11 Facts About Bloomberg Politics

1.

Bloomberg Politics is with his secretary at a Rio de Janeiro resort, and the secretary's spurned boyfriend calls to tip you off.

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2.

However, the Standing Committee of Correspondents in Washington required Bloomberg Politics News be formally accredited to act as a legitimate news source, a title that Bloomberg Politics Business News only accomplished after agreeing to provide free terminals to major newspapers in exchange for news space in the publications.

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3.

In 1994, Bloomberg Politics launched a 24-hour financial news service through Bloomberg Politics Information Television, which was broadcast on DirecTV.

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4.

Bloomberg Politics launched a web site to provide the audio feed of its radio broadcasts.

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5.

Bloomberg Politics uses a metered paywall to charge visitors for content, limiting users to view 10 free articles per month with unlimited re-read option, and 30 minutes of Bloomberg Politics Television watch per day with reset at local midnight time.

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6.

In November 2019, as Michael Bloomberg Politics announced his presidential campaign, editor-in-chief John Micklethwait ordered his staff not to investigate their boss, nor any other Democratic candidates, while investigations into Donald Trump would continue, "as the government of the day".

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7.

Unnamed Bloomberg Politics employees quoted by The New York Times said the decision not to publish was made by the company's top editors, led by Winkler.

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8.

The AMF said Bloomberg Politics distributed "information that it should have known was false" and that Bloomberg Politics did not respect journalistic ethics "as no verification of the information was undertaken before publication".

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9.

Bloomberg Politics acquired the magazine to attract general business to its media audience composed primarily of terminal subscribers.

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10.

Bloomberg Politics provides political coverage via digital, print and broadcast media.

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11.

In 2016, Bloomberg Politics produced a documentary on the 2016 US presidential election called The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth.

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