“THIS IS NOT SOME OPINION! This is a mathematical fact!”
In a now-infamous Despite viewing Mr. Bloomberg as a mentor, Mr. Ratigan took issue with the mayor’s handling of the Occupy Wall Street protests, which Mr. Ratigan supported and It’s another reason he doesn’t necessarily consider himself a journalist. “I’m an advocate who hosts a Read More
Last week, I wrote about the DealBook franchise at The New York Times, which in nine years has expanded from a simple morning email newsletter to an entire arm of the newspaper’s business section. That growth comes in a certain context: for decades The Wall Street Journal has dominated American business coverage, but ever Read More
In November 2008, just after the government bailed out the banking system, Bloomberg News sent a little FOIA request asking for all of the documents related to the emergency loans made by the Federal Reserve.
The government politely declined, saying banks might be hurt if the public knew which financial institutions were on the brink, Read More
Of all the pieces that have been written in the last year, there are few that convey the cosmic heft of American health care while also having an emotional impact that isn’t saccharine, partisan, annoyingly anecdotal or all three. Atul Gawande’s iconic New Yorker piece on McAllen, Texas, from last June is one example, Read More
Thanks to a strict press limit, and a boycott by golf writers, there were only three wire reporters inside the heavily-draped room for Tiger Wood’s rather robotic mea culpa this morning.
“It was unlike any other golf press conference I have been involved with,” said Bloomberg News‘ golf writer Michael Buteau, who Read More
The Washington Post and Bloomberg News are starting a joint news service: Washington Post News Service With Bloomberg News. This follows an announcement earlier this week that The Post and The Los Angeles Times would dissolve their longstanding partnership. Says an article in The Post:
Kate Carlisle, managing editor of the Times-Post operation, Read More
On May 9, when celebrities and reporters come stumbling out of the Hilton Washington following this year’s hotly anticipated White House Correspondents Dinner, there’s one party they can scratch off the list: Christopher Hitchens’ house party.
Mr. Hitchens, who has played host for Vanity Fair’s intimate after-party on and off for years, Read More
As you probably already know, Bernard Madoff is heading to jail.
The New York Times‘ Diana B. Henriques and Jack Healy report that Mr. Madoff pleaded guilty to Judge Denny Chin this morning at United States District Court in Manhattan. Taking “breaking news” to new heights, The Wall Street Journal and its News Corp. Read More
Michael Bloomberg just boarded a bus bound for a tour of a garbage facility in Brooklyn and sat down next to Bloomberg News reporter Henry Goldman.
One reporter joked to the mayor that it's time for Goldman's annual review. Bloomberg replied that if he did Goldman's review, he'd be "in trouble."
The Read More
Michael Bloomberg just boarded a bus bound for a tour of a garbage facility in Brooklyn and sat down next to Bloomberg News reporter Henry Goldman.
One reporter joked to the mayor that it’s time for Goldman’s annual review. Bloomberg replied that if he did Goldman’s review, he’d be “in trouble.”
The New Read More
