Bloomberg departees include Loeb winner, Pulitzer finalist, ex-executive editor
Here is a sampling of some of the journalists whose jobs ended at Bloomberg News on Monday: Rich Jaroslovsky was a technology columnist and reviewer for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek. He is a former executive editor at Bloomberg. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Jaroslovsky held a variety of positions at The Wall Street Journal and […]
Animated video from Taiwan focuses on Bloomberg reporter suspension
An animated video from TomoNews in Taiwan takes up the issue of Bloomberg News suspending one of its reporters in Hong Kong for allegedly leaking that the company wasn’t publishing sensitive stories in China. Michael Forsythe was suspended without pay. TomoNews is a product of Next Media Animation, the Taiwan-based animation studio. In launching its […]
Is Bloomberg seeing the bad end of the bargain?
James Fallows of The Atlantic writes about how the business side of Bloomberg LP might be influencing the news side in the wake of it holding up stories in China that might upset high-ranking government officials. Fallows writes, “Journalism has of course always involved conflicts of interest and tradeoffs. Because most of what we consider […]
Bloomberg News to lay off 50 staffers
Bloomberg LP’s news division will lay off about 50 people, or about 2 percent of its newsroom, according to people familiar with the company’s plans, reports William Launder of The Wall Street Journal. Launder writes, “Most of the cuts will come in coverage areas like sports and arts and entertainment, although a small portion will come […]
Bloomberg puts reporter suspected of leak on unpaid leave
Bloomberg L.P. has put a reporter suspected of leaking news about a controversial China story on unpaid leave, Keith Kelly of The New York Post has learned. Kelly writes, “Michael Forsthye was escorted from Bloomberg’s Hong Kong office on Nov. 14, sources said, after he was fingered as the person who leaked embarrassing claims about […]
Harper’s publisher doubts Bloomberg’s honesty and courage
John MacArthur, the publisher of Harper’s Magazine, writes for the Providence Journal about the issues surrounding Bloomberg News. MacArthur writes, “His Bloomberg News service seems for the most part to be reliable, though its recent decision not to publish two stories that would have angered the Chinese government makes me doubt the company’s honesty and […]
Pearlstine: I believe Winkler on China stories
Norman Pearlstine, who recently left Bloomberg LP to return to Time Inc. as its chief content officer, said Thursday he believes Bloomberg editor in chief Matthew Winkler when he stated that the controversial stories about some of China’s elite were not ready to be published, reports Lucia Moses of Adweek. Moses writes, “As it often […]
What one newspaper editor thinks of Bloomberg’s China issue
Dan Barkin, the senior editor of The (Raleigh) News & Observer and its former business editor, writes about how he perceives the issue of whether Bloomberg News has killed stories critical of powerful people in China. Barkin writes, “The N&O pays a good chunk of change to get news and information from Bloomberg. I do […]
Hooking up using the Bloomberg terminal
Hillary Reinsberg of BuzzFeed writes Wednesday about how some people who work on Wall Street use the Bloomberg terminal for social and sexual encounters. Reinsberg writes, “‘My friend’s boss discovered very graphic sexting between an FX sales girl and a guy on the Russian sales team,’ explained a woman who formerly worked in derivatives sales […]
The special code that keeps China stories at Bloomberg away from the powerful
Edward Wong of The New York Times writes about Code 204, a code at Bloomberg News that is used to keep articles on Chinese politics and social issues away from the eyes of powerful people in China who might be offended. Wong writes, “For years, Bloomberg has been careful about the news it distributes on […]
