Bloomberg News to Bernanke: Ben, you ignorant slut
Bloomberg News has responded to a letter that Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke sent to four lawmakers that stated the news service’s coverage of the Fed’s lending program during the economic bailout contained “egregious errors.” In a posting on Bloomberg.com, Bloomberg editor in chief Matt Winkler said that the news organization stood by its coverage. […]
Covering the Wall Street mentality
Peter Kramer of The Journal News, based in Westchester County, profiled Bloomberg Television anchor Matt Miller in Tuesday’s paper. Kramer wrote, “Miller starts most trading days at the New York Stock Exchange where he gathers tips from traders about the market’s direction. Every half-hour from 1 to 4 p.m., he’s back in front of the […]
Bloomberg Businessweek’s creative director is hot
Lucia Moses of Adweek profiles Bloomberg Businessweek creative director Richard Turley, whose design of the business weekly has drawn rave reviews. Moses writes, “Business titles have never been much to look at, with all those pictures of old white guys. So with the tough state of business magazines, few might have expected Businessweek to be […]
Bloomberg TV sports biz reporter joining ESPN
Alex Weprin of TVNewser.com reports that Bloomberg Television reporter Michele Steele is leaving for a job at ESPN. Weprin reports, “Steele is the second business network talent to depart for Bristol in recent weeks: ESPN hired Fox Business Network anchor Chris Cotter last month. The channel also recently hired a sports business reporter of its […]
Bloomberg Businessweek ad campaign to promote new Europe edition
Bloomberg Businessweek plans to launch an outdoor brand advertising campaign to promote the “personality” of the magazine ahead of new Europe edition in 2012. Maisie McCabe of MediaWeek writes, “The creative work for the campaign, developed by Bloomberg’s internal agency, is inspired by recent stories from the magazine and each ad will contain a large […]
Sterngold joins SmartMoney magazine
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE SmartMoney magazine editor Jonathan Dahl made the following staff announcement on Wednesday afternoon: I’m happy to announce that James Sterngold, an award-winning former New York Times reporter, will be joining SmartMoney as a senior writer, starting Dec. 5. He’ll be focusing on investigative stories and other features, as part of our […]
Bloomberg Businessweek strikes deal with Hachette for e-books
Hachette Book Group is partnering with Bloomberg Businessweek on e-singles that will illuminate key moments in the world of business, drawing on content from the magazine, reports Laura Hazard Owen of PaidContent.org. The first one is about Steve Jobs. Owen writes, “The Steve Jobs e-book is $3.99 and available now at a variety of etailers, […]
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 […]
