Bloomberg Washington bureau chief Megan Murphy sent out the following announcement on Tuesday:
We have good news to announce today: John Geddes, who served as a managing editor at the New York Times until 2013, will join us later this month to oversee our US political coverage and our reporting team as we head into the heart of the 2016 election.John will report to me and will work in partnership with Bloomberg Politics Managing Editors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. This addition to our team, alongside Craig Gordon and Kathy Kiely in Washington, will strengthen our editorial coverage across all of our platforms as we gear up for the caucuses, primaries and beyond.John will also work hand in hand with Mike Nizza, who has toiled tirelessly to develop what has become one of the most influential and fastest growing political web sites of the cycle. Mike, who will continue to oversee the web site, will also focus on more closely integrating Bloomberg Politics with Bloomberg.com, as we look to maximize both the visibility and the consumption our unique mix of political content across all of our platforms.It’s worth highlighting some of the extraordinary progress we have made.
Just last month, BloombergPolitics.com drew 4.3 million unique visitors, more than doubling the site’s traffic since we launched one year ago. With 1.6 million digital video viewers in October — an all-time high — BloombergPolitics.com is now #5 in digital video across all political news outlets.At the same time, With All Due Respect continues to drive coverage of our brand, after being expanded to an hour earlier this month. In recent months, WADR has broadcast news-making interviews with Jeb Bush, Bernie Sanders and Jane Sanders, Paul Ryan, Donald Trump, Jennifer Palmieri, Ben Carson, Martin O’Malley, Ted Cruz, Gina McCarthy and Chris Christie.A bit more about John’s career: He joined the NYT in 1994 as a business editor and worked his way up the company’s editorial ranks to become one of two managing editors – a post he served from 2003 to 2013. Before joining the NYT, he spent 13 years at the Wall Street Journal working both in New York and in Europe – and alongside our own Marty Schenker.John, who will be splitting his time between New York and Washington, will be joining us on November 30. Please join Marty and I in welcoming him to the team.
