Bloomberg’s Smith setting priorities
Lucia Moses of Adweek reports that new Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith sent around Monday morning a memo announcing a “hundred-day strategy process” to chart the company’s course for growth for the next few years. The effort will involve 100-plus people at the company, including many top managers, working in 10 to 15 groups on […]
Bloomberg TV starts new show
Bloomberg Television announced Thursday the debut of “C-Suite with Jeffrey Hayzlett,” a prime time series that features an inside look at companies that are shaping the global business landscape. The first episode will air on Tuesday, Oct. 8. In each week’s 30-minute episode, Hayzlett, a contributing editor for Bloomberg Television and former c-suite executive who […]
Uncovering wrongdoing before it becomes a crisis
Financial reporting is crucial to a fair and functioning democracy, said Laurie Hays, senior executive editor for Beat Reporting at Bloomberg News at a talk Tuesday at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard. Janell Sims of the Shorenstein Center writes, “Highlighting several stories recently published by Bloomberg, Hays […]
Bloomberg News adds currency news product
Bloomberg News unveiled Tuesday a new news product called First Word Foreign Exchange to provide customers news, information and insights into the global currency markets. First Word FX provides Bloomberg subscribers daily event previews, as well as country-specific insights through market summaries. Produced by a global team of currency market experts and journalists, First Word […]
Bloomberg hires energy reporter from Houston Chronicle
Harry R. Weber, who made a name for himself by covering the BP oil spill, has left his job as an energy reporter for the Houston Chronicle after working there for slightly less than a year. On Monday, he will join Bloomberg News as an energy reporter and will work on the markets team. He will […]
FCC rules in favor of Bloomberg Television
The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday night that Comcast Corp. has to put the Bloomberg TV business channel near other news channels in so-called news neighborhoods in the 35 largest television markets. Bob Fernandez of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes, “The case was viewed as a test of the FCC’s will to enforce voluntary commitments made […]
Wal-Mart vs. Bloomberg News
Wal-Mart is cutting inventory according to a story by Bloomberg, sending the company’s stock price down. But are they? Wal-Mart denied the story, making it hard to decipher the truth. Here’s the beginning of the Bloomberg piece that started all the uproar: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) is cutting orders it places with suppliers this quarter and […]
Bloomberg News names senior executive editors
Bloomberg News has named six senior executive editors overseeing various parts of its editorial operation, with some reporting to editor in chief Matthew Winkler and the others reporting to chief of staff Reto Gregori. The senior executive editors include Laurie Hays, Tim Quinson, Chris Collins, Josh Tyrangiel, Marty Schenker and David Shipley. Gregori also becomes deputy […]
Bloomberg News to shuffle top management
Bloomberg LP is expected to announce significant management changes in its news division that will result in a smaller number of editors reporting directly to Bloomberg News Editor in Chief Matt Winkler, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal’s William Launder and Jenny Strasburg. Launder and Strasburg write, “As part of the shuffle, Executive […]
Bloomberg airlines reporter Credeur leaving
Mary Jane Credeur, the airlines and freight reporter for Bloomberg News, announced Tuesday that she is leaving the news service. In an email to friends and colleagues, Credeur wrote: After more than eight years at Bloomberg News, I’m leaving to pursue a different career track. I’ve accepted a position doing financial research and analysis in […]
