Snyder to launch daily email newsletter about media

Business journalist Gabriel Snyder is launching Off the Record, a daily email newsletter about New York media, reports Politico. Currently, Snyder is working as an independent consultant, providing editorial services and strategic advice to publishers, including the Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter, He has also produced work for clients […]

Bloomberg among most aggressive in return to office strategies

Alex Sherman of CNBC examines how news organizations such as Bloomberg are returning to the office. Sherman writes, “Bloomberg LP is among the most aggressive organizations in getting its employees back to work. Bloomberg owns offices around the world, spending millions of dollars to decorate them with fish tanks, transparent walls, curved escalators and digital signs […]

Bloomberg’s Benjaminson promoted to deputy ME

Bloomberg has promoted Wendy Benjaminson to the role of deputy managing editor, Bloomberg Politics. Previously, she was politics editor. She replaces Kevin Whitelaw in her new role. Before joining Bloomberg, Benjaminson was managing editor at McClatchy. She was also managing editor, government and politics, at USA Today. Benjaminson has also been with the Associated Press […]

Newest hires Bloomberg TV’s Fox as editor in chief

Longtime Bloomberg Television host Pimm Fox has been named editor in chief of Newest Media. Fox will assume the post on July 15. The Newest portfolio includes The Voice of Business, The International Business Exchange leadership conference and The IRG Index of Corporate Economic Growth and Influence. “As Newest expands its programming, Pimm will lead […]

Bloomberg’s Doherty to cover Bank of America

Bloomberg News reporter Katherine Doherty has switched beats and has joined the finance team to cover Bank of America, Citadel Securities and the exchanges. Previously, Doherty was a credit reporter, reporting on bankruptcy/debt. She previously also interned at Bloomberg covering global and U.S. health care. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Doherty was a distressed-debt/bankruptcy reporter at […]

Bloomberg seeks a European ag reporter

Bloomberg News is seeking a resourceful, self-starting reporter to write about agricultural commodities. Sugar, coffee and cocoa will form the basis of your beat — a rich vein for market-moving scoops. You’ll coordinate with reporters across the globe — covering cocoa growers in Ghana to sugar refining in Dubai — and will be expected to […]

Bloomberg taps Boyle as senior management reporter

Bloomberg has appointed Matthew Boyle as a senior management reporter, a role covering the biggest trends in corporate strategy, the workplace, what the workplace is all about and professional services. Previously, Boyle was covering the biggest U.S. retailers including Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy and Costco. Boyle has been with Bloomberg for over 11 years, and […]

Bloomberg’s Ainger will now cover climate in Brussels

John Ainger, a reporter covering government and the economy for Bloomberg in UK, has switched beats and will now be covering climate for Bloomberg in Brussels. Ainger joined Bloomberg in 2016 as a news intern. He also co-founded Planet Mundus, a bi-weekly global affairs podcast focused on minimizing the distance between people globally. In addition, […]

How Bloomberg is aggressively covering environment news

Ben Smith of The New York Times examines how Bloomberg News is covering the environment. Smith writes, “The problem, reporters for Bloomberg Green found, was that many of these moves were meaningless. There was no standard accounting for companies’ claims about what the reporters called ‘an ethereal token known as a carbon credit,’ and no accountability. And […]

MarketWatch taps Bloomberg’s Chen to cover rates and currencies

Vivien Lou Chen, a veteran Bloomberg reporter, has left to join MarketWatch in San Francisco, covering rates and currencies, the same beat she was covering at Bloomberg. Chen had been with Bloomberg for over 22 years. Chen also reported for Daily Journal Corp., Los Angeles Times and Des Moines Register. She has also interned at […]