Bloomberg launches free Android app
Bloomberg News has launched an Android application for tablets. The app is free, which means, like the Bloomberg.com website, it’s supported by advertising. Samsung is the premier launch partner, running campaigns about its newly released Galaxy Tab 10.1, the world’s thinnest mobile tablet with a 10-inch touch screen. With the app, users can create personalized […]
SF Chronicle biz editor resigns for Bloomberg job
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Marcus Chan, the business and technology editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, has resigned to become the technology editor for Bloomberg.com next month. No interim or replacement has been named. Chan’s jump to Bloomberg raises eyebrows because the Chronicle has an arrangement with Bloomberg to help it produce its business section, […]
Inside Bloomberg’s West Coast offices
Matt Rosoff of The Business Insider has a look at Bloomberg‘s San Francisco bureau and its beautiful view, as well as its stunning space. Rosoff writes, “Bloomberg’s San Francisco office has been in its current location, in a historic pier by the bay, for about three years. “But it really started getting active in February, […]
Editor at large resigns from Bloomberg
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE John Blanton, an editor at large at Bloomberg News, abruptly resigned earlier this week after only five months on the job, multiple sources confirmed to Talking Biz News. Blanton, who could not be reached, left on good terms. Blanton is well known in business journalism circles for walking away from a […]
Bloomberg Businessweek to launch Polish edition
Bloomberg Businessweek announced plans Tuesday to publish a Polish-language edition of the magazine starting in autumn 2011. The new publishing agreement will allow Bloomberg Businessweek to expand its reach in one of the fastest growing economies in Europe. Its the first new foreign license for the magazine since it was acquired by Bloomberg LP. Bloomberg […]
Bloomberg TV aims for a wider audience
Tanzina Vega of The New York Times writes for Tuesday’s paper about Bloomberg Television’s new advertising campaign aimed at attracting new viewers. Vega writes, “The campaign features ads with slogans like, ‘Business news like your coffee: hot, strong, no sugar.’ The effort is geographically centered on New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, with a major […]
Bloomberg TV names new U.S. head
Andrew Morse, executive producer of innovation and integration for ABC News Digital, has been named head of Bloomberg Television in the U.S., according to an announcement Thursday. Morse replaces David Rhodes, who was hired to be the new president of CBS News in February. Morse will oversee editorial, programming, operations and development in the U.S. […]
Bloomberg Markets joins the list business
Lucia Moses of Adweek writes Monday about Bloomberg Markets and its decision to launch a list of the 50 most influential people in the world. Moses writes, “The list suggests comparisons with big institutions like the Time 100 and Forbes 400. But Bloomberg Markets’ version will be defined by business. “‘This is a combination of […]
Bloomberg set to complain to FCC on Monday
Russell Adams of The Wall Street Journal reports that Bloomberg LP is expected to Monday make good on its threat to complain to the Federal Communications Commission that Comcast is violating a condition of its takeover of NBCUniversal. Adams writes, “That condition says that if the cable operator carries news or business channels relatively close […]
More on Bloomberg Television’s HD makeover
Dak Dillon of NewscastStudio.com has posted the second part of his interview with John Newhouse, the creative director of Bloomberg Television, about its high definition redesign. Here is an excerpt: Did this make-over include every show on Bloomberg? We completely redesigned the style, transition wipes and network bumps for Bloomberg Television’s morning programming, including “Inside […]
