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 […]
Bloomberg reporter wrote 18 leads for Supreme Court rulings
Bloomberg reporter Greg Stohr, who wrote the stories today about the Supreme Court rulings, had 18 different leads covering a wide variety if possibilities, reports Erik Wemple of the Washington Post. Wemple writes, “The conventional wisdom on speed, alas, hasn’t prevented news organizations from going fast. Following the release of this morning’s Supreme Court ruling […]
Bloomberg TV asks FCC to order move to news channels
Bloomberg LP has asked the Federal Communications Commission to direct cable operator Comcast to move Bloomberg Television into news channel neighborhoods in top markets around the country. “We are asking the FCC to issue a final decision in Bloomberg’s complaint against Comcast, and direct Comcast to immediately move Bloomberg TV into every Standard Definition (SD) […]
The Bloomberg BNA snack camera brouhaha
Erik Wemple of The Washington Post writes about plans by Bloomberg BNA management to install a camera watching the employee snack area due to some recent “thefts” and contemplates why management would want to do such a thing. The company has since backtracked from the move. Wemple writes, “To prevent further plundering, the company is […]
The business of chefs on Bloomberg TV
Carey Polis of The Huffington Post writes about the latest installment of Bloomberg Television’s “Titans at the Table,” which features celebrity chefs Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, Tom Colicchio and Rachael Ray. Polis writes, “As part of Bloomberg Television’s ‘Titans At The Table’ series, Batali, Flay, Colicchio and Ray all joined host Betty Liu at Manhattan’s […]
Bloomberg View hires McArdle
Washington, D.C.-based writer for Newsweek/Daily Beast and blogger Megan McArdle is joining the ranks of Bloomberg View, where she will be a columnist covering the economy, business, politics and national affairs. Betsy Rothstein of FishbowlDC.com writes, “‘Megan is an extraordinary writer and thinker,’ said David Shipley, Executive Editor of Bloomberg View in a morning statement. […]
Bloomberg reporter tactics being scrutinized
Amy Chozick of The New York Times examines the reporting tactics of Bloomberg News reporters in the wake of the disclosure that some were using the company’s terminal to snoop on clients. Chozick writes, “Since the 1990s, reporters have been trained and tested on the terminal’s 15,000 functions. Many of them leave the weeklong training session […]
