Fixmer leaving Bloomberg for Mashable

Andy Fixmer, an award-winning journalist who writes about the entertainment industry for Bloomberg News, is leaving the wire service to become special projects editor at Mashable.

In this role, Fixmer will produce big-picture stories that focus on the forces changing technology, entertainment and social media.

For Bloomberg, he has covered Walt Disney Co., along with the television and music industries, and has frequently appeared on Bloomberg Television. He wrote a feature in Bloomberg’s Businessweek on Disney’s strategy behind buying social-video-game maker Playdom.

“The evolving digital landscape has had a profound impact on everything we do, from the way we interact to the way we do business,” said Jim Roberts, chief content officer and executive editor of Mashable, in a statement. “Andy has been covering digital disruption in one form or another for the better part of two decades; with that sort of background and knowledge, we are confident that Andy will make a significant and broad impact on Mashable’s journalism.”

In 2013, the Los Angeles Press Club named Fixmer as a finalist for Entertainment Journalist of the Year. NewsBios in 2007 named Fixmer among the 30 top journalists under the age of 30 in the U.S.

Previously, Fixmer worked at the Los Angeles Business Journal and the Santa Monica Daily Press.

He is a graduate of the State University of New Jersey — New Brunswick.