Pulitzer winner Bennett leaving Bloomberg
Amanda Bennett, former executive editor for projects and investigations at Bloomberg News, is leaving the news organization. She had been editor at large for several months after Bob Blau took over the projects and investigations team this summer. However, her bio page on the Bloomberg terminal still lists her as an executive editor. Few journalists […]
NYTimes biz desk adds three staffers
New York Times business editor Dean Murphy wrote: I’m pleased to announce that we have a dynamic reporting trio coming our way — Rachel Abrams of Variety, Danielle Ivory of Bloomberg and Elizabeth Harris, now Metro’s Appraisal writer. Rachel Abrams, who has worked at Variety since 2010, is the newest member of the DealBook/Finance cluster. […]
Bloomberg TV’s Eisen moving to CNBC
Sara Eisen, the co-anchor of “Bloomberg Surveillance,” Bloomberg’s morning program that begins the day’s conversation on business, economics, finance and investment, has resigned to accept a similar position at CNBC. Eisen, who announced the news on Twitter, will start in her new position on Dec. 16. Eisen is a correspondent for Bloomberg Television, specializing in […]
Bloomberg: We are not wusses
Michael Bloomberg, the founder of Bloomberg LP and the current New York mayor, replied in a news conference Tuesday when asked to respond to a New York Times article stating Bloomberg News had killed articles in China for fear of government retribution, reports Colin Campbell of the New York Observer. Campbell writes, “Asked about the […]
Bloomberg reporter joins Wall Street Journal
Stephanie Armour has joined The Wall Street Journal as a financial, banking and consumer regulation reporter based in Washington, D.C, a company spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday. She previously worked at Bloomberg News where she covered food safety and public health. Earlier this year, she won a Sigma Delta Chi award for Public Service in Magazine Journalism […]
Bloomberg News at a crossroads
Dean Starkman of Columbia Journalism Review writes Monday that the incident involving Bloomberg News stories in China is much more serious for the news organization than when its reporters were accused earlier this year of snooping on clients using the terminal. Starkman writes, “This is actually much more important for Bloomberg News as a news […]
Winkler email to Bloomberg editorial staff regarding China
Matt Winkler, the editor in chief of Bloomberg News, sent out the following email to the news organization’s editorial staff in the wake of reports that it has spiked stories in China that it fears might get it kicked out of the country: To Bloomberg News: There have been several misleading reports over the last […]
Bloomberg launches franchise in unusual collaboration
Lucia Moses of Adweek reports that Bloomberg LP is launching a new franchise called The Year Ahead: 2014, a primer for CEOs, that will involve 10 platforms across the company producing a special issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, a two-day conference in Chicago, an online research tool and TV and radio content. Moses writes, “The company […]
Analyzing Bloomberg’s self-censoring its China coverage
The New York Times published a story during the weekend saying that Bloomberg News was self-censoring its coverage of China. Bloomberg won an award for its coverage of the wealth being amassed by Communist party leaders and now, according to the story, it was pulling back on publishing a similar story. Bloomberg denied the story was […]
Bloomberg said to curb China coverage
Bloomberg News has withheld publishing two investigative stories in China because of concerns about how the government would react, reports Edward Wong of the New York Times. Wong writes, “Mr. Winkler and several other senior executives at Bloomberg declined to discuss his conference calls with reporters and editors in Hong Kong. “Several Bloomberg employees in […]
