Pitching Bloomberg’s Brody Ford
June 20, 2022
10:45 am
Brody Ford last month succeeded Joe Williams as the Bloomberg tech reporter most likely to write the story you’re pitching. Time to get him on the radar.
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Cheat Sheet: Bloomberg TV Producers and Talent
January 19, 2022
6:02 am
Here’s a multi-tab cheat sheet with producers and talent for both Bloomberg Quicktake and Bloomberg Television — the original network. We’ve got email addresses for everyone, and comment fields to help bring perspective.
Odds & Ends
January 13, 2022
11:06 am
Former InformationWeek reporter David Carr has joined Similarweb as senior insights manager. He’ll be mining data and sharing analyses on Similarweb’s blog. SWMS will be
Odds & Ends
November 8, 2021
5:18 am
Red Ventures isn’t selling ZDNet anytime soon. If anything, the 30-year-old franchise is growing. Look for enhanced coverage of health, education and personal finance in
Key Edit Vacancies at Bloomberg, WSJ
September 30, 2021
12:56 pm
Chances of pitch success are low these days if you’ve got an enterprise tech story for Bloomberg or the Wall Street Journal.
Two Questions: Mark Gurman, Bloomberg
April 5, 2021
6:36 pm
SWMS contributor Rhiannon Pacheco writes: We connected with Bloomberg consumer tech reporter Mark Gurman to explore what it would take for him to cover a less well-established company than Apple, and why he’s excited to explore (and cover) the technology that will follow the smartphone.
Tech Edit Spotlight: Bloomberg Quicktake
January 4, 2021
8:11 pm
Bloomberg Quicktake might not change the lives of tech PR pros but it surely has changed Bloomberg. Launched in November, Quicktake is in that newborn stage, getting budget that otherwise might have gone to newsroom key clickers or to Bloomberg Television. Management is betting big on this OTT network to succeed.
Cheat Sheet: Bloomberg Quicktake Producers and Reporters
January 4, 2021
7:58 pm
Here is a list of 26 reporters and producers affiliated with Bloomberg Quicktake. We’re working on email addresses.
Cheat Sheet: Business TV Bookers/Producers
November 24, 2020
4:23 pm
Updated Apr. 21, here’s an updated cheat sheet on business TV bookers, producers and talent. The focus is on CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg and Cheddar.
Bloomberg Unveils ‘Bloomberg CityLab’
June 18, 2020
11:53 am
Bloomberg today launched Bloomberg CityLab, the editorial property it acquired last December from The Atlantic. Its mission is to bring readers “reporting, maps and data about local stories that make a global impact.” All Bloomberg CityLab content will be free to read through the rest of 2020.
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TechCrunch Redesigns
October 2, 2024
TechCrunch redesigned this week. Still green, less clutter. Built for the phone. Events and newsletters rank higher in the home page scroll than startups, venture and AI. No enterprise section. Parent Yahoo invested this money to build engagement. More changes due in 2025, EIC Connie Loizos says.
Wired To Launch Awards Program
September 29, 2024
Adweek’s Mark Stenberg reports that Wired is getting into the awards business. The Wired 101 Awards will debut in October. Be on the lookout for the announcement.
BI’s AI-based Paywall Increased Conversions by 75 Percent
September 25, 2024
BI’s publishing software knows what you’ve clicked on before and where you came from. Through Google Analytics, BI also knows how all readers react to certain content. Once you visit, BI knows whether to ask you to subscribe, or to register, or just to let you see everything for just that one visit. Conversions rose 75 percent this year. Digiday got the scoop (subscription required).
New Awards From TheCUBE
September 23, 2024
TheCUBE has announced the 2025 Technology Innovation Awards — 28 awards in all — including many in the AI space. SWMS subscriber Bhava Communications represents TheCUBE and alerted us to these opportunities.
A Forbes Within Forbes
September 22, 2024
Fascinating piece from Lars Lofgren about how a Forbes subsidiary — under the Forbes name — has managed to dominate Google search results…
…and now it turns out that Forbes — both iterations — are set to be purchased by the venture arm of Koch Industries. Nice scoop, Sara.
Prepare for Axel Springer to Acquire Publications
September 22, 2024
Now that it has sold off its classifieds business, the owner of Politico and Business Insider will go shopping for more titles. Don’t be surprised if News Corp. sells the WSJ to Axel Springer, especially if Lachlan Murdoch loses his grip on the media empire built by his politically conservative father.