The rift that exists at Bloomberg
Luke O’Brien of Politico magazine examines the task facing Mike Bloomberg as he tries to reinvigorate his company. O’Brien writes, “But within the black box of the company, a bigger rift emerged between Winkler’s newswire juggernaut and Bloomberg Media, the consumer media division led by Tyrangiel, who was supposed to help bring fresh life to […]
Bloomberg Businessweek releases code issue
Bloomberg Businessweek released Thursday The Code Issue, a special double issue containing a single essay by writer and programmer Paul Ford. Recognizing that the world now belongs to people who code, and those who don’t understand it will be left behind, the issue is devoted to demystifying code and the culture of the people who […]
Reuters, Bloomberg Businessweek win Overseas Press Club awards
Stephen Grey and a team at Reuters have won the Malcolm Forbes Award from the Overseas Press Club. The award honors the best international business news reporting in newspapers, news services or online. Grey and his team’s series was “Comrade Capitalism,” which examined how Russia does business in the Putin era. Cam Simpson and Jesse Westbrook […]
Brady leaves Bloomberg Businessweek
Diane Brady, a senior editor at Bloomberg Businessweek, has left the magazine. Her last day was on Friday. On her Facebook page, Brady said she was joining a new media venture. Brady had been with the magazine since February 1999 and was one of the few that stayed with it after it was acquired by […]
Bloomberg launches new website
Josh Topolsky, editor of Bloomberg Digital, writes about the launch of the new website Bloomberg Business: Bloomberg Business fuses the best of Bloomberg News, Businessweek, Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg Graphics, and new digital content into a single destination dedicated to one thing: delivering the news you need at the right time, in the right place, and […]
Bloomberg Business goes live next week
Josh Topolsky of Bloomberg writes about the upcoming launch of its new website, Bloomberg Business, which will go live on Jan. 20. Topolsky writes, “The project is called Bloomberg Business, and it is a fusion of the best of what Bloomberg News, Businessweek, Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg Graphics, and our new digital editorial groups can create. […]
Bloomberg Businessweek leads NMA nominations
With three nominations, Bloomberg Businessweek topped the business and financial publications among those nominated as National Magazine Awards 2015 finalists. Here are the business titles nominated as finalists: Harvard Business Review and Inc. are finalists in the special interest magazine category. Wired is a finalist in the design category. Bloomberg Businessweek‘s “85th Anniversary Issue,” Dec. […]
Soller to run Bloomberg Businessweek’s Etc. section
Kurt Soller has been promoted to be the new editor of the magazine’s Etc. section, Bloomberg Businessweek announced Monday. He replaces former Etc. editor Emma Rosenblum, who was recently named editor of Bloomberg Pursuits magazine. Bloomberg Businessweek’s Etc. section covers work, life, fashion, travel, design, food, sports, culture, and other leisure pursuits. It’s a mini […]
Bloomberg Business website to debut in January
Bloomberg LP will launch its flagship media portal, Bloomberg Business, on Jan. 20, according to sources with knowledge of the plans, just in time for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, reports Joe Pompeo of Capital New York. Pompeo writes, “Bloomberg Business involves a redesign of bloomberg.com, which already houses content from existing […]
Bloomberg aims for a larger audience
Michael Sebastian of Advertising Age writes about the new Bloomberg Business website and how it will attempt to attract more readers. Sebastian writes, “Now the most visible results of its work are about to emerge, executives said, starting with the roll-out of a digital mother ship called Bloomberg Business — a website that will live […]