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Bloomberg Media to distribute Economist video content

Bloomberg Media Distribution announced Wednesday a partnership with The Economist to distribute its insight and opinion videos on international news, politics, business, finance, science, and technology.

Bloomberg Media Distribution also distributes content from media partners The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, and STAT.

Beginning in the third quarter, Bloomberg clients will have the opportunity to license The Economist’s “Daily Watch” series, original, topical short films released every day of the working week.

“The appetite for high-quality video news has grown exponentially over the past few years,” said Josh Rucci, general manager, Bloomberg Media Distribution, in a statement. “We are thrilled to partner with The Economist to make their global premium video coverage available to our clients to better meet their audience needs.”

Bloomberg Media Distribution provides text, photos, videos and data for broadcast, digital and print syndication to publishers, broadcasters and other companies in more than 130 countries. Bloomberg Media Distribution’s content offerings span business and finance, politics, technology, entertainment, music, and health and science discoveries.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.