ANYBODY NOTICING A PARALLEL WITH THE IRS SCANDAL? Bloomberg Execs Knew Journalists Were Tracking Clients In 2011. Okay, maybe not. But I think this piece is excessively sanguine. I remember insider-traders using law firms’ car-service calls to gather data; there’s more information available here.

UPDATE: Ben Smith emails with the most amusing angle: “Bloomberg confessed the spying on air and got away with it because nobody watches Bloomberg TV.”