Bloomberg journalists to "learn" how to use Facebook

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Journalists who work at Bloomberg News have been invited to a 30-minute training session on Friday afternoon to learn how to use Facebook for their jobs. An invitation sent out the staff on Monday afternoon from Dan Fletcher, Bloomberg’s social media director, stated, “On Friday I’ll be hosting Vadim Lavrusik, who […]

Bloomberg Businesweek working on its comeback

Eric Starkman, who runs a New York-based public relations firm, writes Monday about what he thinks of Bloomberg Businessweek magazine as run by editor Josh Tyrangiel. Starkman writes, “As well, some of BW’s articles of late appeal more to stereotypical ‘dude’ sensibilities than individuals looking to gain some business insight.  For example, the magazine ran a cover […]

Dow Jones names new FX reporter

Michael Casey, managing editor of Americas for foreign exchange, fixed income and economics, made the following staff announcement on Monday: Colleagues, let me introduce Dawn Kissi, who joins us today as the latest member of our FX reporting team. Dawn comes to us from the Global Association of Risk Professionals, where she was a financial […]

Changes made at Thomson Reuters Digital as Li takes over website

Chrystia Freeland, who oversees the digital operations at Reuters, made the following staff change announcement on Monday: Change is afoot in the Thomson Reuters Digital space, and we couldn’t be more excited.  With the aim of making Reuters.com a showcase for all of our Editorial assets as well as the go-to site for international news […]

McGuire joins Bloomberg Markets as senior editor

Financial editor and journalist Stryker McGuire is joining Bloomberg Markets magazine as London-based senior editor, according to editor Ronald Henkoff. From September 2009 until March 2011, McGuire was the editor of LSE Research, a magazine published by the London School of Economics and Political Science. Between 1978 and 2009, he was a correspondent, bureau chief, […]

Bloomberg Businessweek names new deputy editor

Bloomberg Businessweek announced Monday that Romesh Ratnesar will be joining the magazine as deputy editor. Ratnesar will report to editor Josh Tyrangiel and joins executive editors Ellen Pollock and Brad Wieners and managing editor Kristin Powers on the magazine’s senior management team. He replaces Eric Pooley, who left last month to join the Environmental Defense […]

Xinhua claims it's just like Bloomberg and Reuters

Xinhua, the news agency controlled by the Chinese government, moved into nicer digs in New York, reports Jeremy Peters of the New York Times, and tried to imply that it could compete with other news services. Peters writes, “The agency has been reporting from New York for 40 years, and now employs 41 people in […]

Xinhua claims it’s just like Bloomberg and Reuters

Xinhua, the news agency controlled by the Chinese government, moved into nicer digs in New York, reports Jeremy Peters of the New York Times, and tried to imply that it could compete with other news services. Peters writes, “The agency has been reporting from New York for 40 years, and now employs 41 people in […]

CNBC gets a supporting actor slot in "Too Big to Fail"

Brian Stelter of the New York Times writes about “Too Big to Fail,” the film about the darkest days of the financial crisis in 2008 that will have its premiere Monday on HBO, and the big roll that business news network CNBC plays in the movie. Stelter writes, “CNBC anchors and reporters reread, and in […]

CNBC gets a supporting actor slot in “Too Big to Fail”

Brian Stelter of the New York Times writes about “Too Big to Fail,” the film about the darkest days of the financial crisis in 2008 that will have its premiere Monday on HBO, and the big roll that business news network CNBC plays in the movie. Stelter writes, “CNBC anchors and reporters reread, and in […]