Xana Antunes

Xana Antunes
Born
Susana Maria Douglas Ramage Antunes[1]

17 May 1964
Lisbon, Portugal
Died20 January 2020(2020-01-20) (aged 55)
New York City
EducationTrinity & All Saints College, City University of London
OccupationBusiness journalist

Xana Antunes (born Susana Maria Douglas Ramage Antunes 17 May 1964 – 27 January 2020)[2][3] was a British business journalist who was also the executive editor of Quartz.[4][5] Before joining Quartz, Antunes served as editor of Crain's New York Business[6] and editor-in-chief of the New York Post.[7] She was born Susana Maria Douglas Ramage and later changed her name to accommodate a nickname.

Early life and education

Antunes was born in Lisbon, Portugal, the daughter of Eugenio Antunes and Helen Ramage Antunes.[3] She was raised in Scotland and England.[8] She earned a bachelor's degree from Trinity & All Saints College (now Leeds Trinity University) in 1985.[9]

Career

Antunes worked at the Financial Times in the mid 1980s, writing for their Money Management and sister magazines. She also did some on-air television reporting.[8] She had reporting stints at The Independent[10] and The Evening Standard.[11] She moved to New York from the United Kingdom in 1993 to work as a foreign correspondent.[6] She joined the New York Post as a deputy business editor in 1995, working under David Yelland.[12][2] She was appointed editor of the paper in October 1999,[8][13] before stepping down and being replaced by Col Allan in April 2001.[12] Her resignation was apparently under pressure from Rupert Murdoch and his son, Lachlan Murdoch.[7][14][15]

In 2003, Antunes became an executive editor of Fortune magazine.[16] She later led the business news website Quartz.[3]

Personal life and awards

Antunes married fellow journalist Frank Kane in 1988.[17] She and her second husband Scott Schell married in 2011, and had one daughter, Elisabeth.[3] She was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Newswomen's Club of New York.[3] Antunes died from pancreatic cancer in early 2020, at the age of 55, in New York City.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Yaffe-Bellany, David (3 February 2020). "Xana Antunes, Business Journalist and Top Editor, Dies at 55". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 Mangan, Dan (28 January 2020). "Xana Antunes, former editor of CNBC, New York Post, dies". CNBC. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Yaffe-Bellany, David (3 February 2020). "Xana Antunes, Business Journalist and Top Editor, Dies at 55". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Pompeo, Joe (7 December 2014). "Quartz hires Xana Antunes, former editor of New York Post". Politico. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Xana Antunes". Quartz. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  6. 1 2 Antunes, Xana. "Xana Antunes - Crain's New York Business". Crain's New York. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  7. 1 2 Hodgson, Jessica (24 April 2001). "Xana Antunes resigns". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 Reamoinn, Laoise Mac (13 December 1999). "Women in --and on top of-- the news". Irish Independent. p. 16. Retrieved 2 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Leeds Trinity University - Glittering Alumni". The Independent. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  10. ↑ Antunes, Susana (17 March 1989). "Armstrong meets ₤2.9m forecast". The Independent. p. 27. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  11. ↑ Antunes, Susana (18 November 1994). "BP to pay $1.4bn in Alaska tax row". Evening Standard. p. 33. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  12. 1 2 Blair, Jayson (24 April 2001). "Editor of The Post Steps Down, Leaving Her Staff Surprised". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  13. ↑ Broughton, Philip Delves (4 February 2000). "Murdoch finds another Brit who is fit for the Post". The Daily Telegraph. p. 22. Retrieved 2 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ Chenoweth, Neil (5 July 2001). "The son or the earth". The Guardian. p. 26. Retrieved 2 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ Auletta, Ken (2004). Backstory: Inside the Business of News. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-101-49556-8.
  16. ↑ Colford, Paul D. (4 October 2003). "Ex-Post editor is seeking her Fortune". Daily News. p. 16. Retrieved 2 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ "Marriages: Mr F. Kane and Miss S. Antunes". The Independent. 20 April 1988. p. 14. Retrieved 2 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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