Bloomberg names new leaders for media, telecom, entertainment team

Crayton Harrison, Bloomberg’s managing editor, global business, Americas, sent the following memo to staff on Monday:

To Global Business and the rest of the Bloomberg newsroom:

I’m very pleased to announce our new leadership for the media, telecom and entertainment team in the U.S.

Lucas Shaw, our ace reporter for the past seven years on the streaming video and music beat, will become team leader. Lucas has the strategic vision to take our coverage of the industry to new heights, with more scoops and ambitious enterprise, and he has big ideas for the next phase of growth of our Screentime vertical on the future of entertainment. A Los Angeles native and diehard Dodgers fan, Lucas joined us in 2014 from The Wrap, and he brought with him the newsletter that eventually became the foundation of Screentime. He’ll continue the newsletter and other Screentime-related projects and will keep reporting and writing in his new role while working with the team on their ideas and targets.

Chris Palmeri, who took on editing duties this year in addition to covering the Disney and casinos/gambling beats, will become senior editor, working alongside Lucas to manage our pipeline of stories and elevate our copy. An experienced and versatile journalist who hails from New Jersey, Chris joined Bloomberg in the 2009 acquisition of Businessweek. Before that, he was a longtime reporter at Forbes, including several years as the bureau chief in Houston. This year, he just wrapped up an impressive run as our LA bureau chief, and now he’ll be our central nervous system for our biggest entertainment, media and telecom coverage.

Lucas and Chris will report to me in our new structure. We’ll be seeking to add reporting talent to the team, so look for more news on that front in the coming weeks. We think we have the pieces here to make Bloomberg News an even bigger force in Hollywood and the wider entertainment world, and I’m excited for what’s to come.

–Crayton