Bloomberg View’s aggression spurs NYT into action

Jeff Bercovici of Forbes writes Wednesday about how Bloomberg L.P.‘s launching of a new opinion service has spooked the New York Times. Bercovici writes, “You already know that Bloomberg hired David Shipley, the paper’s deputy editorial page editor, to head up its launch of a new opinion service, Bloomberg View. That was enough of a […]

Bloomberg View's aggression spurs NYT into action

Jeff Bercovici of Forbes writes Wednesday about how Bloomberg L.P.‘s launching of a new opinion service has spooked the New York Times. Bercovici writes, “You already know that Bloomberg hired David Shipley, the paper’s deputy editorial page editor, to head up its launch of a new opinion service, Bloomberg View. That was enough of a […]

Building out Bloomberg West

Ted Fine, executive producer for Bloomberg Television’s afternoon programming and the new “Bloomberg West,” spoke to new media Web site Beet.tv about the launch of new San Francisco-based technology show. Fine joined Bloomberg Television in December 2009 from CNN, where he serves as a senior broadcast producer for Campbell Brown and Anderson Cooper.

Biz journalists win Gracies

Three business journalism projects received Gracie Awards, presented by the Alliance of Women in Media. “Breaking Faith: Fraud in the Heartland” from CNNMoney.com won in the outstanding investigative program in the online category. Jennifer Rogers of Reuters Insider won for outstanding anchor for a news or news magazine show online. She interviews newsmakers and covers […]

The Bloomberg juggernaut marches on

Jodi Enda writes in the latest issue of the American Journalism Review about Bloomberg L.P.‘s plans to become the most influential news organization in the world. Enda writes, “Even the few people I talk to who haven’t entirely bought into ‘The Bloomberg Way’ say they are excited about the future there. They like the energy […]

Betty Liu on becoming a business journalist

Bloomberg Television anchor Betty Liu was profiled by Jen A. Miller of Park Place magazine about her career and how she juggles her work and her family life. Miller writes, “She later became a writer for Dow Jones Newswire, a job she held for two years before moving to Hong Kong to become the Dow […]

Building Bloomberg View

Michael Barbaro of the New York Times writes about the launching of Bloomberg View, the opinion service being launched by Bloomberg L.P. Barbaro writes, “According to people involved in the process, the company contacted several high-profile journalists about leading the organization: Chrystia Freeland, a former managing editor of Financial Times, now at Thomson Reuters; Rik […]

Bloomberg columnist Lewis, author of “The Big Short,” sued for defamation

Michael Lewis, the author of “The Big Short” and a columnist for Bloomberg News, has been sued by one of the investors mentioned in the book. Grant McCool of Reuters writes, “Wing Chau and his firm Harding Advisory LLC believe Lewis made ‘false and defamatory’ statements in the book ‘and want to redress that wrong,’ […]

Bloomberg TV show to provide West Coast perspective

Benny Evangelista of the San Francisco Chronicle writes Monday about the new Bloomberg Television show “Bloomberg West.” Evangelista writes, “Jeff Taylor, Bloomberg’s West Coast TV managing editor and San Francisco bureau chief, said he believes the new show plugs a gap in tech coverage by focusing on the impact of Bay Area companies like Apple […]

Bloomberg TV launching tech show

Michael Arrington of TechCrunch reports Friday that Bloomberg Television will launch a show called Bloomberg West that will launch on Monday, airing at 6 p.m. EST. Arrington writes, “The show will focus on technology, innovation and business, says the promo clip that has been running regularly on Bloomberg. It’s being recorded from their new San […]