Bloomberg hires new e-commerce reporter
Spencer Soper, a business reporter for the Allentown Morning Call, has been hired by Bloomberg News to cover e-commerce companies such as Amazon and eBay. He will be based out of Bloomberg’s San Francisco bureau and will start Aug. 25. His last day at the Morning Call is Friday. At the Morning Call, Soper also […]
Bloomberg News reporter plays the drums
This video shows Vivien Lou Chen, a reporter for Bloomberg News in San Francisco, playing the drums in a version of “After Midnight.”
Bloomberg seeks real estate reporter in Shanghai
Bloomberg News seeks a real estate reporter in its Shanghai bureau to cover the property industry. Knowledge and understanding of property companies, real estate investors and mortgage markets both commercial and residential is essential. Business reporting at a major newspaper or wire service is preferred. The successful applicant will be required to break news, handle […]
Bloomberg Business to replace Businessweek.com
Dean Starkman of the Columbia Journalism Review writes Thursday that one of the changes being planned at Bloomberg’s media operations is to rename the Bloomberg Businessweek website to just Bloomberg Business. Starkman writes, “The strategy was not widely shared internally, though some elements have leaked. According to people with knowledge of the strategy, it has […]
Bloomberg seeks newsletter editors in New York
Bloomberg LP is seeking experienced editors for its newsletter division, Bloomberg Brief. The ideal candidate will have a background editing in a real-time environment including some editing of economics content; experience with newsletters or specialty publications is also a plus. The job will include editing economists’ analyses of data on very short deadlines. The editor […]
Topolsky of The Verge is joining Bloomberg
Josh Topolsky, the co-founder of the technology website The Verge, will join Bloomberg as the editor of a series of new online ventures it is launching as part of a revamped journalism strategy, reports Ravi Somaiya of the New York Times. Somaiya writes, “Mr. Topolsky will start Aug. 4, and will report to Josh Tyrangiel, […]
Bloomberg seeks oil reporter in London
Bloomberg News seeks an experienced reporter in its London office to break news and write enterprise pieces on dynamic oil markets with a particular focus on covering the European refinery industry. The successful applicant will co-ordinate with colleagues across Europe as well as Africa and the Middle East, to break news on refinery outages and […]
Bloomberg seeks editor for natural gas and power newsletter
Bloomberg LP is seeking an experienced editor with knowledge of the Energy industry to join Bloomberg Brief, our growing newsletter division. This person will bring their vision to bear to launch an innovative Natural Gas and Power newsletter backed by all the news and data resources of Bloomberg. The editor will select, edit, and lay […]
Bloomberg launches R&D office in San Francisco
Kara Swisher of Re/Code writes about Michael Bloomberg’s visit to San Francisco to open a research and development office for his company. Swisher writes, “Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was a little late to his own geek party this morning at WeWork in the South of Market area of San Francisco. “But when he […]
Bloomberg seeks M&A reporter in Hong Kong
Bloomberg News seeks an experienced reporter to cover mergers and acquisitions out of Hong Kong. The individual will join a strong team that is focused on breaking the biggest M&A deals in a competitive, high-profile beat. Stories will range from private-equity buyouts to corporate mergers and emerging trends in M&A. Knowledge of financial markets is […]
