A business reporter who covers the weather
Charlotte Porter, a reporter on the energy markets team at Bloomberg News, spoke with Lauren Meller of Bloomberg’s PR team about her beat, which is covering how weather affects energy prices. Here is an excerpt: You specialize in weather coverage. How did you get into this subject? Early in my career, one of the first […]
Bloomberg exploring a politics site
Bloomberg L.P. has talked to the prominent political journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin about launching a new politics offering, reports Joe Pompeo of Capital New York. Pompeo writes, “Justin B. Smith, who was named C.E.O. of Bloomberg Media Group last fall after a long stint at Atlantic Media, recently concluded a review of the […]
Ex-Bloomberg editor Richardson says company tried to muzzle him
Ben Richardson, the editor at large at Bloomberg News who resigned earlier this month due to the company’s spiking of investigative stories in China, says the company has tried to keep him from talking about the issue. Richardson spoke in an interview with Ellen Killoran of the International Business Times. Here is an excerpt: IBT: […]
Why China needs Bloomberg more than Bloomberg needs China
Gwynn Guilford of Quartz writes about Bloomberg’s situation in China, where it has apparently shied away from publishing investigative articles for fear of upsetting government officials. Guilford writes, “While this might sound contrarian, the company over time likely has a lot more leverage to pursue both hard-hitting journalism and commercial success than its chairman Peter Grauer suggests. “Chinese […]
Bloomberg seeks pharma reporter
Bloomberg News seeks a reporter to join the U.S. health team covering the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The successful applicant should have a proven ability to report on finances, operations, medical innovation and R&D activities at the world’s biggest drug makers, and be knowledgeable about the economic, social and market trends that affect the industry. […]
WSJ named most influential biz news outlet; Sorkin named most influential biz journalist
The Wall Street Journal remains the most-influential financial news organization in the country, according to survey results released Thursday. The Journal was nominated as the most influential financial news organization by 83 percent of the nearly 500 financial journalists who responded to the survey in November and December. Bloomberg News was second with 58 percent,m […]
CNBC hires Tirrell from Bloomberg News
Nik Deogun, senior vice president and editor in chief at CNBC, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: I am pleased to announce that Meg Tirrell will join CNBC as a general assignment reporter, effective April 7th. Meg’s primary focus will be covering the biotechnology and pharmaceutical beat and will appear on both CNBC’s Business […]
NYTimes CEO takes swipe at Bloomberg
Mark Thompson, the CEO of the New York Times Co., poked rival Bloomberg News on Wednesday at a media conference when asked about the latter’s decision not to publish stories critical of people connected to the Chinese government for fear of hurting its business. Matthew Garrahan of the Financial Times writes, “Mr Thompson was speaking […]
Richardson: “Uncomfortable” with spiking stories
Ben Richardson, the former editor at large at Bloomberg News who quit earlier this month due to concerns about the news organization’s decision to spike stories critical of businessmen tied to the Chinese government, spoke Tuesday about the move with David Folkenflik of “All Things Considered.” In the segment, Richardson is quoted as saying, “It […]
Ben Richardson speaks and wants Bloomberg to respond
Ben Richardson, the Bloomberg News editor who was involved in editing the spiked China stories, spoke with James Fallows of The Atlantic about how he decided to resign from the company and what happened. Here is an excerpt: James Fallows: Four months ago, during the Mike Forsythe episode, Bloomberg officials contended that his stories just […]
