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This is an archive of news about Bloomberg. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Bloomberg runs false obituary for Apple’s Steve Jobs
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 28 2008, 4.51pm
The death of Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs was prematurely announced yesterday afternoon by Bloomberg. A pre-prepared stock obituary was accidentally posted to Bloomberg’s corporate client wire service, even through the story was marked ‘Hold for release – Do not use’. It was quickly spotted by a user, and sent to Gawker.com, where the obituary can [...] (more)

Bloomberg: Media ads appearing on YouTube vids
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 19 2008, 3.12pm
Media companies have begun advertising on a small number of YouTube videos. The new system allows companies to run advertising alongside content posted without their permission. (more)

Thomson Reuters to venture into television
From Daily Telegraph. Posted July 25 2008, 12.01am
Newly merged media conglomerate Thomson Reuters is preparing to launch a business television news channel to rival that of Bloomberg and CNBC. (more)

Dispatches: Newspapers | Bloomberg | Advertising
From Media Guardian. Posted July 20 2008, 11.02pm
Flying the red flag for poetry | All change? | Potty placement (more)

Norm Pearlstine joins Bloomberg as chief content officer
From Media Guardian. Posted May 13 2008, 11.13am
Bloomberg has appointed Norm Pearlstine, the former editor-in-chief of the Time magazine group, as chief content officer. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Bloomberg: Axel Springer plans internet and foreign expansion
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 25 2008, 1.07pm
Europe's biggest newspaper publisher Axel Springer has announced plans to expand its internet and foreign prospects to recover from its loss-making move into the German mail-delivery business. Last year the publisher bought up titles outside of Germany to lessen its dependence on the country's economy and newspaper industry. Acquisitions online in 2007 included women's web portal producer AuFeminin.com SA, financial news site Wallstreet:Online and local news site Hamburg.de. (more)

Portfolio: Bloomberg buying NYT? Don’t hold your breath
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 22 2008, 11.21am
Speculation about Bloomberg placing a bid for the New York Times has been rife for some time, but don't believe the hype says Portfolio. It quotes Bloomberg dismissing the speculation himself during a press conference yesterday in New York. "I am not a newspaper person," Portfolio reported him saying. "I know nothing about the production of a newspaper. I know something about reading it. Sometimes I like it. Sometimes I don't. I buy it everyday retail. But I am not going into the newspaper business." (more)

Business TV for the people - with some pants thrown in
From The Independent. Posted October 21 2007, 12.55am
For most people, business channels are a prosaic diversion on the way to Sky Sports or the latest soap opera. Bloomberg, CNBC and the like may have garnered decent enough followings in the financial community, but Joe Public isn't paying attention. (more)

Forget CNBC and Fox, Bloomberg is #1
From Rapid TV News. Posted August 27 2007, 10.57pm
Every TV channel has its favoured surveys, and it’s not sensible to put too much faith in any one of them, but Bloomberg is thrilled with one study. (more)

Vitriolic Bloomberg headline for Alastair Campbell's book
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 12 2007, 1.35pm
'Blair's Fatuous Spin Doctor Releases Gossipy Diaries,' reads the headline   (more)

Bloomberg Money and Finance Week close due to 'downturn in the market'
From Press Gazette. Posted December 18 2006, 12.44pm
Three journalists were made redundant when Bloomberg Money magazine closed after almost nine years and 107 issues. (more)

Bloomberg producer: ‘100 per cent sure’ she heard Cherie’s ‘liar’ remark
From Press Gazette. Posted September 28 2006, 12.00am
The Bloomberg TV producer who said she overheard Cherie Blair accuse Chancellor Gordon Brown of lying has told Press Gazette she was definitely within sight of the Prime Minister’s wife when the alleged comments were made. (more)

Bloomberg producer: ‘100 per cent sure’ she heard Cherie’s ‘lie’ remark
From Press Gazette. Posted September 28 2006, 12.00am
The Bloomberg TV producer who said she overheard Cherie Blair accuse Chancellor Gordon Brown of lying has told Press Gazette she was definitely within sight of the Prime Minister’s wife when the alleged comments were made. (more)

Bloomberg producer ‘100 per cent sure’ about Cherie’s ‘lie’ remark
From Press Gazette. Posted September 28 2006, 12.00am
Bloomberg's Carolin Lotter has said she was definitely within sight of the Prime Minister’s wife when the alleged comments were made. (more)

Journalism.co.uk and Bloomberg sign job postings deal
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 3 2006, 10.30am
European editorial positions to be carried as part of Journalism.co.uk's expansion into continental jobs market (more)

Naga Munchetty joins Bloomberg UK TV as new reporter
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 21 2006, 5.00pm
Try to learn something new every day, advises broadcast journalist (more)