Jane King (journalist)
Jane King | |
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| Born | January 26, 1968 Indiana, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, CEO |
| Years active | –present |
| Known for | Founder and CEO of LilaMax Media; business reporting for Bloomberg News and CNN |
Jane Kingseed,, widely recognized as Jane King (born January 26, 1968), is an American journalist and the founder and CEO of LilaMax Media, a company that delivers daily television broadcast reports directly from the NYSE. LilaMax Media commenced operations on January 21, 2014. Before establishing LilaMax, King produced syndicated business and financial news for Bloomberg News from the New York Stock Exchange trading floor until December 31, 2013. Additionally, she reported on regional business developments for CNN's Newsource division, known as CNN Marketsource. Earlier in her professional journey, King worked as a business reporter at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia and held anchor and reporting roles at WAND-TV located in Decatur, Illinois. Her career began with reporting assignments at WLFI-TV in Lafayette, Indiana.
In addition to her journalism career, King has hands-on experience as a floor trader at the Chicago Board of Trade and has taught broadcast journalism as an adjunct professor at Purdue University.
Raised in Greentown, Indiana and Kokomo, Indiana, King earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Telecommunications from Purdue University in 1991. She currently lives in New York City with her family.