Ratings sag for TV business news
Keach Hagey and William Launder of The Wall Street Journal examine the declining ratings at business news networks CNBC, Fox Business Network and Bloomberg Television. Hagey and Launder write, “Since 2008, average total daytime viewership has fallen more than 50%—to 169,000 from 348,000 —at CNBC, which commands three-quarters of the audience among business-news networks, according […]
Chinese government conducts inspections of Bloomberg bureaus
Chinese authorities conducted unannounced “inspections” at Bloomberg News bureaus in Beijing and Shanghai in the final days of November, report Peter Elkind and Scott Cendrowski of Fortune. Elking and Cendrowski write, “Details of the inspections, conducted on the same day at the news bureaus in Beijing and Shanghai, are sketchy. It’s unclear how many officials […]
Bloomberg losing DC ME Tackett to New York Times
Bloomberg News Washington managing editor and former bureau chief Mike Tackett is leaving to join the New York Times as an editor in its Washington bureau, multiple sources within Bloomberg confirmed Monday. Before Bloomberg, Tackett worked for 28 years at the Chicago Tribune where he worked as a metro reporter and editor for six years […]
Bloomberg reporter barred from Chinese press conference
British authorities have protested to Chinese authorities about a “completely inappropriate” decision to bar a Bloomberg journalist from a press conference in Beijing with David Cameron and his Chinese counterpart, Li Keqiang, reports Nicholas Watt of The Guardian. Watt writes, “No 10 raised ‘deep concerns’ on two occasions with Chinese officials after the foreign ministry excluded Robert […]
China code has detractors at Bloomberg
A code used by Bloomberg News editors to keep sensitive stories away from the eyes of China’s powerful and elite has detractors within the organization, writes, Edward Wong of the New York Times. Wong writes, “Within Bloomberg, the code has its critics. ‘I think of this as self-censorship,’ said one journalist, who added that editors […]
Journalists chortle as Bloomberg CEO preaches press freedom
Andrew Kirell of Mediaite writes that many journalists in attendance made snide remarks Tuesday night when Bloomberg CEO Daniel Doctoroff chaired the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) annual International Press Freedom Awards dinner. Kirell writes, “The irony was not lost on the journalists in the room, many of whom laughed and pointed out the bizarre […]
Media figures support Bloomberg regarding China
Leading figures at old and new American news outlets defended Bloomberg LP CEO Dan Doctoroff’s role at a celebration of press freedom on a day when Bloomberg faced intense criticism over reports that it bowed to the Chinese government. Rosie Gray and Ben Smith of BuzzFeed write, “Doctoroff chaired the annual Press Freedom Awards dinner […]
China journalist calls for Bloomberg CEO to resign from CPJ freedom award
A prominent Hong Kong-based journalist has called on Daniel Doctoroff, chief executive officer of Bloomberg L.P., to step down from his role as chairman of the Committee to Protect Journalists’ annual International Press Freedom Awards dinner on Tuesday. Emily Brill of ChinaFile.com writes, “Ying Chan, who was an honoree at the same dinner fifteen years […]
CNBC hires Susan Li from Bloomberg Television
CNBC announced Tuesday that it has hired Bloomberg Television anchor Susan Li to work in its Asia operations. Li’s new assignment will include coverage during CNBC’s core business day programming in Asia-Pacific. She will debut on the network shortly after the new year. Li has been based in Hong Kong with Bloomberg television for the […]
Change in news mission at Bloomberg LP
Interviews with current and former Bloomberg employees show that the business and news operations exist in uneasy tension, and occasionally collide, reports the New York Times in an article for Monday’s paper. Amy Chozick, Nathaniel Popper, Edward Wong and David Carr write, “Against this backdrop, some top executives have begun to question the role of […]
