Stone named head of Bloomberg’s global technology coverage

Bloomberg editor in chief John Micklethwait sent out the following announcement to the editorial and research staff on Tuesday morning:

To All in Editorial and Research

As I have said many times, our coverage should focus on six subjects: business, finance, markets, power, economics, and technology. Last month, we put our government and economics coverage under one roof, separating it from business, finance and markets. Now, we’ll do the same for technology.

Brad Stone, currently a senior technology writer for Bloomberg Businessweek and previously a reporter for the New York Times and Newsweek, will lead the new global group from San Francisco, reporting to me, Josh and Reto. His responsibilities will extend across all of our platforms. As well as directing our coverage on the terminal, Brad will help Jed Sandberg with tech coverage on the web and Al Mayers with TV and radio. Tom Giles, currently the managing editor for global business in the Americas, will be executive editor for tech and Brad’s deputy.

We will continue to report on the biggest tech companies and their sometimes world-changing innovations, but I expect our coverage to evolve as well. There are roughly 55 million square miles outside of Silicon Valley, and we must do better at finding stories in Tel Aviv, Odessa, Seoul and countless other places where tech is thriving. We will be doing some hiring, especially in Europe and Asia, and create a Venture Capital team in San Francisco, a move that’s long overdue. Many of our current technology writers and editors will move to Brad’s group, which will continue to work closely with Jackie Simmons‘s Global Business reporters, and in many places, share responsibility for coverage. The telecoms and media/entertainment beats will stay with Global Business.

As Tom transfers into his new role (and eventually returns to San Francisco), Caroline Gage will take over as Managing Editor for Global Business in the Americas, reporting to Jackie. Shannon Harrington will succeed Caroline as Managing Editor for global corporate finance, reporting to Dan Hauck.

This is the beginning of an exciting expansion in technology and business, with the promise of intriguing new products on both the terminal and across our media platforms. We will move quickly to fill the open roles. At the risk of repeating myself: there is a lot to do.