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$7,000,000,000 (97% of total)
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The Bloomberg box (now actually browser-delivered service) is still the company’s bread and butter, selling business and finance information as a subscription. Bloomberg recently nudged out Reuters for financial terminals dominance.

Launched Bloomberg Next, an enhanced terminal offering, to keep existing customers.

Bloomberg makes 85 percent of its revenue from 313,000 terminals, costing $20,000 a year each. The rest includes BLaw and BGov. We have discounted $200 million for BusinessWeek’s print edition and miscellaneous old-line media ventures.
Source: Figures announced at recent Bloomberg event we attended; spokesman Ty Trippet confirms 85% of revenue from financial terminal