According to a report from Ben Mullin of The New York Times, Bloomberg Media has undergone a shuffling of executives, led by the retirement of broadcast media chief Al Mayers.
Mayers joined Bloomberg Radio in 2001 as station manager before ascending to his current role as head of the television and radio divisions for the company in 2015.
“Al has been a tireless leader at Bloomberg for over two decades, first in radio and now in his wider broadcast role,” Bloomberg Media CEO M. Scott Havens and Editor-In-Chief John Micklethwait said in a memo obtained by The Times. During COVID, it often seemed as if Al was single-handedly keeping us on the air. We are forever grateful for what he’s done for the company and wish him all the best in his next chapter on Cape Cod.”
Bloomberg Media produces content for more than 400 radio stations around the nation.
The retirement of Mayers serves as “a prompt for us to redesign the editorial side of Bloomberg Media—both in line with that philosophy and the broader changes in journalism and the media world,” according to the memo. “So, after Al leaves this month, David Merritt, who masterminded the cross-platform launch of Bloomberg UK, will become the Head of Bloomberg Media Editorial, a new position. Dave, who has already run our newsrooms in Europe and Asia, will oversee the editorial side of all of our media platforms… To work alongside Dave, we’re promoting Roman Mackiewicz to a similar cross-platform role: He is now the Chief Information Officer for Bloomberg Media and responsible for technology and operations.”
