Bloomberg Businessweek assessing foreign editions

Bloomberg Businessweek is deciding on the future of the local language publications in its portfolio, which includes editions in Chinese, Indonesian and Thai, after refocusing the main title on global business trends, repots the Asia Media Journal. The Media Journal writes, “Some local relationships that Bloomberg inherited at the time of the acquisition will be […]

Poets & Quants syndicates content to Fortune

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The top story on Fortune magazine’s site Wednesday afternoon is a ranking of the top 25 MBA programs in the country. Only the content isn’t coming from the Fortune staff but from Poets & Quants, a site launched earlier this year by former BusinessWeek executive editor John Byrne, who oversaw that […]

Bloomberg Businessweek receives reinvention recognition

Bloomberg Businessweek was named by Media Industry Newsletter as one of the hottest reinventions of the year at its annual “Most Intriguing” event in New York City on Thursday. After being acquired by Bloomberg L.P. in 2009, Bloomberg Businessweek relaunched in April 2010 under the leadership of editor Josh Tyrangiel. The new Bloomberg Businessweek features […]

Daily Beast's Brown, Diller visits Bloomberg BusinessWeek

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE There was quite a high-powered media get-together Wednesday at the offices of Bloomberg Businessweek. Daily Beast editor Tina Brown and consultant Ciro Scotti — previously the managing editor of Bloomberg Businessweek — paid a visit to the magazine’s editor in chief, Josh Tyrangiel, and Bloomberg L.P. chief content officer Norm Pearlstine. […]

Bloomberg Businessweek wins award from Foreign Press Association

Bloomberg Businessweek walked away with the award for best financial/economic reporting at the Foreign Press Association Media Awards 2010. Bloomberg Businessweek journalist James Sterngold’s report ‘Who Cares About Another $200 Million?’ on former Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld failing to declare hundreds of millions of  dollars worth of compensation to U.S. Congress, appeared in the […]

Another Bloomberg Businessweek senior writer resigns

Chad Terhune is a senior writer for Bloomberg Businessweek based in Florida, has resigned, becoming the second senior writer to resign recently. It’s unclear what Terhune’s plans are. Attempts to reach him were unsuccessful. One source on the magazine’s staff said he resigned on Wednesday, while another source at Bloomberg says he resigned in November. […]

BusinessWeek staff, one year later: Where are they now?

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE One year ago today, Bloomberg L.P. acquired BusinessWeek magazine, renaming it Bloomberg Businessweek. As part of the deal, dozens of BusinessWeek staffers lost their jobs, either by layoffs or via buyouts. Others left soon after. Some found other jobs, but some did not. It was the biggest upheaval of business journalists […]

Bloomberg Businessweek senior writer resigns

David Henry, a senior writer at Bloomberg Businessweek and one of a handful of business journalists remaining from before Bloomberg bought the publication, resigned on Monday. Henry was covering banking on what Bloomberg calls the finance team.  Some of his stories were used in Bloomberg Businessweek. Henry tells Talking Biz News that he’s looking for […]

Bloomberg Businessweek, one year later

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE One year ago this week, Bloomberg L.P. closed on its acquisition of BusinessWeek magazine from McGraw-Hill. It hired Time deputy managing editor Josh Tyrangiel to be the magazine’s new editor and renamed the publication Bloomberg Businessweek. The publication moved from McGraw-Hill’s building near Rockefeller Center to Bloomberg’s offices near Central Park. […]

BGOV defeats Bloomberg Businessweek in flag football

Betsy Rothstein of Fishbowl DC reports Tuesday that staffers from BGOV, the new Bloomberg service that reports on the intersection of business and government, defeated a team of staffers from Bloomberg Businessweek magazine in flag football by a score of 28 to 21. Rothstein writes, “A tipster tells us Kevin Sheekey, head of gov relations, […]