Bloomberg names new head of global television

Bloomberg company founder Michael Bloomberg sent out the following announcement to the staff on Tuesday:

Claudia Milne has done great work in the last year making our TV better and we are all grateful for her contribution. I have asked her to shift her focus to special projects and strategic placement, and I am certain that she will bring the same dedication and creativity to her new role.

Effective today, Al Mayers will be leading Global TV in addition to his current responsibilities. Roman Mackiewiciz and Mindy Massucci will act as his chief lieutenants. Al will continue to report to John Micklethwait for editorial content and Justin Smith for business considerations.

Milne (right) joined Bloomberg in August 2014. She a twenty-year veteran of BBC News. In 2004, she moved to Washington, D.C., as a senior producer for “Newsnight,” running U.S. election coverage and overseeing the network’s reportage on Hurricane Katrina and countless other stories.

A few years later, she helped create the Emmy and Peabody award-winning BBC World News America, which the Peabody committee described as “A nightly newscast like none the U.S. has ever had. It places our actions and concerns in a global context.”

In 2011, Milne was named editor of the BBC’s American news site, where she oversaw another U.S. election and merged television, digital video, and web journalism.

Mayers has been the general manager for Bloomberg Radio, the 24-hour, digital all-news business radio station. Mayers joined Bloomberg Radio as station manager in 2001. He oversees the station’s programming, syndication, and business operations.