The Real Deal hires Urban as director of editorial development

Real estate publication The Real Deal has hired Rob Urban as director of editorial development. He started on Monday. Urban had previously been at Bloomberg News for 28 years, including stints in Moscow and Prague as well as New York. He most recently was a senior editor and reporter on the finance and real estate team. He […]

Bloomberg Technology launches “Foundering” podcast

Bloomberg’s technology team is launching a new podcast series Thursday called “Foundering.” Each season, “Foundering” brings listeners inside a different high-stakes drama from Silicon Valley and around the world.  Bloomberg Technology reporter Shelly Banjo tracks the rise of TikTok by taking listeners inside the mysterious Chinese mega-startup behind the phenomenon and the political hysteria that […]

Bloomberg Media has hit 300,000 subscribers

Bloomberg Media reached more than 300,000 subscribers at the end of the first quarter, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “Bloomberg ended Q1 with more than 300,000 active subscribers, up from 250,000 in Q4 2020, executives tell Axios. Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith says that the company’s revenue is up 30% from this time last year. “The […]

Bloomberg’s Ngai becomes Asia stocks team leader

Bloomberg News reporter Catherine Ngai is becoming its Asia stocks team leader. She will be managing a team of reporters across Australia, Japan, China and some places in between. She moved to Hong Kong last year to join its China markets team. She has been at Bloomberg since May 2018 covering energy markets and commodities. Ngai previously worked at Reuters, where […]

Bloomberg News reporter Fouquet departs

Helene Fouquet, a reporter for Bloomberg News in Paris, has left the news organization. She had been with Bloomberg since 2006, covering markets, the French president, politics and cybersecurity, among other beats. Since January 2020, she had been covering robots, algorithms, cookies and data. “A new adventure to start soon,” she wrote on Twitter. Before […]

Bloomberg reporter Raimonde now covering private credit

Bloomberg News reporter Olivia Raimonde is now covering private credit and direct lending. Raimonde has previously been on the new hire rotation covering cross-asset markets, oil and health. She also worked as a producer for the Bloomberg Television show “Bloomberg Surveillance.” She also interned at Money magazine and CNBC. Raimonde holds degrees from Penn State University and […]

Bloomberg Industry Group seeks intellectual property reporter

Performs general assignment and beat reporting and writes in-depth analytical pieces under supervision. Researches and writes news stories and features for assigned publication(s), including beat reporting, with supervision. Job Description: Ability to report and write news stories and features under deadline. Basic knowledge of journalism principles and techniques. Knowledge of federal and state legislative, regulatory, […]

Bloomberg offering $20 to in-office staffers for lunch

The following email was sent out to Bloomberg staffers by Dave Wildman, Global MEP, Facilities Operations & Hospitality, to staffers in about 15 small and mid-size offices in the U.S. where lunch is not currently served each day (Offices in New York, Princeton and San Francisco currently serve lunch daily): Effective this Monday, April 19, […]

Bloomberg Media and partner to create Latin America/Caribbean business news brand

Bloomberg Media announced an agreement Thursday to create a business news brand in Latin America and the Caribbean with another media company. Launching later in 2021, Bloomberg Línea will include digital products in both Spanish and Portuguese. It will feature translated Bloomberg content and reporting produced by a team of more than 70 staff from […]

DistroTV adds Bloomberg TV, Quicktake

Free ad-supported streaming television platform DistroTV announced Wednesday the addition of Bloomberg TV and Bloomberg Quicktake to its platform. Erik Gruenwedel of Media Play News reports, “‘Bloomberg Media is known for featuring independent voices who equip viewers with the news and analysis necessary to have an informed take on the latest in finance, technology, culture and […]