Bloomberg’s Keene talks Davos coverage
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Bloomberg TV and Radio host Tom Keene will deliver his programs “Bloomberg Surveillance”and “Surveillance Midday” starting Wednesday live from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the gathering of some of the world’s most powerful people. Keene is editor of “Flying on One Engine: The Bloomberg Book of Master Market Economists,” published in […]
Reuters hires Grover from Bloomberg Businessweek
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Ronald Grover, the longtime Los Angeles media reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek, has resigned to accept a position with Reuters. Grover will become the Los Angeles bureau chief for Reuters. The change will be announced as soon as later Friday. While Reuters has been hiring a number of big-name business journalists in […]
Bloomberg takes jab at Comcast on anniversary of CNBC deal
Joe Flint of the Los Angeles Times writes about how Bloomberg LP took a jab at rival CNBC on the one-year anniversary of its acquisition by Comcast. Flint writes, “Bloomberg, parent of business news channel Bloomberg Television, thinks that Comcast should be required to put the Bloomberg channel near its main competitor CNBC on its cable […]
Biz magazine ad revenue in 2011 outpaces rest of industry
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 13 business magazines reported ad revenue of $1.24 billion in 2011, up 6.2 percent from the previous year, far outpacing the slight increase for the entire magazine industry, according to data released by the Publishers Information Bureau and analyzed by Talking Biz News. Ad pages also rose 1.4 percent to […]
Is Bloomberg the most paranoid media company?
Hamilton Nolan of Gawker writes Monday about the mood within the Bloomberg News newsroom and how it affects morale. Nolan writes, “How paranoid are Bloomberg staffers? We’ve already heard that they can’t leak documents because ‘every email… in or out is tracked.’ Bloomberg’s internal security force, employees believe, actively monitors employee communications — not only […]
Bloomberg View adds five staffers
Bloomberg View is adding five new members to its editorial board as the section continues to expand, Bloomberg View executive editor David Shipley announced Friday. Katy Roberts, who was previously Week in Review editor at The New York Times, will join Bloomberg View in New York. Three board members will be based in Washington, DC: […]
MF Global collapse hurts Bloomberg
Azam Ahmed and Ben Protess of the New York Times writes about how the failure of MF Global affected Bloomberg L.P. Ahmed and Protess write, “The financial information giant Bloomberg L.P.lost about 600 subscriptions to its computer terminals — which translates to nearly $1 million in monthly revenue — after MF Global filed for bankruptcy […]
Bloomberg TV’s O’Leary joins CNN
Former Bloomberg Television reporter Lizzie O’Leary will join CNN in the newly-created aviation and regulation correspondent position, announced Sam Feist, CNN Washington bureau chief and senior vice president. O’Leary will report on U.S. transportation, including air, rail, maritime and space, in addition to covering the agencies in Washington that have a daily impact on the […]
O’Leary leaves Bloomberg Television
Joe Weisenthal of Business Insider is reporting that Lizzie O’Leary has left Bloomberg Television. Weisenthal writes, “Bloomberg TV’s Lizzie O’Leary — the network’s star DC-based reporter — has left the network for a new gig, according to a source familiar with the matter. “She left sometime after Christmas. “We’re not yet sure where she’s ending […]
An “unprecedented” level of interest in business news
Merrill Knox of TVNewser interviewed new Bloomberg Television anchor Trish Regan about her new role and why business journalism is so important these days. Knox writes, “Regan is a former CNBC anchor who thought ‘for a long time’ about the right place for her. A major attraction of Bloomberg TV, she says, was the opportunity […]
