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Michael Bloomberg did not hold back on his criticism of Donald Trump in a blistering editorial for his media company, Bloomberg News. Beginning by saying there are certainly reasons to be optimistic about the upcoming new year, “the increasingly isolated man in the Oval Office is not one of them,” Bloomberg wrote in th…

EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic Documentary Films will air Bloomberg Philanthropies' second film, Paris to Pittsburgh, a film that takes on the devastating effects of global warming. Pic premieres Wednesday, December 12 at 9pm ET/PT and will air globally in 172 countries and 45 languages beginning with the U.S. Paris to…

Michael Bloomberg is sticking to his word when it comes to pledging money to cover the United States’ financial commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement. On Sunday, the former New York mayor said that he would write a $4.5 million check to the pact. Last year, Donald Trump made the controversial decision to pull out…

Twitter has reached a milestone deal with Bloomberg to launch a 24-hour news network, expanding the social media company’s ambitious push into video. The companies are expected to make a joint announcement of the new venture Monday, according to numerous reports Sunday night. Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith tweeted…

One of the most blistering attacks on Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention did not come from a Democrate, it came from an independent and a fellow billionaire New York businessman. In a speech, media magnate and former NY mayor Michael Bloomberg, who considered running for president himself, went after…

After a lot of teasing by Michael Bloomberg, today it looks like there will still be only one NYC billionaire running for President this year."When I look at the data, it's clear to me that if I entered the race, I could not win," Bloomberg wrote on his own Bloomberg View Monday. The former Big Apple Mayor admitted…

Josh Tyrangiel, the wunderkind editor hired away from Time Inc. six years ago to run Bloomberg LP’s newly acquired BusinessWeek magazine (renamed Bloomberg Businessweek), is the latest high-profile journalist to join the exodus of top leaders from the company. Taking over the magazine is deputy editor (and ex-Wall Stre…

Alexander, who recently replaced star Larry David in the comedy, will continue with the production for two more weeks than planned, through August 1 at the Cort Theatre. Fish began performances on February 2, boasting the highest advance sale for any play in Broadway history, although the production declined to say…

Mike Bloomberg toasted Teddy Schwarzman Wednesday night at  a party for the Imitation Game producer thrown by his father, Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman and stepmother, Christine Hearst Schwarzman. It was a cozy Champagne affair in the Park Avenue triplex once owned by John D. Rockefeller, whose walls are…

Matthew Winkler, founding editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News and one of the most skilled survivors in a tumultuous and ever-shifting media environment, has been kicked upstairs by the boss who hired him 25 years ago. Winkler’s replacement as editor-in-chief will be John Mickelthwait, the regarded top editor of The Econo…

UPDATE 4:30 a.m. Thursday — Reaction:  “Is this real or The Onion?” one former Bloomberg News journalist joked, reacting to the news from Deadline. “This is the most unsurprising surprise of the year,” noted another, as word of the announcement spread through the Bloomberg samizdat. Mike Bloomberg has found a job…

Ryan Seacrest is widely seen as the current generation’s Dick Clark, hosting a popular music series with American in the title among his multiple roles in radio and growing TV production company. So it was no surprise when Seacrest joined Clark’s annual Dick Clark New Year’s Rockin’ Eve show as host to replace Clark…