Consumer Reports is bringing back its “Bread & Butter” newsletter, which offered personal finance advice to consumers during the Depression and World War II, reports Laura Hazard Owen of Nieman Reports. Owen reports, “This time around, rather than being sent via mail for $0.05 per copy or $1 per year, the newsletter comes to subscribers for free via […]

Albertina Torsoli has been named senior reporter for Bloomberg covering the automotive, aviation and industrial sectors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She is based in Paris. Torsoli has been with Bloomberg since 2000 and has covered markets, banks and health care. She also was Geneva bureau chief. She is a graduate of LUISS […]

Bloomberg News private markets editor Isabella Farr is moving to London to lead the UK finance team, the group of reporters covering UK banks and fintechs, and working closely with the Middle East and Africa crews. Farr has been with Bloomberg since August 2024. She previously was West Coast bureau chief for The Real Deal and a […]

KFF Health News has hired Hayat Norimine as a regional editor based in Boise. She has been with the Idaho Statesman for nearly five years as accountability editor. Norimine previously worked at the Dallas Morning News as a City Hall reporter. She also spent two years at the Seattle Met as an associate editor. She holds a […]

Business Insider quietly lifted its paywall recently, reports Oliver Darcy of Status. Darcy reports, “The change was not announced publicly—perhaps because it directly undercuts the story chief executive Barbara Peng and Editor-In-Chief Jamie Heller have spent the past year trying to sell to staff and readers: that BI was moving away from the old traffic hamster […]

Fox Business Network has paid news anchor Maria Bartiromo a massive $70 million since 2014, reports Martin Holmes of TV Insider. Holmes reports, “The revelation came in documents disclosed as part of Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News. The files, obtained by TheWrap, include transcriptions of the deposition in which Bartiromo, a defendant in the suit, was asked about […]

The Economist foreign editor Patrick Foulis, once considered a strong candidate to succeed Zanny Minton Beddoes, long-time editor-in-chief, has resigned, reports Lachlan Cartwright of Breaker. Cartwright reports, “But we are told that Foulis walked because he was frustrated at the lack of clarity over a succession plan for the editorship. Minton Beddoes took over from John […]

Tech journalist Jennifer Strong has been hired as the new host of “The Next Innovation” podcast. It was previously hosted by longtime tech correspondent Samantha Murphy Kelly. “Our shifting cultural and technological landscapes will determine what our collective futures look like, and I can see no higher calling than to explore how it all will […]

CNBC has hired Lauren Shute as an audience producer in London. She will help shape CNBC’s digital reach by overseeing social platforms, homepage curation, mobile alerts, and vertical video strategy. Shute joins from Sky News, where she worked as a digital video producer. She graduated from Queen Mary University of London with a Bachelor of Arts […]

Business Insider has hired Samuel O’Brient to cover markets. He covers important macro and micro economic stories, including takes from leading economists and hedge fund managers, breaking IPOs,  corporate bankruptcies, meme stocks and short-selling. He also writes on other markets such as crypto, oil and real estate. O’Brient previously was at TheStreet.com as a tech markets reporter. He spent the last three years as a reporter for InvestorPlace.com. O’Brient also […]