The First Bloomberg BusinessWeek Issue

By Rafat Ali

Dec. 4, 2009 - 2:53 PM EST Dec. 4, 2009 - 2:53 PM EST

The integration of Bloomberg BusinessWeek is complete, as the first print issue bearing Bloomberg’s name is hitting the newsstands now, four… Read more »

It’s Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek Now

By Staci D. Kramer

Dec. 2, 2009 - 4:15 AM EST Dec. 2, 2009 - 4:15 AM EST

Yes, it’s a bit over the top to compare buying a magazine with matters of war but getting the word that Bloomberg’s acquisition of BusinessW… Read more »

BusinessWeek Under Bloomberg: About 100 Staff To Be Laid Off

By Rafat Ali

Nov. 18, 2009 - 7:06 PM EST Nov. 18, 2009 - 7:06 PM EST

So the cuts and changes will happen anyway, despite whatever the promises were, reminiscent of the Murdoch’s promises to the Bancroft family… Read more »

BusinessWeek Under Bloomberg: ME of Time.com Appointed Mag’s New Editor

By Rafat Ali

Nov. 17, 2009 - 8:28 PM EST Nov. 17, 2009 - 8:28 PM EST

BusinessWeek, now under Bloomberg, has made its first senior appointment, and has gone outside the company for it: Josh Tyrangiel would be a… Read more »

BusinessWeek Under Bloomberg: May Charge For Some Online, Bulk Up Mag

By Rafat Ali

Nov. 4, 2009 - 3:20 AM EST Nov. 4, 2009 - 3:20 AM EST

At an all-hands meeting at BusinessWeek’s offices today, new owner Bloomberg Read more »

If Zelnick Did It, Part 2, BusinessWeek Edition: Didn’t Plan To Shut Mag Or Do Mass Layoffs

By Rafat Ali

Nov. 4, 2009 - 12:41 AM EST Nov. 4, 2009 - 12:41 AM EST

Last Friday Peter Kafka over at MediaMemo reported some details – and we picked it up — of ZelnickMedia’s bid for BusinessWeek, and if it w… Read more »

Interview: Bloomberg News Editor-In-Chief Matt Winkler On UTV Tie-Up, India Plans, BusinessWeek

By Sruthijith KK

Oct. 31, 2009 - 1:24 AM EST Oct. 31, 2009 - 1:24 AM EST

Matthew Winkler is the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News. Today, little else needs to be said by way of introduction. It wasn Read more »

Matt Winkler On BusinessWeek Buy And Bloomberg’s India Expansion

By Rafat Ali

Oct. 31, 2009 - 1:23 AM EST Oct. 31, 2009 - 1:23 AM EST

Matthew Winkler is the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News. Our ContentSutra editor Sruthijith KK spoke to him by phone this week on the compa… Read more »

Interview: Bloomberg’s Pearlstine: Buying BusinessWeek Matches Need — And Desire

By Staci D. Kramer

Oct. 14, 2009 - 7:30 AM EST Oct. 14, 2009 - 7:30 AM EST

Norman Pearlstine, Chief Content Officer, Bloomberg

Last October, Bloomberg Chief Content Officer Norm Pearlstine told our Future of Business Media conference that the company was willing to l… Read more »

BusinessWeek’s Sale To Bloomberg: A History In Links

By Joseph Tartakoff

Oct. 14, 2009 - 2:47 AM EST Oct. 14, 2009 - 2:47 AM EST

photo: AP Images

The BusinessWeek sales process has had plenty of turns over the last three months. Highlights of our coverage, in reverse chronological orde… Read more »

Rewind: BusinessWeek.com And Bloomberg.com Combined: Not Exactly Burning The Charts

By Rafat Ali

Oct. 14, 2009 - 2:26 AM EST Oct. 14, 2009 - 2:26 AM EST

photo: Flickr/FedeSK8

Rewind: I published this last week on the combined Bloomberg.com and BusinessWeek.com. Worth a second look as Bloomberg wins the bidding.

O… Read more »

The Future Cover of BusinessWeek?

By Rafat Ali

Oct. 7, 2009 - 2:23 AM EST Oct. 7, 2009 - 2:23 AM EST

Enough said. Read more »

Updated: Washington Post, Bloomberg Team Up For New Syndication Service; Co-Branded Business Page

By Staci D. Kramer

Oct. 2, 2009 - 2:12 AM EST Oct. 2, 2009 - 2:12 AM EST

photo: AP Images

The Washington Post and Bloomberg News are launching a new syndication service Jan. 1, 2010 — the Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) News Service… Read more »

Report: Bloomberg’s Bid For BusinessWeek Is In

By Staci D. Kramer

Sep. 21, 2009 - 9:15 AM EST Sep. 21, 2009 - 9:15 AM EST

The deadline passed last Tuesday but the few days grace granted to potential BusinessWeek buyer Bloomberg LP may have paid off. Citing execs… Read more »

New York Times Now Being Delivered On Bloomberg Terminals

By Staci D. Kramer

Sep. 21, 2009 - 8:10 AM EST Sep. 21, 2009 - 8:10 AM EST

The New York Times has licensed its real-time news feed to Bloomberg for use in its terminals, paidContent has learned. The NYT declined com… Read more »

Bloomberg Joins Bidders For BusinessWeek: Reports

By Staci D. Kramer

Sep. 11, 2009 - 3:27 AM EST Sep. 11, 2009 - 3:27 AM EST

photo: AP Images

We were told early on that Bloomberg LP was not a likely bidder for BusinessWeek but that attitude appears to have changed. The New York Pos… Read more »

Industry Moves: Bloomberg Hires Yahoo Exec Kevin Krim To Run Web Business

By Joseph Tartakoff

Apr. 6, 2009 - 9:58 PM EST Apr. 6, 2009 - 9:58 PM EST

Looking to push its Web business as part of a plan to become less dependent on terminal revenue, Bloomberg L.P. said Monday that it had hire… Read more »

Confirmed: Bloomberg Cutting London Radio And TV Newsroom Staff

By Patrick Smith

Feb. 9, 2009 - 9:46 PM EST Feb. 9, 2009 - 9:46 PM EST

Days after it announced 100 jobs cuts in its US radio and TV division, news agency Bloomberg has confirmed to us it’s now cutting UK staff… Read more »

Bloomberg Lays Off 100 In TV And Radio; Plans To Staff Up Print, Sales Still On For This Year

By David Kaplan

Feb. 5, 2009 - 2:49 AM EST Feb. 5, 2009 - 2:49 AM EST

Bloomberg is laying off 100 staffers in its U.S. TV and radio operation, but a spokeswoman told paidContent that the company still expects t… Read more »

Apocalypse Soon? Forecast Says Half Of UK Media Jobs To Disappear By 2013

By Robert Andrews

Dec. 1, 2008 - 8:11 PM EST Dec. 1, 2008 - 8:11 PM EST

Some thoroughly depressing news to start Monday morning: the founder of UK media research agency Enders expects the number of media jobs in… Read more »

Rafat On Bloomberg: Media Layoffs Will Get Worse In ’09

By Robert Andrews

Dec. 1, 2008 - 2:05 PM EST Dec. 1, 2008 - 2:05 PM EST

ContentNext founder and publisher Rafat Ali appeared on Bloomberg’s TV channel in London on Friday morning, giving a frank forecast of the c… Read more »

@ FOBM: Bloomberg’s Norman Pearlstine: Acquisitions Won’t Grab Headlines

By Tricia Duryee

Oct. 29, 2008 - 12:43 AM EST Oct. 29, 2008 - 12:43 AM EST

Norman Pearlstine, chief content officer of Bloomberg, said during his Q&A today that they are indeed looking at acquisitions, while also pr… Read more »

Bloomberg Says It May Acquire Some Companies

By David Kaplan

Oct. 24, 2008 - 9:23 PM EST Oct. 24, 2008 - 9:23 PM EST

The media portion of Bloomberg’s business is tiny right now, but that could change, as the company tells BusinessWeek’s Jon Fine. One option… Read more »

Industry Moves: Andy Lack Lands At Bloomberg As Multimedia CEO

By Rafat Ali

Oct. 14, 2008 - 8:10 PM EST Oct. 14, 2008 - 8:10 PM EST

Andy Lack is back, after leaving *Sony* BMG earlier this year under troubled circumstances for the company. He is resurfacing at Bloomberg,… Read more »

With Demand For Financial News Surging, Bloomberg Brings Its Online Video To AOL

By David Kaplan

Oct. 1, 2008 - 3:30 PM EST Oct. 1, 2008 - 3:30 PM EST

Just in time for the financial market’s wild ups and downs this week, Bloomberg Television is making a tentative step toward syndicating its… Read more »

NBCU’s Digital Health Net Strikes Video Deal With Six Distributors; Google TV Ads Signs Up Bloomberg

By David Kaplan

Sep. 25, 2008 - 10:39 PM EST Sep. 25, 2008 - 10:39 PM EST

Two fledgling digital projects have struck agreements designed to give them legs:

– *NBCU*’s Digital Health adds six sites: *NBC Universal… Read more »

It’s Official: Merrill Sells Stake In Bloomberg To Bloomberg LP For $4.425 Billion

By Staci D. Kramer

Jul. 18, 2008 - 1:25 AM EST Jul. 18, 2008 - 1:25 AM EST

Merrill Lynch sold its 20 percent stake in Bloomberg LP for $4.4 billion to the company, which exercised its right of first refusal. Initial… Read more »

Merrill Reaches Deal To Sell Bloomberg Stake: Report

By Joseph Weisenthal

Jul. 17, 2008 - 1:30 AM EST Jul. 17, 2008 - 1:30 AM EST

And it sounds like earlier details were basically correct… WSJ is reporting that Merrill has reached a deal to sell its 20 percent in fina… Read more »

Bloomberg Restructures Amidst Merrill Stake Sale Talks; Text Separates From Multimedia Division

By Rafat Ali

Jul. 10, 2008 - 5:59 AM EST Jul. 10, 2008 - 5:59 AM EST

Bloomberg LP, in the midst of negotiations to buy back 20 percent stake that Merrill Lynch has held, has done a major restructuring of its o… Read more »

Merrill In Talks To Dispose Off Bloomberg Stake

By Rafat Ali

Jul. 5, 2008 - 10:48 PM EST Jul. 5, 2008 - 10:48 PM EST

As has been rumored fro a few weeks now, Merrill Lynch is in negotiations to sell its 20 percent stake in Bloomberg, as the cash-strapped in… Read more »

Industry Moves: Pearlstine Leaves Carlyle, Returns To News As Bloomberg’s Chief Content Officer

By Staci D. Kramer

May. 12, 2008 - 7:49 PM EST May. 12, 2008 - 7:49 PM EST

Norman Pearlstine is joining Bloomberg L.P. in the new position of chief content officer, partnering with Matthew Winkler, founder and edito… Read more »

The Murdoch Effect: Bloomberg-New York Times Merger Thoughts?; Civic Duty To Save NYT

By Rafat Ali

Apr. 21, 2008 - 1:20 AM EST Apr. 21, 2008 - 1:20 AM EST

So Newsweek is reporting, though details are very sketchy and preliminary for now: it reports that Michael Bloomberg’s friends are encouragi… Read more »

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The First Bloomberg BusinessWeek Issue

It’s Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek Now

BusinessWeek Under Bloomberg: About 100 Staff To Be Laid Off

BusinessWeek Under Bloomberg: ME of Time.com Appointed Mag’s New Editor

BusinessWeek Under Bloomberg: May Charge For Some Online, Bulk Up Mag

If Zelnick Did It, Part 2, BusinessWeek Edition: Didn’t Plan To Shut Mag Or Do Mass Layoffs

Interview: Bloomberg News Editor-In-Chief Matt Winkler On UTV Tie-Up, India Plans, BusinessWeek

Matt Winkler On BusinessWeek Buy And Bloomberg’s India Expansion

Interview: Bloomberg’s Pearlstine: Buying BusinessWeek Matches Need — And Desire

BusinessWeek’s Sale To Bloomberg: A History In Links

Rewind: BusinessWeek.com And Bloomberg.com Combined: Not Exactly Burning The Charts

The Future Cover of BusinessWeek?

Report: Bloomberg’s Bid For BusinessWeek Is In

New York Times Now Being Delivered On Bloomberg Terminals

Bloomberg Joins Bidders For BusinessWeek: Reports

Industry Moves: Bloomberg Hires Yahoo Exec Kevin Krim To Run Web Business

Confirmed: Bloomberg Cutting London Radio And TV Newsroom Staff

Bloomberg Lays Off 100 In TV And Radio; Plans To Staff Up Print, Sales Still On For This Year

Apocalypse Soon? Forecast Says Half Of UK Media Jobs To Disappear By 2013

Rafat On Bloomberg: Media Layoffs Will Get Worse In ’09

@ FOBM: Bloomberg’s Norman Pearlstine: Acquisitions Won’t Grab Headlines

Bloomberg Says It May Acquire Some Companies

Industry Moves: Andy Lack Lands At Bloomberg As Multimedia CEO

With Demand For Financial News Surging, Bloomberg Brings Its Online Video To AOL

It’s Official: Merrill Sells Stake In Bloomberg To Bloomberg LP For $4.425 Billion

Merrill Reaches Deal To Sell Bloomberg Stake: Report

Bloomberg Restructures Amidst Merrill Stake Sale Talks; Text Separates From Multimedia Division

Merrill In Talks To Dispose Off Bloomberg Stake

Industry Moves: Pearlstine Leaves Carlyle, Returns To News As Bloomberg’s Chief Content Officer

The Murdoch Effect: Bloomberg-New York Times Merger Thoughts?; Civic Duty To Save NYT

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