Reuters appoints Rashbass chief executive

Posted on: 05/30/13

New York—Thomson Reuters has named Andrew Rashbass chief executive-Reuters, a new position. Rashbass, who will be based in London, has been group chief executive for The Economist since 2008. In his 15-year tenure with The Economist, Rashbass has been managing director/publisher of The...

Buzzfeed to launch business vertical for social Web

Posted on: 03/18/13

New York—This spring, Buzzfeed will introduce a business section designed to leverage the power of the social Web. Peter Lauria, most recently Reuters’ editor for technology, media and telecom for the U.S., is joining Buzzfeed next month to lead the effort.

Report: Investcorp puts SourceMedia up for sale

Posted on: 09/28/12

New York—Private equity company Investcorp is putting b-to-b media company SourceMedia up for sale, according to a report in peHUB.

Hanley Wood announces executive changes

Posted on: 08/21/12

Washington, D.C.—Hanley Wood, which targets the housing and construction industries, has named Christopher Veator as president of Hanley Wood Market Intelligence. He succeeds Andrew Reid, who was promoted to the newly created position of president-digital and strategic development. Before...

AOL names Hunt CMO

Posted on: 07/18/12

New York—AOL has named Jolie Hunt CMO, a new position at the online media company. Hunt was previously senior VP-global head of brand and public relations at Thomson Reuters. Prior to that, she was global director of corporate and business affairs at IBM Corp. In her new position, she will oversee...

What does News Corp.'s pending split mean for Dow Jones?

Posted on: 07/03/12

It has been an eventful 30 days for Dow Jones & Co. and its flagship newspaper, The Wall Street Journal.The big news, of course, was the announcement last week that Dow Jones' parent company, News Corp., plans to split into two separate public companies sometime within the next 12 months. In...