Fed government lax in responding to Bloomberg’s FOI requests
A Bloomberg View editorial laments how the federal government has been slow to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests for cabinet-related travel. The editorial states, “In June, Bloomberg reporters filed Freedom of Information Act requests with 57 federal agencies. The reporters sought data in a narrow (and not particularly complicated) area: taxpayer- supported travel […]
The business media needs to improve its Twitter use
The business media use Twitter as a promotional tool and are not building an online community, according to research presented Friday by two Virginia Commonwealth University professors. Vivian Medina-Messner and Marcus Messner found that the top business media outlets need to use Twitter as an online social network, not just another publication platform. “More attention […]
A smart conversation on the issues that matter now
Tom Keene is the co-host of “Bloomberg Surveillance,” which airs from 7 to 10 a.m. on Bloomberg Radio and from 6 to 8 a.m. EST on Bloomberg Television. He also serves an editor-at-large at Bloomberg News, where he provides economic and investment perspective to Bloomberg’s various news divisions. He also created the chart-of-the-day article for […]
The man who runs Bloomberg’s speed desk
Joe Weisenthal of Business Insider writes about Kevin Reynolds, who oversees Bloomberg’s speed desk operation. Weisenthal writes, “One of his monitors is a feed that’s capturing all the major newswires in real time. “He communicates with his team using a headset, and on his desk he keeps a digital clock that lets him and his […]
Bloomberg wants to be everything
Gordon Smith of the Irish Times writes about Bloomberg and interviewed CEO Dan Doctoroff about how its operations are expanding in multiple areas. Smith writes, “The company’s footprint has also grown to include a news service spanning multiple media channels that includes print since the acquisition of BusinessWeek in 2009. “The media products have tens […]
Bloomberg petitions FCC to lift stay
Bloomberg petitioned the FCC on Friday to lift its stay of a portion of its news neighborhooding order and require Comcast to immediately “neighborhood” its business news channels in 59 additional markets. John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable writes, “The FCC back in May agreed with Bloomberg that Comcast needed to move the independent news […]
Businessweek hires new editor for Etc. section
Joe Pompeo of Capital New York reports that Bloomberg Businessweek has hired a new editor for its Etc. section from Glamour magazine. Pompeo writes, “Emma Rosenblum, an editor at Glamour, will oversee the closing section, called ‘Etc.,’ which blends eccentric features about business trends and the super rich with listy charticles tailored to the finance […]
European biz execs prefer Twitter to biz news websites
More European business executives are spending their days on Twitter than the ft.com, Bloomberg.com and other business websites, according to new research. John Reynolds of MediaWeek writes, “The research, seen exclusively by Media Week, from Ipsos Media shows that 20% of top European businessmen, including chief executives and finance directors, are spending more time on […]
Ex-CNBC anchor Lapin joins Bloomberg TV
Julia LaRoche of Business Insider reports that former CNBC anchor Nicole Lapin has joined Bloomberg Television. LaRoche writes, “Sources at Bloomberg have confirmed that Lapin is currently on the tech beat at the network. Right now, she’s filling in as a substitute anchor on ‘Bloomberg West.’ ” She will be filling in on ‘Bloomberg West’ (along […]
Trying to make sense of the Fed
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech in Jackson Hole, Wyo., on Friday revealed the central bank was poised to take further action to help the economy. In what several described as uncharacteristically strong language, Bernanke called continuing high unemployment rate a “grave concern” and indicated the bank was poised to take action to stimulate the […]
