Outsider here, but I can't think of a good reason to give this info to news people before traders, and as the parent said, there are obvious bad reasons.
Much of the news ia a facade. Reporters often get things like economic numbers and speeches prior to the event.
Things like the State of the Union Address and candidate speeches are usually provided to the press beforehand so that they can package together a story. Next time you watch a major political speech, listen to the pundits prior to the speech. They will talk about all the things that the candidates are about to say.
With regards to economic numbers, there's very good reasons for them to do it this way (pre-released to media and embargoed). If it is not pre-released, reporters will need to take time to report the numbers which gives certain people an advantage.
For example, if you're monitoring Bloomberg for the CPI and the reporter is a slow typer, a person monitoring Reuters would have an advantage over you. Secondly, this forces a situation where reporters are in a hurry to get the numbers out which could potentially lead to errors. With these types of numbers, an error could have impact of billions of dollars in trades.
Things like the State of the Union Address and candidate speeches are usually provided to the press beforehand so that they can package together a story. Next time you watch a major political speech, listen to the pundits prior to the speech. They will talk about all the things that the candidates are about to say.
With regards to economic numbers, there's very good reasons for them to do it this way (pre-released to media and embargoed). If it is not pre-released, reporters will need to take time to report the numbers which gives certain people an advantage.
For example, if you're monitoring Bloomberg for the CPI and the reporter is a slow typer, a person monitoring Reuters would have an advantage over you. Secondly, this forces a situation where reporters are in a hurry to get the numbers out which could potentially lead to errors. With these types of numbers, an error could have impact of billions of dollars in trades.