There may be some argument over who was the winner of last night’s Bloomberg/The Washington Post Republican Presidential Debate, but from a media perspective, one victor is crystal-clear: Bloomberg TV. Hosting their first-ever televised debate, the finance-centric news network made the most of the opportunity, creating (and sticking to) a format that was right in its wheelhouse, and leveraging the new media effectively to compensate for its relative lack of broadcast reach.

Tonight’s Bloomberg/Washington Post economic debate presented an entirely different format– “kitchen table”– and with Charlie Rose manning the ship, promised to be issues-oriented and steer clear of the personal. But that doesn’t mean it took long for the fireworks to start, though they did come from an unexpected corner of the table: Jon Huntsman, who got Herman Cain fired up by dismissing his “9-9-9″ tax plan as “the price of a pizza.”

Bloomberg TV’s Betty Liu recently spoke with billionaire media mogul Ted Turner about a number of things he’s probably been mulling over the last few days: President Obama’s new plans to raise taxes for the very wealthy and what the future may hold for fellow very wealthy people Rupert Murdoch. Basically: Very wealthy people things.

“Nobody likes to pay more taxes,” said Turner. “At least, except Warren Buffett likes to pay more taxes. He’s the only one.”

How did the publisher of a family-owned newspaper in Adelaide, Australia rise to become one of the most powerful media tycoons on Earth–controlling a fortune worth more than 30 billion dollars? The rise of News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch is probed in a Bloomberg TV special airing Tuesday night. The Murdoch special, part of the Game Changers series, includes interviews with people who’ve worked with Murdoch at Fox, the New York Post and in the U.K., and by journalists who’ve studied him. “Rupert Murdoch is what God meant when he created a media executive,” says Bloomberg Businessweek‘s Ron Grover.

Who knew? There’s apparently no rule requiring network newscasts be based in New York. Take, for instance, Bloomberg TV’s recently-launched Bloomberg West, a nightly show covering technology and the tech companies–Apple, Google, Facebook–that have transformed our lives. With each of those companies based in Silicon Valley, Bloomberg West headed, well, west. “We’re the only network news show based in San Francisco,” said Emily Chang, co-host of Bloomberg West and a former Beijing-based correspondent for CNN.

As protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square, financial analysts are watching Egypt carefully from all corners of the world–what happens over the next few days will have massive importance not just politically, but also for world financial markets. To cover that part of the historic story unfolding in Cairo, Bloomberg TV has swarmed its international forces to the region and will be pre-empting regular programming for a live special at 6 p.m. ET tonight called “Egypt on Edge,” hosted by Carol Massar and Matt Miller.

The Daily Show may not be airing new episodes this week, but Jon Stewart will still be invading your airwaves. Tomorrow night, he’ll be seen hosting Night of Too Many Stars, the annual comedy event intended to boost awareness of and funding for Autism education. At the same time, Bloomberg TV will be increasing awareness of a different topic.

CNN founder Ted Turner has plenty of problems with the way cable news is trending, but he just does not understand the fascination with these laborious, wasteful newspapers, according to his appearance on Bloomberg TV as reported by the Hollywood Reporter.