An ability to look at material and pull out the highlights
Kathy Hovis of Cornell University’s Ezra publication profiled Scarlet Fu, the chief markets correspondent for Bloomberg Television and one of the anchors of “Bloomberg Surveillance.” Hovis writes, “Although she can dissect an earnings report or chat about insider trading investigations with the best of them, Fu’s background doesn’t include a stint on Wall Street or […]
Bloomberg cancels new wealth management product
Bloomberg LP is canceling its new wealth management service, BloombergBlack, before it hits the market, reports Jennifer Saba of Reuters. Saba writes, “For $100 a month, the service was expected to cater to individuals looking to track their investment portfolios – including mutual fund holdings, 401K retirement plans and college savings plans. “The project offered […]
Bloomberg Media to name new chief
Justin Smith, the president of Atlantic Media, will be named chief executive of the Bloomberg Media Group on Monday, reports David Carr of The New York Times. Carr writes, “He will report to Daniel L. Doctoroff, chief executive of Bloomberg. Andrew Lack, who managed the media division for five years, will become chairman. “After joining The […]
Chu departing Bloomberg TV for CNBC
CNBC senior vice president and business news editor Nik Doegun sent out the following staff hire on Friday: I am pleased to announce that Dominic Chu will be joining CNBC as a markets reporter, effective Monday, August 12. With his background as a Wall Street trader and investor, in addition to his journalism experience, Dominic […]
CNBC.com sees strong video growth in June
CNBC.com ranked as the No. 1 non-portal business news site in June in a number of video categories, according to data released by comScore Video. Its total unique video viewers for the month were 2.4 million, up 195 percent from the same month a year ago. Its average daily video viewers for the month were 203,000, […]
New York probing Bloomberg reporters’ access to information
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office is looking into how much access Bloomberg reporters may have had to information about the media and technology company’s customers, said people familiar with the inquiries. Katy Burne of The Wall Street Journal writes, “Officials in the New York Attorney General’s investor protection unit in recent weeks have […]
Bloomberg’s Secunda in charge of technological revolution
Bloomberg co-founder Tom Secunda was ranked No. 1 on Institutional Investor’s Tech 50 list, which recognizes innovators in the financial services industry. Institutional Investor writes, “Secunda and his team 3,000 technologists, meanwhile, have continuyed to produce and product innovations at a breakneck — and accelerating pace. “Last November, Bloomberg launched its App Portal for third […]
ABC, CBS, CNBC and PBS nominated for biz Emmys
ABC and CBS were each nominated twice for outstanding business and economic reporting in a regularly scheduled newscast on Thursday when the 34th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards were announced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. In the category of outstanding business and economic reporting in a news magazine, CBS and […]
Fortune colleagues remember John Curran
There are some nice quotes from Fortune journalists Carol Loomis and Bethany McLean about their former colleague, John Curran, who died last week at the age of 59, in the obituary on WestportNow.com. Here they are: Carol Loomis of Fortune, the longest serving employee in the history of Time Inc. and a highly awarded financial […]
Bloomberg News editor Curran dies at 59
John J. Curran, a Bloomberg News editor who previously was a longtime journalist at Fortune and editor of Mutual Funds magazine, has died. He was 59. Charles Stevens of Bloomberg writes, “In a career spanning more than three decades in New York, Curran wrote and edited stories on investing, banking, Wall Street and regulation. He […]
