Grow Your Network: Ted Merz Is A Communications Specialist Who Learned Community The Hard Way
February 6, 2026·0 comments·zg
Do you know Ted Merz? He spent 32 years building Bloomberg News from the 15th employee into a global powerhouse - covering emerging markets, running editorial teams across continents, and later transforming how Bloomberg's product strategy evolved as information went from scarce to infinite. That's the kind of resume that should guarantee you never work again.
But then 2022 happened. Bloomberg let him go. And instead of retreating into a comfortable advisory role, Ted did something most people don't do after three decades at one company: he reinvented himself completely. He started writing publicly about what he was learning, built a ghostwriting and communications agency called Principals Media, and became obsessed with helping leaders tell their own stories in a world that's shifted from institutional gatekeeping to individual voice.
I wanted to connect with him because he embodies something I value deeply: the willingness to look at what worked yesterday, realize it doesn't work today, and start from scratch.
Our conversation is LIVE now on Epsilon Theory. Listen and you'll hear the origin story of someone who went from Mexico City reporter to Bloomberg pioneer to startup founder - and the throughline connecting all of it.
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