BGov: Your Daily Racing Form for business

Jack Shafer of Slate.com writes Thursday about Bloomberg Government, the news service being launched at the beginning of next year that will cover the intersection between business and government, and likens it to a horse racing tip sheet. Shafer writes, “The burgeoning genre represented by Bloomberg Government exists not because an audience wants to read […]

Bloomberg TV hires Shanghai reporter

Margaret Conley, formerly a Tokyo correspondent for U.S.-based ABC News, has joined Bloomberg Television as a reporter based out of the company’s new Shanghai bureau. Conley will cover business and political news and conduct interviews with newsmakers across the Asia-Pacific region for Bloomberg’s global television network. Prior to joining Bloomberg in September 2010, Conley served […]

How Bloomberg News got NetApp earnings before others

Shira Ovide of The Wall Street Journal reports Thursday how Bloomberg News was able to obtain NetApp’s earnings on Wednesday an hour before everyone else. Ovide writes, “Bloomberg News flashed out fiscal second-quarter numbers and guidance from NetApp before 3 p.m. this afternoon, after the news outlet said it found the Web address where NetApp […]

BGOV defeats Bloomberg Businessweek in flag football

Betsy Rothstein of Fishbowl DC reports Tuesday that staffers from BGOV, the new Bloomberg service that reports on the intersection of business and government, defeated a team of staffers from Bloomberg Businessweek magazine in flag football by a score of 28 to 21. Rothstein writes, “A tipster tells us Kevin Sheekey, head of gov relations, […]

Layoffs at Bloomberg Businessweek’s online operations

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Bloomberg Businessweek, which has had a number of layoffs during the past two years, is cutting an undisclosed number of staff members on Tuesday. The cuts are apparently in the online staff of the magazine, according to sources close to the situation. The magazine was acquired by Bloomberg LP in December […]

Bloomberg Businessweek names new ME

Bloomberg Businessweek announced Monday that Kristin Powers has been named managing editor of the magazine. Powers will report to editor Josh Tyrangiel and join deputy editor Eric Pooley and executive editor Ellen Pollock on the magazine’s senior management team. “Kristin is incredibly talented and has tremendous production experience,” said Tyrangiel in a statement.  “We are […]

Comcast calls Bloomberg TV "naive"

Alex Weprin of TVNewser.com reports that Comcast, which is attempting to purchase CNBC parent NBCU, has hit back at Bloomberg Television for its complaint against the deal with the Federal Communications Commission. Weprin writes, “Last month, Comcast seemed to respond to Bloomberg indirectly in an FCC filing, but in a new filing, the cable operator […]

Bloomberg TV to launch reality show on Thursday

Alex Weprin of TVNewser.com writes Thursday about “Bloomberg The Mentor,” a new show starting Thursday night on Bloomberg Television that is trying to attract small business owners as its audience. Weprin writes, “The program, ‘Bloomberg the Mentor,’ will follow successful CEOs and business leaders mentoring small business owners across the country. The premiere episode will have Boston […]

Details and an assessment of new Bloomberg newsletters

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Here are some details/opinions related to the launch of Bloomberg’s newsletter business, which was officially unveiled on Monday. 1. The newsletters are the result of work done by a hybrid news/sales/development team within Bloomberg that formed several years ago. 2. Three of the four newsletters released so far — structured finance, […]

Bloomberg launching newsletters that will cost $2,000/year

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson of the Financial Times writes in Monday’s paper about Bloomberg L.P. launching a series of newsletters that will cost subscribers $2,000 per year. Edgecliffe-Johnson writes, “A daily economics newsletter and three weekly titles covering hedge funds, mergers and structured notes have been available for free to customers of the Bloomberg Professional terminal service […]