Bloomberg hires Oltman as editor for AI, VC and startups

Bloomberg News managing editor Sarah Frier sent out the following to the staff: Hi everyone! I’m thrilled to announce that Samantha Oltman will join our team in San Francisco as an editor for our AI, venture capital and startups coverage. She will work closely with Seth Fiegerman and Anne Vandermey to support reporters across Global Tech in […]
Bloomberg launches personal finance website, TV show

Bloomberg is launching Bloomberg Money, a personal finance website, and “Bloomberg Money,” an hourlong live weekly program premiering on Friday. Bloomberg Money provides readers with strategies and intelligence for making the most of their money. Tapping Bloomberg’s trusted journalism and data-driven tools, Money coverage focuses on investing, retirement, real estate, taxes, inheritance and spending. Airing […]
Bloomberg taps Jones as senior editor for Asia-Pacific news desk

Rebecca Jones has been appointed senior editor on the Bloomberg Asia-Pacific news desk, where she will focus on AI initiatives and live coverage strategy across the region. Jones previously served as managing editor for Australia and New Zealand and, before that, Melbourne bureau chief. During her nearly 20 years at Bloomberg, she has held a […]
Bloomberg’s Brown now covering vices, consumer packaged goods

Bloomberg News reporter Redd Brown is now covering vices and consumer packaged goods. He has spent the last four years as an earnings specialist. He also worked in London as a global data earnings estimate analyst. Brown was a political science research analyst at the University of Rochester, where he graduated with a degree in economics. […]
Bloomberg’s Diaz to cover the trade beat

Bloomberg News reporter Alicia Diaz is now covering the trade beat, including the U.S. Trade Representative. She previously was covering Congress. She is based in Washington D.C., and was hired full time by Bloomberg in 2022. Previously, she was an intern covering New York City, reporting on breaking pandemic news and editing TOPLive blogs, among other tasks. […]
Bloomberg wins two news Emmys

Bloomberg received two wins in the 47th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The news category winners were named Wednesday at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City, which also is hosting the documentary ceremony on Thursday night. Bloomberg won: Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage The Zombie Debts Making […]
Thanthong-Knight named Bloomberg’s Bangkok bureau chief

Bloomberg News reporter Randy Thanthong-Knight has been named its Bangkok bureau chief. He has been a reporter in Thailand for the past year. Before that, he had been covering the Canadian economy, labor market, immigration and government regulations for Bloomberg since February 2022. Thanthong-Knight joined Bloomberg in 2018 as a reporter in Bangkok covering the economy, politics, agriculture, energy and trade. He […]
Bloomberg hires Feldman as a reporter

Bloomberg News has hired Ella Feldman as a reporter, starting her rotation on the wealth team. She previously was an intern at Bloomberg. Feldman previously was a fellow at NPR, and she has also freelanced for Smithsonian Magazine. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Rice University and a master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of […]
How financial advisors use business news

Financial advisors turn first to financial news website and apps more than a third of the time when speed is important to understand what is happening in markets, according to a Bloomberg Media study. Market volatility and geopolitical events are the biggest triggers for increased media consumption, the study found. Television remains a “complementary real-time […]
Bloomberg wins two National Magazine Awards

Bloomberg News received two National Magazine Awards at a ceremony in New York on Thursday night: Video Honors videos produced by magazines and websites Bloomberg News for “Can’t Look Away,” produced and directed by Matthew O’Neill and Perri Peltz, based on reporting by Olivia Carville, April 4. Newsletters Honors editorial excellence as demonstrated by three examples […]