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Pressler leaving New York for Bloomberg News

Jessica Pressler of New York magazine is leaving that publication to be a part of Bloomberg News’ investigations unit, reports Joe Pompeo of Capital New York.

Pompeo writes, “Pressler confirmed the move to Capital, telling us she’ll be focusing on long-form stories about financial personalities and ‘the culture of wealth and money.’ She’ll be starting in mid-January or early February depending on when she wraps her final New York assignment.

“‘I hear that when you go to Bloomberg, after you’ve been there a year, they give you a magazine that you can run into the ground,’ said Pressler, jokingly (we think!).

“Pressler joins Bloomberg News as the journalism operations at its parent company, Bloomberg L.P., are at something of a crossroads. The company’s media division, which houses magazines including Bloomberg Businessweek and a suite of digital properties, like Bloomberg Politics, that are still being rolled out, is expanding in a bid to build up influence in the consumer space.

“Bloomberg News, on the other hand, is primarily tailored to the more than 300,000 financial professionals who subscribe to Bloomberg’s data terminals.”

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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.

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