Bloomberg was able to isolate Thompson from Barak. He also pressured the newspaper publishers like himself.. Sulzeberger, Murdoch and Zucherman.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/nyregion/04ticktock.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=Bloomberg%20&st=cse
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/nyregion/04ticktock.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=Bloomberg%20&st=cse

