Bloomberg chief in LA headed for London

Tony Palazzo, the bureau chief in Los Angeles for Bloomberg News and its team leader for U.S. entertainment coverage, will be moving to London to oversee telecoms and media coverage. He is the former managing editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal. From Talking Biz News, which quotes an internal memo:

Team, there is no better way to end the week than some great people news. I am thrilled to announce that in the New Year, Tony Palazzo will move from Los Angeles to London to helm our EMEA telecoms and media coverage.

Tony is currently LA bureau chief and team leader for U.S. entertainment, in charge of anything from films to video games and casinos to amusement parks. Before joining Bloomberg in 2005, he worked at the Los Angeles Business Journal as managing editor and for Business.com.

He has a bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies from the University of California at Berkeley and a master’s in journalism from Columbia University. A native of the San Gabriel Valley, he lives in Pasadena and enjoys cycling.