Bloomberg site banned in China
China blocked access to Bloomberg’s website on the mainland after the business and financial news agency published a report Friday detailing the multimillion-dollar assets of relatives of the man set to become the country’s next president. The Associated Press reports, “The outage also points to the government’s concerns about ensuring the country’s leadership transition goes […]
How Bloomberg TV nailed the Supreme Court story
Erik Wemple of The Washington Post writes about how Bloomberg Television’s coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday was excellent while its competitors lagged behind. Wemple writes, “According to a Bloomberg spokesperson, this is how that report came together: “Bloomberg News reporter Greg Stohr was on location when the decision was handed out this […]
Murdoch on WSJ costs, revenue
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch sat down with Bloomberg TV’s Betty Liu Thursday to discuss the breakup of the company. Murdoch said he sees “increasing costs” at the Wall Street Journal but “hopefully, increasing our revenues by more than that.” Murdoch also said that News Corporation has “very large reserves of cash in the bank […]
How to tell a headline and lead has been written by Bloomberg’s Winkler
Jim Romenesko has a post from an anonymous Bloomberg News staffer about how to tell when editor in chief Matthew Winkler has written a story’s headline and lead. Some of the clues: * First telltale: The theme. The biggest bugaboo right now at Bloomberg is how wrong the credit companies are and have been. Probably […]
Bloomberg TV corrects Betty Liu ad that claims Pulitzer nomination
Bill Dedman of MSNBC.com writes that Bloomberg Television has pulled an advertisement for anchor Betty Liu because it says she was a nominated for a Pulitzer when the Pulitzer committee does not list her as a nominee for any year. Dedman writes, “When asked by msnbc.com about the discrepancy, Bloomberg TV said the ads are […]
Bloomberg set to start industry research unit
Bloomberg L.P. plans to announce that it has hired more than 100 research professionals for a global industry research service, reports Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson of the Financial Times. Edgecliffe-Johnson writes, “The Bloomberg Industries service will combine interactive, real-time data on more than 100 industry sectors in North America, Europe and Asia with analysis from a team […]
Bloomberg Markets launches iPad app
Bloomberg Markets magazine is joining the growing family of Bloomberg mobile offerings with its own iPad application called Bloomberg Markets+. In addition to the contents of the print version, the app includes exclusive video with Bloomberg Markets’ editor, Ron Henkoff, providing a behind-the-scenes look at the feature story and other key stories in that month’s […]
Bloomberg TV unveils new lineup
Bloomberg Television unveiled more market-focused coverage to its lineup on Monday. Beginning at 6 a.m., “Bloomberg Surveillance” with Tom Keene will air simultaneously across Bloomberg’s multiple media platforms, including Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg.com and on Bloomberg Mobile The program will air from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Bloomberg Television and across all other […]
Bloomberg TV’s Dominic Chu on being “on” all the time
Janelle Harris of MediaBistro interviewed Bloomberg Television reporter Dominic Chu on covering the markets. Here is an excerpt: Besides your obvious knowledge of the material, what did you bring with you from your finance career that made you transition fairly easily into television? You know what I think it is? There are a lot of […]
Biz media say progress made in talks with Labor Department
Business media outlets say they have made progress in talks with the Labor Department in a dispute over how the federal government agency releases economic data to journalists. An Associated Press story states, “Testifying to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Reuters and Bloomberg News officials revealed little detail about the movement they said […]
