Bloomberg threatens FCC complaint about Comcast
Bloomberg said Friday it plans to file a complaint at the FCC asking it to enforce the “news neighborhooding” condition in the Comcast/NBCU order, which it alleges Comcast is ignoring, reports John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable. Eggerton writes, “Comcast says Bloomberg has misinterpreted the condition. Comcast reads the condition as preventing it from repositioning […]
Bloomberg View has a weak start
Jack Shafer of Slate is not impressed with Bloomberg View, the opinion operation launched this week by Bloomberg News. Shafer writes, “The columnists’ extreme reasonableness and to a lesser degree the low temper of the first four editorials tell you everything you need to know about why there is no Bipartisan Party or why nobody […]
Sandberg leaving WSJ to become Bloomberg.com editor
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Jared Sandberg, banking and wealth editor for The Wall Street Journal, has resigned for a position at Bloomberg News, according to multiple sources. He will become editor of Bloomberg.com and report to Josh Tyrangiel, editorial director of Bloomberg Digital and editor of Bloomberg Businessweek. Sandberg once wrote the Journal’s Cubicle Culture column, which […]
Bloomberg.com overhaul about building prestige
The goal of the redesign of Bloomberg.com is to bring all the various moving parts of Bloomberg’s news operations together and do more than just just compete against it financial news rivals — it wants prestige, writes David Kaplan of PaidContent.org. Kaplan writes, “‘Over the years, Blooomberg, has continued to add a lot of terminal […]
Bloomberg View to launch Wednesday as company redesigns website
Dylan Byers of Adweek reports that Bloomberg View, the new opinion section of Bloomberg News, will launch on Wednesday as part of the company’s redesigned website. Byers writes, “Bloomberg View’s first columns will come from Ron Klain, the former chief of staff to Vice Presidents Al Gore and Joe Biden; author William Cohan; and Tufts […]
A stronger interest in the economic picture
Lara Setrakian, Bloomberg Television’s reporter in the Middle East, spoke with NewsonNews.net about her job and how it differs from her work at ABC News. Here is an excerpt: You recently joined Bloomberg Television, but you continue to contribute reporting to ABC News. Does ABC News look to you for the economic story or the […]
Bloomberg journalists to "learn" how to use Facebook
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Journalists who work at Bloomberg News have been invited to a 30-minute training session on Friday afternoon to learn how to use Facebook for their jobs. An invitation sent out the staff on Monday afternoon from Dan Fletcher, Bloomberg’s social media director, stated, “On Friday I’ll be hosting Vadim Lavrusik, who […]
Bloomberg journalists to “learn” how to use Facebook
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Journalists who work at Bloomberg News have been invited to a 30-minute training session on Friday afternoon to learn how to use Facebook for their jobs. An invitation sent out the staff on Monday afternoon from Dan Fletcher, Bloomberg’s social media director, stated, “On Friday I’ll be hosting Vadim Lavrusik, who […]
Bloomberg Businesweek working on its comeback
Eric Starkman, who runs a New York-based public relations firm, writes Monday about what he thinks of Bloomberg Businessweek magazine as run by editor Josh Tyrangiel. Starkman writes, “As well, some of BW’s articles of late appeal more to stereotypical ‘dude’ sensibilities than individuals looking to gain some business insight. For example, the magazine ran a cover […]
McGuire joins Bloomberg Markets as senior editor
Financial editor and journalist Stryker McGuire is joining Bloomberg Markets magazine as London-based senior editor, according to editor Ronald Henkoff. From September 2009 until March 2011, McGuire was the editor of LSE Research, a magazine published by the London School of Economics and Political Science. Between 1978 and 2009, he was a correspondent, bureau chief, […]
