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Breakingviews.com boosts US editorial team
18 Sep 2006
– breakingviews.com, the leading online international financial commentary publication, has jumpstarted its growth in the US with the recruitment of new staff in New York and the completion of a $3 million (£1.75 million) rights issue to finance its global expansion.
Joining breakingviews are John Christy, Lauren Rae Silva and Janet El-Saad, bringing the US editorial team to 9 journalists and editors in the US. These follow the recent openings of bureaux in Paris and Washington. The London-based editorial team is also being expanded with the arrival of Nicole Lee, formerly of Dow Jones Newswires, who will cover private equity.
Christy, who joins as a correspondent writing about hedge funds, is a chartered financial analyst who has worked at Forbes and Bloomberg. Silva arrives from TheStreet.com and will cover private equity. El-Saad takes over as News Editor.
“Our readers have consistently asked us to expand our coverage. The rights issue enables us to accelerate growth,” said Hugo Dixon, editor and chairman of breakingviews.com.
About Breakingviews.com
breakingviews.com is one of the most influential commentators in international financial markets with subscribers drawn from the world’s leading investment banks, largest hedge funds and institutional investors as well as many corporations and legal and public relations firms.
In addition to its online subscription service, breakingviews.com supplies regular columns to nine newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic with a combined circulation of around four million: The Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition, The Wall Street Journal Europe, Italy's la Repubblica, the UK’s Sunday Telegraph, Holland's NRC Handelsblad, Spain's Gaceta de los Negocios, Switzerland's l'Agefi, Finland's Kauppalehti, and Belgium's Tijd.