Bloomberg Professional Services
In 2011, sales from the Bloomberg Professional Services, also known as the Bloomberg Terminal, accounted for more than 85 percent of Bloomberg L.P.'s annual revenue.[48] The financial data vendor's proprietary computer system, starting at $24,000 per user per year,[49] allows subscribers to access the Bloomberg Professional service to monitor and analyze real-time financial data, search financial news, obtain price quotes and send electronic messages through the Bloomberg Messaging Service. The Terminal covers both public and private markets globally.[50]
Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News was co-founded by Michael Bloomberg and Matthew Winkler in 1990, to deliver financial news reporting to Bloomberg terminal subscribers. In 2000, Bloomberg News included more than 2,300 editors and reporters in 100 countries.[51] Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through the Bloomberg terminal, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets and Bloomberg.com. Since 2015, John Micklethwait has served as editor-in-chief.[52]
Bloomberg Television
Bloomberg Television, a service of Bloomberg News, is a 24-hour financial news television network. It was introduced in 1994, as a subscription service transmitted on satellite television provider DirecTV, 13 hours a day, 7 days a week.[53] The network has taken over the channel space of the defunct Financial News Network and hired most of the former FNN employees. Soon after, the network entered the cable television market and by 2000, Bloomberg's 24-hour news programming was available to 200million households.[54] Justin B. Smith is CEO of Bloomberg Multimedia Group which includes Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Television and online components of Bloomberg's multimedia offerings.[55]
Bloomberg Markets
Bloomberg Markets is a monthly magazine launched in 1992, that provides in-depth coverage of global financial markets for finance professionals.[56] In 2010, the magazine was redesigned in an effort to update its readership beyond Bloomberg terminal users.[57] Michael Dukmejian has served as the magazine's publisher since 2009.[58]
Bloomberg Pursuits
Bloomberg Pursuits was a bimonthly luxury magazine distributed to Bloomberg terminal users and to newsstands. It ceased publication in 2016. A digital edition and show on Bloomberg Television continue under the same name.[59]
Bloomberg Entity Exchange
Bloomberg Entity Exchange is a web-based, centralised and secure platform for buy side firms, sell side firms, corporations and insurance firms, banks or brokers to fulfill Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance requirements. It was launched on May 25, 2016.[60][61]
Bloomberg Government
Launched in 2011, Bloomberg Government is an online service that provides news and information about politics, along with legislative and regulatory coverage.[62][63]
Bloomberg Law
In 2009, Bloomberg L.P. introduced Bloomberg Law, a subscription service for real-time legal research.[64] A subscription to the service provides access to law dockets, legal filings, and reports from Bloomberg legal analysts as well as business news and information.[65]
Bloomberg Opinion
Bloomberg Opinion, formerly Bloomberg View, is an editorial division of Bloomberg News which launched in May 2011.[66] The site provides editorial content from columnists, authors and editors about news issues and is available for free on the company's website.[67] David Shipley, former Op-Ed page editor at The New York Times, is Bloomberg Opinion's executive editor.[68]
Bloomberg Tradebook
Bloomberg Tradebook is an electronic agency brokerage for equity, futures, options and foreign exchange trades.[69] Its "buyside" services include access to trading algorithms, analytics and marketing insights, while its "sellside" services include connection to electronic trading networks and global trading capabilities.[70] Bloomberg Tradebook was founded in 1996, as an affiliate of Bloomberg L.P.[69]
Bloomberg Beta
Bloomberg Beta is a venture capital firm capitalized by Bloomberg L.P.[71] Founded in 2013, the $75million fund is focused on investments in areas broadly of interest to Bloomberg L.P., and invests purely for financial return. It is headquartered in San Francisco.[72]
Bloomberg Innovation Index
The Bloomberg Innovation Index is an annual ranking of how innovative countries are. It is based on six criteria: research and development, manufacturing, high-tech companies, post-secondary education, research personnel, and patents.[73][74] Bloomberg uses data from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the OECD and UNESCO to compile the ranking.[75]
Open Bloomberg
Bloomberg has openly licensed its symbology system (Bloomberg Open Symbology, BSYM), and financial data API (Bloomberg Programming API, BLPAPI).[76]
Bloomberg Live
Bloomberg Live is a series of conferences targeted towards business people.[77]
Bloomberg Quicktake
Quicktake (formerly TicToc) is Bloomberg's social media brand. Originally launched on Twitter, it was expanded to other platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and is also available on Amazon's Alexa. It will also play at several screens across multiple airports in the United States and Canada. The platform is managed by a team of 70 people, consisting of editors, producers and social media specialists located across three bureaus in New York, London and Hong Kong.[78] In December 2019, TicToc was renamed "QuickTake by Bloomberg" in order to avoid confusion with the social media platform TikTok.[79] The camel case and the word "by" were later eliminated, and "Bloomberg" was moved in front of "Quicktake", although the two words do not always appear together.[80]
Bloomberg New Economy Forum
Bloomberg New Economy Forum is an invitation-only event for business executives, government officials, and academics.[81] The inaugural event was held in 2018 in Singapore. In 2019, the forum took place in Beijing, China.[82] In 2020 the event was held virtually. Both the 2021 and 2022 events were held in Singapore.[83]
The Bloomberg New Economy Forum Community includes leaders from the public and private sectors from around the world. Founding partners of the forum included 3M, ADNOC, Dangote, ExxonMobil, FedEx, HSBC,
Bloomberg Línea
Bloomberg Línea is a partnership launched in 2021 to serve Spanish, Portuguese and English speaking Latino audiences.[87]
Bloomberg Intelligence
Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) is Bloomberg's research division. It provides data and analytics on global markets. It is available exclusively on the Bloomberg Terminal and the Bloomberg Professional App.[88][89]
