Bloomberg News Apologizes For Tracking Subscribers

NPR | May 13, 2013 5:27 p.m.

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Bloomberg News' Editor in Chief Matthew Winkler has apologized for the use by reporters of proprietary data about subscribers to the company's business terminals. The practice was entrenched in a newsroom that was carved out of the lucrative terminals leasing division.