bloomberg lp

    By Jonathan Berr

    | 5:30PM 9/10/2009
    To some observers of McGraw Hill's (MHP) efforts to sell BusinessWeek, Bloomberg LP always seemed to be a natural fit. Yet the financial information and news company founded by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg never showed much interest -- until now. Bloomberg is now "seen as the frontrunner" in...

    By Jonathan Berr

    | 5:30PM 7/01/2009
    Bloomberg News today announced it was hiring three four Pulitzer-prize winning journalists with ties to the Wall Street Journal, underscoring the media company's strategy for scooping up talent amid widespread media layoffs. The company, founded by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, picked up...

    By Jonathan Berr

    | 2:15PM 5/01/2009
    Thomson Reuters Corp. (TRI) "generally focuses more on analysis" than rival Bloomberg News (where I used to work), which publishes a higher volume of stories, according to a study cited in the trade publication Inside Market Data by Burton-Taylor International Consulting LLC. Burton-Taylor found...