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Bloomberg (Opinion)

U.S. center / pro-market (centrist-to-center-right on economics, socially liberal)

Owned byPart of Bloomberg L.P., a privately held company. Michael Bloomberg owns roughly 88% of it. Employees and other minority holders own the rest.
FundingBloomberg L.P. earns most of its revenue (about $15 billion in 2024, by one estimate) from Bloomberg Terminal subscriptions and other financial data and media products. Opinion is a small unit supported by that revenue, plus some advertising and subscriptions, so it does not depend on its own audience for funding.
On the administrationmixed

Background

Bloomberg L.P. was founded in 1981 by Michael Bloomberg, who used a severance payment from Salomon Brothers. Merrill Lynch was an early investor, and the company later bought back that stake, finishing in 2008. The company built its business on the Bloomberg Terminal and added a newswire, television, radio, and magazine operations such as Businessweek. Its opinion section launched around 2011 as Bloomberg View and was later renamed Bloomberg Opinion. Its columnists include economists, former officials, and writers across the spectrum, but most share a market-friendly, internationalist outlook. Michael Bloomberg has served as New York City mayor, switched party registration several times, run for president in 2020, and given large sums to Democratic and centrist causes. This sometimes raises questions about the independence of the company's coverage, and Bloomberg News has previously had a policy limiting investigations of its owner. An editorial board writes unsigned pieces, and columnists write in their own voice, so positions vary. In Trump's second term, the section has run many pieces critical of tariffs, trade conflict, and attacks on Fed independence, alongside commentary that credits some deregulatory and business-oriented moves. Its overall character is establishment-centrist and business-oriented rather than partisan.

Sources

  1. Bloomberg Opinion Editorial Board
  2. ICE Is Testing Trump's 'Fifth Avenue' Theory - Bloomberg Opinion
  3. 2026 Opinion Predictions: Fed, AI, Trump and Xi, Immigration - Bloomberg
  4. Bloomberg L.P. - Wikipedia
  5. Michael Bloomberg - Wikipedia
  6. Bloomberg LP - EBSCO Research Starters

Profile compiled 2026-10-11; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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