Becoming a more efficient business journalist?
At Bloomberg News right about now, hundreds of business journalists are thinking about lunch. Do they get up from their desks and grab something at the snack counter offered near the newsroom? Or do they leave the building and grab something to go and bring it back to their desk to eat? The more ambitious […]
How Forbes lost its edge in tracking billionaires
Lisa Du of Business Insider writes Monday about how Forbes, which has historically been the only business news outlet tracking billionaires, lost its edge to Bloomberg News, which launched its billionaires list overseen by former Forbes staffer Matt Miller. Du writes, “While Miller was working at Forbes, he and Mykolas Rambus — the former head […]
Bloomberg expanding tech coverage
Neal Ungerleider of Fast Company reports that Bloomberg News is expanding its tech news coverage. Undergleider writes, “Fast Companyhas learned that Bloomberg’s new tech vertical is scheduled to go live tomorrow, March 6, and will include several new blogs and original video content. “Although the site is not yet publicly online, two of the blogs […]
Bloomberg Businessweek preparing iPhone app
Bloomberg is set to launch an iPhone app for Bloomberg Businessweek within the next few weeks as it looks to expand its global reach, reports Lucy Tesseras of New Media Age. Tesseras writes, “New media age has seen a sneak preview of the new app, which mirrors the look and functionality of the Bloomberg Businessweek […]
Bloomberg enters billionaire rankings business
Bloomberg News introduced its new ranking of the world’s richest people on Sunday with the release of its Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s 20 wealthiest individuals. The release comes just about a week before rival Forbes magazine is slated to release its annual list of the world’s billionaires, estimated at approximately […]
BGOV leader departs for Weather Channel
Chris Walters, who led the founding of Bloomberg Government, a news and information service launched at the beginning of 2011 by Bloomberg LP, is leaving to become chief operating officer of The Weather Channel. Jeff Roberts of PaidContent.org writes, “Bloomberg launched the product to tap a perceived ‘gold rush’ in helping business decipher the ways […]
The strategy behind covering sustainability
Curtis Brainerd of Columbia Journalism Review interviewed Eric Roston, who oversees sustainability coverage for Bloomberg News, about why the business news organization is covering environmental issues. Here is an excerpt: Do you have a working definition of what sustainability means at Bloomberg News? In two words, it would be “deep strategy.” Companies are looking very […]
Opening up by the third glass of wine
Alessandra Stanley of the New York Times reviewed the new Bloomberg Television show “Titans at the Table” and noted that by the third glass of wine, the Wall Streeters were much more loquacious. Stanley writes, “Bloomberg TV looks a lot like its two rivals, CNBC and Fox Business News — overcaffeinated anchors, pulsating stock tickers […]
Checking out “Bloomberg Rewind”
Joshua Brown of The Reformed Broker writes about Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Rewind,” which is anchored by Matt Miller. Brown writes, “They’re repackaging the most important interview clips and soundbites of the day (from Buffett, Stockman, Faber, Biggs, Cooperman, Gross, El-Erian) while host Matt Miller is highlighting and discussing the stuff you may have missed with […]
Bloomberg launches new terminal
Bloomberg LP announced Monday that it has released a new terminal for its 310,000 clients. The terminal is how many of its customers access the business news and commentary stories produced by its editorial staff. Bloomberg NEXT is the result of a multi-year design process conducted by Bloomberg’s research and development team of more than […]
