| Xana Antunes | |
| Birth Name: | Susana Maria Douglas Ramage Antunes |
| Birth Date: | 17 May 1964 |
| Death Place: | New York City |
| Nationality: | British |
| Alma Mater: | Trinity & All Saints College, City University of London |
| Occupation: | Business journalist |
Xana Antunes (born Susana Maria Douglas Ramage Antunes 17 May 1964 – 27 January 2020)[1] [2] was a British business journalist who was also the executive editor of Quartz.[3] [4] Before joining Quartz, Antunes served as editor of Crain's New York Business[5] and editor-in-chief of the New York Post.[6] She was born Susana Maria Douglas Ramage and later changed her name to accommodate a nickname.
Antunes studied at Trinity & All Saints College (now Leeds Trinity University) in Leeds, West Yorkshire.[7] Earlier in her career she had reporting stints at The Independent and The Evening Standard.
Antunes moved to New York from the United Kingdom in 1993 to work as a foreign correspondent.[5] She joined the New York Post as a deputy business editor in 1995, working under David Yelland.[8] She was appointed editor of the paper in October 1999, before stepping down and being replaced by Col Allan in April 2001.[8] Her resignation was apparently under pressure from Rupert Murdoch.[6]
She was married to Scott Schell and had one daughter, Elisabeth. She was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Newswomen's Club of New York. Antunes died of pancreatic cancer in early 2020.[9]