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 […]
Problems with Twitter coverage
Chris O´Brien of the San Jose Mercury News has some issues with how Twitter´s revenue projections were covered by the business media. O´Brien writes, ¨Late last week, Bloomberg reported that Twitter expects to hit $1 billion in revenueby 2014, at least two years earlier than analysts had projected. The projection was attributed to two unnamed […]
Bloomberg aiming to be the most influential
Gabriel Sherman of New York magazine writes Sunday about how Bloomberg LP is increasingly becoming an increasingly influential media organization. Sherman writes, “Bloomberg LP began by selling pure information, and its journalism is still heavily influenced by a commodity model. The company’s self-professed mission statement is to become ‘the most influential’ news service in the world. […]
Why Bloomberg shouldn’t buy the NYT
Jonathan Berr of InvestorPlace.com writes about why Bloomberg LP should have no interest whatsoever in acquiring the New York Times and merging its news operations with its own. Berr writes, “At a time when scads of news organizations — including the Times— are retrenching, Bloomberg has added coverage, including Bloomberg View, its op-ed page. The […]
Bloomberg.com adds Twitter function
Bloomberg.com has a redesigned “breaking news” module, complete with a Tweet button. Mathew Yurow, social media editor for Bloomberg News, writes, “It’s a given: Social media has changed the way the world gets its news. Chances are, by the time you’ve read a story on a web site or in the paper, the news has […]
Judge dismisses suit against Bloomberg
A U.S. District Court judge decided Thursday to dismiss the copyright lawsuit that Swatch Group brought against Bloomberg L.P. Swatch sued Bloomberg in February 2011, accusing the news service of secretly recording a conference call with securities analysts and providing a transcript to clients. The Swiss company said Bloomberg had improperly recorded a Feb. 8 […]
Bloomberg TV set to launch Australia feed
Paul McIntyre of AdNews writes about how Bloomberg Television is about to debut a local feed in Australia. McIntyre writes, “Financial services companies form the basis of Bloomberg’s advertising base but the company now has luxury goods, automotive, IT and travel brands in its sights. The most significant development is that a dedicated Australian channel […]
