Bloomberg launches Sustainability page

Bloomberg News has launched a new section on its website devoted to sustainability coverage. The coverage is aimed at business executives who believe that sustainability is a long-term strategy to gain a competitive advantage in innovation, efficiency, reputation, and ultimately performance. The goal is to uncover what businesses are doing, or what they need to […]

Biz journalist named Hampton j-school dean

Brett Pulley, a business journalist for Bloomberg News, has been named the dean of the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communication at Hampton University, his alma mater. Samieh Shalesh of The Daily Press writes, “Brett Pulley, a 1980 graduate of the university and a member of its board of trustees since 2004, begins January […]

Colarusso to be global head of programming at Reuters

Steve Adler, the editor in chief at Reuters, made the following staff announcement on Tuesday afternoon: I am delighted to announce that Dan Colarusso, managing editor of Bloomberg Television, is joining Reuters as our global head of programming. Colarusso has yet to meet a media platform he couldn’t master. Under his stewardship, the N.Y. Post’s […]

Bloomberg TV ME leaving for Reuters

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Dan Colarusso, the managing editor of Bloomberg Television, is leaving for a position at Reuters, two separate sources confirmed to Talking Biz News. It’s unclear what Colarusso’s new position will be at Reuters, but the wire service has been increasing its video offerings. Colarusso joined the network in August 2009 and […]

The Bloomberg Way now available to the public

“The Bloomberg Way,” the style book of Bloomberg News for the past 21 years, is being made available for purchase by the public beginning this week. Proceeds from sales of “The Bloomberg Way” will benefit the Committee to Protect Journalists. “The Bloomberg Way” illustrates editor in chief Matt Winkler‘s approach to delivering fast, in-depth and […]

Reed, former BW London bureau chief, leaves Bloomberg

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Stanley Reed has left Bloomberg after 22 years at BusinessWeek and Bloomberg. He was London bureau chief of BusinessWeek for 13 years and then, after Bloomberg purchased BusinessWeek in 2009,  took on the role of  London-based reporter-at-large, a senior writer position,  at Bloomberg News,  covering energy, the Middle East, and, occasionally, […]

Bloomberg’s plan for world domination

Nick Summers of Newsweek writes about the aggressive expansion plans at Bloomberg News. Summers writes, “As most of the news industry withers, Bloomberg is booming. Terminal money, which accounts for 80 percent of revenue, has helped the company hire more reporters and editors than anyone else on the planet—more than 2,700 of them—over the last […]

Making a business news TV show more interactive

Tuomo Kallio of Benzinga.com profiles Matt Miller, who hosts “Bloomberg Rewind” on Bloomberg Television weeknights at 8 p.m. Kallio writes, “The host, Matt Miller, has extensive experience in reporting the European news. The carefully chosen guests provide helpful insight in their area of expertise keeping traders up-to-date on the importance of macro and stock specific […]

Bloomberg reporter wins Welles prize

Greg Farrell is the winner of the 2011 Christopher J. Welles Prize for his book “Crash of the Titans,” which tells the story of the decline and fall of Merrill Lynch and its troubled sale to Bank of America. The Welles Prize is awarded each year to a former Knight-Bagehot Fellow whose work most epitomizes […]

Making the adjustment to biz journalism

Ricardo Kaulessar of HedgeFund.net writes Friday about new Bloomberg Television reporter Stephanie Ruhle, who previously worked on Wall Street in the hedge fund business. Kaulessar writes, “What has also gotten Ruhle acclimated to the broadcasting world were her new co-workers, whom she describes as ‘very smart’ and ‘generous.’ “So what is it like being a […]