Most widely read biz news site is, surprise, Yahoo Finance
Eric Jackson of Forbes.com looks at Compete numbers of traffic on business news sites and discovers that Yahoo Finance still gets more visitors than business news heavyweights such as The Wall Street Journal, CNNMoney and others. Jackson writes, “And the biggest kahuna when it comes to financial news – at least by visitors — is […]
Tumblr collecting weird Bloomberg headlines
There’s a tumblr out there collecting strange headlines from Bloomberg News. Here are some of the latest entries:
Bloomberg Radio available on iPhone and iPod
The Bloomberg Radio application for iPhone and iPod touch is now available. This is the first radio app where listeners can view real-time charts, get market information and news, and access guest biographies while listening to Bloomberg Radio shows. “We look forward to bringing Manhattan’s number one radio station to a global audience,” said Oke Okaro, general manager […]
Bloomberg.com launches personal finance section
Bloomberg.com has added a personal finance section to its website, one of the first sections — after Bloomberg View — to launch under the redesigned site. Bloomberg Personal Finance will cover areas such as investing, retirement planning, portfolio strategies, real estate and stories that dig into the “real cost” of things like owning a dog […]
Business media outlets accused of patent infringement
Bloomberg LP and Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, and five other media outlets were sued for allegedly infringing two patents for “instantaneous symbol lookup,” used on websites. A Bloomberg News story states, “Boadin Technology LLC, which said it owns the rights to the patents, filed the lawsuit yesterday in […]
Bloomberg teams with Saudi prince on new channel
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says he has teamed up with business news service Bloomberg LP on a new Arabic language satellite news channel. An Associated Press story states, “Alwaleed, who heads Kingdom Holding Co., an investment firm with stakes in several Western blue chip companies including Citigroup, said Tuesday the new Alarab channel […]
Bloomberg Businessweek makes cameo on “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
An item on Bloomberg Businessweek’s site notes, “There we are with Stephen M. Pollan on the cover. It’s not an actual cover of the magazine, but Pollan is real: He’s a financial consultant and author. He’s also the father of Tracy Pollan, who is married to Michael J. Fox. “In last night’s episode, Curb star […]
Bloomberg TV economics editor reflects on covering Sept. 11
Michael McKee, economics editor for Bloomberg Television, recently reflected on his experience covering the 9/11 attacks. On the morning of Sept. 11, McKee, who was then covering the economy for Bloomberg News, was in a cab headed to National Association for Business Economics conference at the World Trade Center. McKee was on a pay phone […]
Bloomberg team wins award for energy coverage
The National Press Foundation has awarded the 2010 Thomas L. Stokes Award for Best Energy Writing to a Bloomberg News team for an explanatory magazine series on alternative energy sources. The pieces comprised a three-part series in Bloomberg Markets. Written by John Lippert, Kambiz Foroohar, Anthony Effinger and Katherine Burton, the package looks at the […]
Bloomberg submits FCC filing asking Comcast to adhere to agreement
Bloomberg LP submitted yet another filing Tuesday to the Federal Communications Commission asking the regulatory agency to force Comcast to put Bloomberg Television closer to CNBC in its channels as part of an agreement that allowed the cable company to purchase a majority stake in NBC Universal. Comcast has resisted making the change, arguing that […]
