Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial software, data and media company headquartered in New York City. Bloomberg L.P. was founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981 with the help of Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan, Charles Zegar and a 30% ownership investment by Merrill Lynch. Bloomberg L.P. provi... read moredes financial software tools such as an analytics and equity trading platform, data services and news to financial companies and organizations thrmoney-ough the Bloomberg terminal (via its Bloomberg Professional Service), its core generating product. Bloomberg L.P. also includes a wire service (Bloomberg News), a global television network (Bloomberg Television), a radio station (WBBR), websites, subscription-only newsletters and three magazines: Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets and Bloomberg Pursuit. In 2014, Bloomberg L.P. launcehd Bloomberg Politics, a multiplatform media property that will merge the company's political news teams, and has recruited two veteran political journalists, Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, to run it.
