Fortune brand to Barclays for stock indexes
Time Inc. said Monday it will license its Fortune brand for stock indexes based on the Fortune 500 in a partnership with Barclays PLC in an effort to diversify its revenue into the growing index-investing business, reports Sheila M. Dang of Reuters. Dang reports, “The Barclays Fortune 500 Equal Weighted Index will launch in July, tracking about […]
Wall Street Journal seeks stock market reporter
The Wall Street Journal seeks a reporter to cover the U.S. stock market — a high-profile, fast-paced beat at the core of the newsroom. The New York-based reporter will sit at the intersection of big themes that touch markets, economies and investors all over the world, and should be eager to explain these dynamics to […]
Biz journalist Jaffe named editor of RagingBull.com
RagingBull.com named veteran business journalist Chuck Jaffe as its new editor on Thursday as part of an aggressive plan to change the site’s editorial strategy. RagingBull.com plans to offer readers insights at the start of every trading day, with Jaffe overseeing the editorial copy. The site plans to hire independent journalists to work with traders. […]
Business Insider hires Chaparro as finance reporter
Frank Chaparro has been hired by Business Insider as a finance reporter, covering financial technology, exchanges, and young Wall Street culture. He starts June 5. He has been a finance and markets editorial intern since January 2017. Previously, Chaparro anchored and reported for WFUV Public Radio, an NPR affiliate in the Bronx, and worked at Nasdaq and the New-York […]
CNBC seeks an investing reporter
CNBC is looking to hire an investing reporter. The reporter will be responsible for writing about markets, individual stocks, Wall Street analysts and investors. The types of stories written by the reporter will include quick-hitting short stories on the action of the day, as well as longer pieces involving reporting over several days or weeks. […]
