diff --git a/tests/test_tiingo.py b/tests/test_tiingo.py
index 4a35af2..45aa439 100644
--- a/tests/test_tiingo.py
+++ b/tests/test_tiingo.py
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ class TestTickerPrices(TestCase):
         assert len(tickers) > 1
         assert all(ticker['assetType'] == 'Stock' for ticker in tickers)
 
+    def test_ticker_metadata_for_object(self):
+        data = self._client.get_ticker_metadata("GOOGL", fmt='object')
+        assert len(data.name) > 1
+
 
 # tiingo/news
 class TestNews(TestCase):
diff --git a/tiingo/api.py b/tiingo/api.py
index 9a11086..329f36f 100644
--- a/tiingo/api.py
+++ b/tiingo/api.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class TiingoClient(RestClient):
         return [row for row in reader
                 if row.get('assetType') == 'Stock']
 
-    def get_ticker_metadata(self, ticker,fmt='json'):
+    def get_ticker_metadata(self, ticker, fmt='json'):
         """Return metadata for 1 ticker
            Use TiingoClient.list_tickers() to get available options
 
@@ -90,11 +90,13 @@ class TiingoClient(RestClient):
         """
         url = "tiingo/daily/{}".format(ticker)
         response = self._request('GET', url)
-        if fmt=='json':
-            return response.json()
-        elif fmt=='object':
+        data = response.json()
+        if fmt == 'json':
+            return data
+        elif fmt == 'object':
             # inspired by https://stackoverflow.com/a/15882054
-            return json.loads(json.dumps(response.json()), object_hook=lambda d: namedtuple('X', d.keys())(*d.values()))
+            return json.loads(json.dumps(data),
+                              object_hook=lambda d: namedtuple('Ticker', d.keys())(*d.values()))
 
     def get_ticker_price(self, ticker,
                          startDate=None, endDate=None,
@@ -134,7 +136,8 @@ class TiingoClient(RestClient):
     # NEWS FEEDS
     # tiingo/news
     def get_news(self, tickers=[], tags=[], sources=[], startDate=None,
-                 endDate=None, limit=100, offset=0, sortBy="publishedDate",fmt='json'):
+                 endDate=None, limit=100, offset=0, sortBy="publishedDate",
+                 fmt='json'):
         """Return list of news articles matching given search terms
             https://api.tiingo.com/docs/tiingo/news
 
@@ -161,12 +164,14 @@ class TiingoClient(RestClient):
             'endDate': endDate
         }
         response = self._request('GET', url, params=params)
-        if fmt=='json':
-            return response.json()
-        elif fmt=='object':
-            return json.loads(json.dumps(response.json()), object_hook=lambda d: namedtuple('X', d.keys())(*d.values()))
+        data = response.json()
+        if fmt == 'json':
+            return data
+        elif fmt == 'object':
+            return json.loads(json.dumps(data),
+                              object_hook=lambda d: namedtuple('NewsArticle', d.keys())(*d.values()))
 
-    def get_bulk_news(self, file_id=None,fmt='json'):
+    def get_bulk_news(self, file_id=None, fmt='json'):
         """Only available to institutional clients.
             If ID is NOT provided, return array of available file_ids.
             If ID is provided, provides URL which you can use to download your
@@ -178,7 +183,9 @@ class TiingoClient(RestClient):
             url = "tiingo/news/bulk_download"
 
         response = self._request('GET', url)
-        if fmt=='json':
-            return response.json()
-        elif fmt=='object':
-            return json.loads(json.dumps(response.json()), object_hook=lambda d: namedtuple('X', d.keys())(*d.values()))
+        data = response.json()
+        if fmt == 'json':
+            return data
+        elif fmt == 'object':
+            return json.loads(json.dumps(data),
+                              object_hook=lambda d: namedtuple('BulkDownload', d.keys())(*d.values()))