Glasgall, ex-Bloomberg ME, joins Volcker Alliance
William Glasgall, a Bloomberg News managing editor who retired earlier this month, has joined the Volcker Alliance as program and editorial director for its state/local accountability and improvement programs. “Bill brings to the Alliance deep knowledge of state and local government fiscal policies and the experience needed to translate the Task Force’s recommendations into changes that benefit […]
Bloomberg seeks commodities markets editor
Bloomberg News is seeking an experienced editor for its U.S. commodity markets team in New York. The editor will be responsible for handling stories on agricultural and metals markets, including gold, copper, corn and sugar, and helping to shepherd interviews with newsmakers and prominent forecasters. In addition, the editor will be responsible for sending headlines […]
Franklin, Bloomberg ME in Washington, to become Poynter president
Tim Franklin, a managing editor for Bloomberg News in Washington, has been named the new president of the Poynter Institute, a journalism education center in St. Petersburg. Previously, Franklin was the editor of three metropolitan newspapers, and he was the founding director of the National Sports Journalism Center at Indiana University. “Tim brings a wealth […]
Forbes leads biz media among digital audience
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes Media, writes about how business news media are attempting to increase their digital audience. Dvorkin writes,”I saw the numbers in the chart below (November 2013) for the first time a few weeks ago when comScore came in to tell us about its multi-platform reporting capabilities. The light […]
Bloomberg wins suit over publishing call transcript
In a victory for financial news media, a U.S. appeals court said Bloomberg News acted lawfully when it secretly obtained a recording of a conference call between Swatch Group and securities analysts and published a transcript, reports Jonathan Stempel of Reuters. Stempel writes, “The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Monday said […]
Bloomberg News seeks company news editor in Hong Kong
Bloomberg News is seeking an editor in its Hong Kong bureau to edit company news from the Asia region. He or she should be ambitious and aim to bring out the best in reporters and produce stories of the highest quality. The editor must have the skills needed to verify the accuracy of stories being […]
Bloomberg News seeks e-commerce reporter
Bloomberg News seeks an outstanding reporter in San Francisco to cover e-commerce companies, including Amazon.com Inc., EBay Inc. and a pool of up-and-coming startups, such as Pinterest. The reporter will be responsible for breaking news and crafting features about company strategy, evolving business models and expansion plans and senior management, including Jeff Bezos and John […]
Bloomberg names ME for state and municipalities coverage
Alan Goldstein has been promoted to managing editor in charge of the states and municipalities team at Bloomberg News. Shannon Harrington will take over as team leader for the U.S. corporate finance team, Goldstein’s current position. Goldstein has been an editor at Bloomberg since March 2007. Before that, he was a reporter and editor on […]
Bloomberg committed to print, but Businessweek issues could decline
Joe Pompeo of Capital New York writes Friday about Bloomberg executive Justin Smith, and whether Bloomberg Businessweek could see a decline in the number of issues it publishes each year. Pompeo writes, “Sources with knowledge of the matter said that Smith and Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel have indeed had discussions about what sorts of […]
Bloomberg founder focuses on news in return
Nathaniel Popper of the New York Times writes about Michael Bloomberg’s interest in the news operation at the company he founded and returned to this month after being mayor for 12 years. Popper writes, “Just two week’s removed from City Hall, and in his first days back at the media giant that he owns and […]
