A year ago, media watchers wouldn't have imagined such a slew of hires coming back-to-back. But Adler -- a former deputy managing editor at the Wall Street Journal and Businessweek editor-in-chief just before Bloomberg's acquisition of the magazine -- started making big moves shortly after becoming Reuters News editor-in-chief last May. Previously, Adler served as editorial director of Thomson Reuters' Professional division, a lucrative business catering to financial, legal, accounting and scientific professionals.