BBC hires Gupta in New York as business correspondent
The BBC has hired reporter Ritika Gupta as a North America business correspondent in New York. She will provide live coverage and analysis of economics and business news and anchor a daily TV business show. Previously she was an on-air reporter and producer for Bloomberg Television, covering business, the economy and financial markets news. Gupta graduated […]
The Atlantic hires Bloomberg’s Brown
The Atlantic has hired Kristen V. Brown as a staff writer. Brown has been at Bloomberg News, where she has been covering genetics, biohacking, vaccine psychology, and reproductive health, among others. Brown’s reporting on major health companies has led her to chart the rise of Hims and the fall of 23andMe. This summer, she launched “Misconception,” a podcast […]
Yahoo Finance hires Boston to cover housing
Yahoo Finance has hired Claire Boston to cover housing. She has been at Bloomberg News as a team leader for distressed debt and bankruptcy coverage. She previously covered credit at the news organization since September 2015, writing about corporate and consumer debt across Bloomberg News platforms. She previously interned at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and freelanced with the Columbia Business […]
Martin becomes Africa/Middle East correspondent for Bloomberg
Bloomberg News reporter Peter Martin is now its Africa and Middle East correspondent, based in Nairobi. He previously was a global defense and intelligence correspondent in Washington. Martin also worked for Bloomberg in China. He also worked at APCO Worldwide before joining Bloomberg News. Martin holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oxford and master’s degrees […]
Bloomberg’s Matthews retiring after 27 years
Bloomberg News economics reporter Steve Matthews is retiring from the news organization after 27 years. “Thanks to my colleagues in Atlanta, Washington and elsewhere for their friendship and collaboration over the years,” wrote Matthews on Twitter. “As my former boss used to say, the best is yet to come.” Matthews has been reporting on the U.S. economy […]
Bloomberg seeks a US derivatives reporter
Bloomberg News is looking for a reporter to cover the US equity derivatives market in depth and provide clients with real-time news and analysis. We are looking for a curious and hungry self-starter who will dig out exclusive information on options trading and positioning in single stocks as well as major indexes and produce insightful […]
Bloomberg downplays new Nuzzi TV show
Bloomberg killed a splashy PR rollout of Olivia Nuzzi’s new show, “Working Capital,” in response to a campaign against the journalist by Democrats, reports Ben Smith of Semafor. Smith writes, “The interview show, announced with great fanfare in July, wound up being unceremoniously released on Bloomberg’s television network and is available online. But Max reports (and Nuzzi confirms) […]
Bloomberg Law hires Culhane to cover litigation
Bloomberg Law has hired Mallory Culhane as reporter on the litigation desk. She will start next month. Culhane is the author of Morning Tech, Politico Pro’s daily tech policy newsletter. She started at Politico in October 2021 as a digital producer, before being promoted to senior digital producer in July 2022. She’s a University of Tampa […]
Bloomberg climbs in biz news site rankings
Bloomberg’s website climbed two spots in the rankings of business news sites in July due to a 21 percent increase in unique visitors, while Fortune magazine dropped out of the top 10, according to the latest statistics from Comscore. Bloomberg is now No. 6, with 27.8 million unique visitors in July, up from 22.9 million […]
Kan returns to Bloomberg to cover Asia health care
Bloomberg News has hired Karoline Kan to cover health-related stories in China and the rest of Asia. She previously worked at Bloomberg from February 2020 to September 2022 covering climate stories. Kan also worked at China Dialogue and as a writer/researcher at The New York Times. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Beijing International Studies University and […]
