Former New York Times managing editor John Geddes has been appointed Bloomberg U.S. politics editor, according to an internal memo from Megan Murphy, Washington bureau chief at Bloomberg.
Geddes, who will report to Murphy, will work alongside “Game Change” authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann to hone Bloomberg’s coverage as the newswire bears down on the 2016 presidential election:
John will also work hand in hand with Mike Nizza, who has toiled tirelessly to develop what has become one of the most influential and fastest growing political web sites of the cycle. Mike, who will continue to oversee the web site, will also focus on more closely integrating Bloomberg Politics with Bloomberg.com, as we look to maximize both the visibility and the consumption our unique mix of political content across all of our platforms.
Geddes took a buyout package from The New York Times in 2013 amid a reconfiguration of the paper’s masthead. He will split his time between New York and D.C. and joins Bloomberg after a public skirmish among staffers over the nature of the financial newswire’s politics coverage.
Before climbing the masthead at The New York Times, Geddes was business editor there.
