Bryan Pietsch will relocate to the United States at the end of September and will begin work in the newsroom on Oct. 2. He previously was based in Seoul.
Lachlan Murdoch, the eldest son of Rupert Murdoch, has been anointed to take over his father’s vast media empire, capping years of rampant media speculation and thinly veiled fraternal feuding.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is transitioning from his roles as chair of Fox Corporation and executive chairman of News Corp, he announced on Thursday.
Ruthanne Salido is the new director of The Times’ multiplatform desk, overseeing all copy editing and serving as co-chair of the Standards and Practices Committee.
Jaclyn Reiss is leading the charge on writing, editing and operations as assistant editor for the growing platform of targeted email.
The Intercept has announced the addition of two distinguished names to its newly formed board of directors: Los Angeles-based musician, philanthropist, and investor Adam Gunther and Michael Mann, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of law firm Crowell & Moring.
The News/Media Alliance has expanded its public policy team, with a final key role being filled with the hiring of Neil Quinter as its new senior vice president, global government affairs.
Brian Rosenthal loves a good spreadsheet. Rosenthal, who joined The New York Times in 2017 as a Metro investigative reporter, is bringing his talents and affinity for Google Sheets to the paper's Investigations desk.
Nicolás Rivero is joining The Washington Post as a Climate Solutions reporter. He will write for the Climate Solutions vertical, reporting on the ways humanity is working to address the planet's most vexing and profound environmental problems.