May 4, 2014
Bloomberg Announces First New Digital-Led, Multi-Platform Brand:
Bloomberg Politics
The First in Series of New Brands,
Bloomberg Politics will be
led by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann
New York — Bloomberg Media Group CEO Justin B. Smith and
Bloomberg News
Editor-In-Chief Matthew Winkler today announced Bloomberg Politics –
the first in series of new digital-led, multi-platform brands that will
live across all Bloomberg platforms. In March, Bloomberg announced a new,
broad
strategy
for consumer media properties, including the development of new digital
assets and a multi-platform approach. Bloomberg Politics, the first of
the brands being launched under this new direction, will be created,
launched, and overseen by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, who will
also lead political coverage across all Bloomberg platforms – Web,
mobile, television, digital video, print magazines, radio, live events
and more.
The series of new Bloomberg brands, including Bloomberg Politics,
will deliver Bloomberg coverage in targeted content environments,
providing greater depth, context and community for each topic area.
Bloomberg Politics will serve as a model to be replicated by the
subsequent new brands, most of which will be squarely focused on the
global business market. Each of the new brands will be developed
through a deep partnership between Bloomberg Media and Bloomberg News,
fully leveraging the skills, strengths, and resources of all Bloomberg
News bureaus.
Bloomberg Politics initially will consist of a new digital
destination on the Bloomberg network and a new daily television show
(that will also stream online), which will be hosted by Mark Halperin
and John Heilemann.
Halperin and Heilemann, who are joining Bloomberg this week, have
established reputations over their twenty-plus years in the business as
two of the most respected and influential political journalists of
their generation. Together they will lead a merged team of Bloomberg
News and Bloomberg Media reporters and editors in Washington and New
York to power Bloomberg Politics, delivering robust political and
policy coverage — news, analysis, commentary, narrative, polling, data
analytics, and more — eventually spread across all Bloomberg platforms.
“We have a new, aggressive vision for what our media products can be
going forward and Bloomberg Politics is the model for how we will be
re-architecting our approach to consumer media,” said Smith. “Mark and
John have a remarkable and unrivaled track record of leading the
conversation around American politics in print, online, and on TV. They
are also representative of an important new breed of journalist that
works seamlessly and prolifically across digital, video, print and live
platforms. They bring an extraordinary capacity for immersive
storytelling, sharp analysis, and breaking news – and they will help us
differentiate our political coverage from a crowded field through a
full multi-platform approach.”
“Bloomberg Politics represents a significant strengthening of our
political and government coverage and underscores our commitment to
definitive and exceptional journalism across all our platforms,” said
Winkler. “Mark and John will work closely with the new leadership of
our Washington bureau to break more news and give more visibility to
the award-winning reporting at Bloomberg News.”
Prior to joining Bloomberg, Mark Halperin served as editor-at-large
and senior political analyst for TIME, covering politics and
government. Halperin also served a senior political analyst for MSNBC,
appearing regularly on Morning Joe and other programs. Previously,
Halperin worked for nearly 20 years at ABC News, covering five
presidential elections and serving as political director. At ABC,
Halperin reported on every major American political story, including
working as a full-time reporter covering Bill Clinton’s presidential
campaign in 1992 and the Clinton White House. He is the author of The
Undecided Voter’s Guide to the Next President and co-author of The Way
to Win: Taking the White House in 2008. Halperin received his B.A. from
Harvard University and resides in New York City.
Prior to joining Bloomberg, John Heilemann served as national
affairs editor for New York magazine and a political analyst for MSNBC.
Prior to joining New York, Heilemann was a staff writer for The New
Yorker, Wired, and The Economist, covering politics, business, and
their intersection. He is the author of Pride Before the Fall: The
Trials of Bill Gates and the End of the Microsoft Era, which was named
by BusinessWeek as one of the best books of 2001, and he hosted a
four-part documentary series, Download: The True Story of the Internet,
that aired on the Discovery Channel in 2008. Heilemann holds a B.S.J.
from Northwestern University and an M.P.A. from the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard. He resides in Brooklyn, NY.
Halperin and Heilemann are co-authors of the New York Times No. 1
bestseller Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, Palin and McCain, and
the Race of a Lifetime, which chronicled the 2008 presidential
election, and its New York Times bestselling sequel, Double Down: Game
Change 2012. The first book, Game Change, and was made into an HBO film
of the same name, which premiered in 2012 and went on to win five Emmy
Awards and three Golden Globes. HBO has acquired the film rights to
Double Down as well.
About Bloomberg
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them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The
company’s strength – delivering data, news and analytics through
innovative technology, quickly and accurately – is at the core of the
Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial
information to more than 319,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg News,
delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television,
radio, mobile, the Internet and three magazines, Bloomberg
Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets and Bloomberg Pursuits, covers the
world with more than 2,400 news and multimedia professionals at 150
bureaus in 73 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs
more than 15,500 people in 192 locations around the world.
Contact:
Ty Trippet
September 22, 2014
Bloomberg Politics and the Des Moines Register Announce Partnership
on Midterm and 2016 Election Coverage
Collaboration Kicks
off with an Iowa Poll Next Month
Bloomberg Politics and the Des Moines Register today announced a new
partnership on polling, journalism and events heading into the midterm
and 2016 elections.
The two outlets will jointly produce the Iowa Poll, which the
Register has established since 1943 as the most reliable and revealing
analysis of Hawkeye State voters. The partnership also will involve
joint journalism projects and political events, which will be announced
in the coming months.
Watch this video to find out more: bloombergpolitics.com/#iowa
The first Iowa Poll published by the two outlets will be released in
October. Bloomberg Politics and the Register will produce deep and
frequent survey research from the midterm election straight through the
first voting in the presidential race in the state’s caucuses in early
2016.
The new joint Iowa poll will continue to be conducted by J. Ann
Selzer of Selzer & Co., who has been the pollster for both the
Register and Bloomberg News.
“The Des Moines Register has a longstanding record of providing the
definitive coverage in a state with a special franchise in the American
democratic process,” said Bloomberg Politics Managing Editor Mark
Halperin. “The Register serves their readers at a level of excellence
very few papers are able to still achieve. They are in touch with Iowa
voters and Iowa voters play a huge role in selecting the President.”
“Together, we plan to continue and build on the passion for politics
and commitment to serving readers that have long been the Register’s
hallmark – and a model for our profession,” added Bloomberg Politics
Managing Editor John Heilemann. “Our partnership will have three
components, polling, live events and political journalism at the state
and national level.”
“The Register has Iowa’s largest politics team and is proud to carry
on our long history of premier coverage in a new partnership with the
very respected Bloomberg organization,” said Rick Green, president and
publisher of Register Media. “We have deep admiration for Bloomberg’s
work and its vision for political coverage. We are certain the
benefactors of our collaboration will be the voters – not only here in
Iowa, but around the country.”
The Bloomberg partnership is part of the Register’s broader plan to
add even more resources to its coverage of the Iowa caucuses.
Bloomberg Politics will debut on October 6th and the new politics
unit will lead political coverage across all Bloomberg platforms: Web,
mobile, television, digital video, radio, live events and more. The
launch includes a new website, BloombergPolitics.com, and a half-hour
television show, “With All Due Respect,” hosted by Mark Halperin and
John Heilemann, airing at 5pm ET/PT on Bloomberg TV and BloombergPolitics.com.
The Des Moines Register is Iowa’s largest media site and includes
DesMoinesRegister.com and other print and digital assets. It is part of
the Gannett Co., an international media and marketing solutions company.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Vidhya Murugesan
[Bloomberg]
Paul Gilbert
[Register]
November 19, 2014
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Vidhya Murugesan
[Bloomberg]
Katelyn Ellison
Communications Specialist
New Hampshire Institute of Politics & Political Library
For Immediate Release
Bloomberg Politics and Saint Anselm Announce Partnership on
2016 Election Coverage
Collaboration Kicks Off Next Week
with New Hampshire Poll Conducted by Purple Strategies
Today, Bloomberg Politics and the New
Hampshire
Institute
of
Politics
(NHIOP)
at Saint Anselm College announce a partnership on polls, events and
student journalism, as well as a joint commitment to civic activism
heading into the state's pivotal presidential primary and 2016 election.
To kick off the partnership, both outlets will release their first
joint 2016 New Hampshire poll next week. The poll will be conducted by
the bipartisan firm Purple Strategies, which was named one of the most
accurate national and swing-state pollsters of 2012 by Fordham
University.
As part of the collaboration, Bloomberg Politics will work with over
a hundred Saint Anselm student journalists to deliver expansive
reporting on the concerns of Granite State voters. Bloomberg Politics
and the NHIOP will also co-sponsor town halls and political events in
New Hampshire as part of their commitment to engage local groups and
institutions in the political process.
"The
Institute of Politics and Saint Anselm are always at the physical and
journalistic center of campaigns in the Granite State," said Bloomberg
Managing Editor Mark Halperin, who also serves as a member of the
NHIOP’s Public Advisory Board. "We are excited to join forces with Neil
Levesque and others at the Institute, including the current group of
enthusiastic and politically active students.”
"New Hampshire is famous for engaging in politics both seriously and
joyously — and so is the New Hampshire Institute of Politics," added
Bloomberg Politics Managing Editor John Heilemann. "With every aspect
of this partnership, from staging town hall meetings to collaborating
with student journalists, we intend to apply those same qualities to
our coverage of the first-in-the-nation primary state."
"The New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College is
extremely excited about working with a world class news organization,"
said NHIOP Executive Director Neil Levesque. "The partnership with
Bloomberg will provide unparalleled opportunities for our students
interested in journalism and politics."
This is Bloomberg Politics' second partnership in a key
presidential-nomination state. In Iowa, Bloomberg Politics has
partnered with the Des Moines Register on the Iowa Poll, joint
journalism and political events. These collaborations are part of
Bloomberg Politics' sustained investment in presenting a deeper view
of, and interaction with the electorate.
Bloomberg Politics debuted on Oct. 6th and leads political coverage
across all Bloomberg platforms. The website, BloombergPolitics.com
, is a next-generation political news site that seamlessly combines
up-to-the-minute news, original video, analysis, commentary, long-form
features, polling, interactive graphics and live streams. Bloomberg
Politics Managing Editors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann also host a
half-hour television show, "With All Due Respect,” that airs at 5pm
ET/PT on Bloomberg TV and BloombergPolitics.com.
Founded in 1889, Saint Anselm College is a four-year liberal arts
college providing a 21st century education in the Catholic, Benedictine
tradition. Located in southern New Hampshire near Boston and the
seacoast, Saint Anselm is well known for its strong liberal arts and
nursing programs as well as for the New Hampshire Institute of
Politics. www.anselm.edu