Bloomberg - Definition and Overview

Bloomberg L.P. is a Financial Media Company founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1982. It provides financial news and data to financial companies and organisations in virtually every country in the world through the Bloomberg Terminal, its core money-generating product. Bloomberg L.P. has grown to include a global news service, including television, radio, the Internet and publications.

It was incorporated as a Delaware Limited Partnership (LP) in 1981 and has has been in business since 1983. Michael Bloomberg owns 72% of the group and receives an 84.55% share of the profits, and claims credit for the same portion of its charitable giving.

External links

• Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/)
• Bloomberg: Overview (http://www.ketupa.net/bloomberg.htm)
• PND News - New York City Mayor Gave $130 Million to Charity in 2002 (http://fdncenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=36500027)
• Bloomberg LP v. Triple E Holdings Limited (2002) GENDND 1665 (13 December 2002) (http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/GENDND/2002/1665.html)

Television

• Bloomberg.com: Guests (http://www.bloomberg.com/media/tv/guests_us.html)
• Bloomberg Television Live - WMV 200 (http://www.bloomberg.com/streams/video/LiveBTV200.asxx)
• Bloomberg Television Live - Real 200 (http://www.bloomberg.com/streams/video/LiveBTV200.ramx)