Felcyn, longtime BusinessWeek editor, has died
Keith Felcyn, a longtime editor at BusinessWeek magazine, died on Dec. 10 in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he lived since 1975. He was 92. Felcyn worked as a senior editor and chief of correspondents for BusinessWeek magazine for 41 years. He also was manager of the Milwaukee bureau and the Chicago bureau. While in Chicago, he […]
Longtime biz journalist Ellis is retiring
James Ellis, longtime business journalist at Bloomberg Businessweek, is retiring. He most recently has been assistant managing editor of the magazine, but he’s also been op-ed editor, chief of correspondents, senior writer and bureau chief in Atlanta and Chicago. Ellis started his career at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He joined BusinessWeek in 1980. Ellis specialized […]
Neff, longtime Businessweek staffer, dies at 77
Robert C. Neff, a former Businessweek staffer who covered the rise of the Japanese economy, died July 31 at the age of 77. Bill Holstein writes for The Japan Times, “Neff was part of a golden age of magazine journalism. He circled the globe with postings in Honolulu, Los Angeles, Tokyo, London and New York. American […]
Milian named deputy editor of Bloomberg Businessweek
Mark Milian has been named deputy editor of Bloomberg Businessweek. He’s overseeing the news teams at Businessweek, including digital and the magazine’s front of the book. Milian previously was a teach features editor and managing editor of U.S. technology coverage. He also was team leader for venture capital coverage. Before Bloomberg, Milian was a tech writer […]
EIC Stone on the Businessweek brand
Sarah Scire of Nieman Lab interviewed Bloomberg Businessweek editor in chief Brad Stone about the magazine’s brand. Here is an excerpt: SARAH SCIRE: I have a big-picture question to ask right away. In this age of digital daily news — including on Bloomberg.com — and print magazines shrinking or folding and Substacks and all the rest, what is a magazine brand […]
BW editor Stone: Print will make a comeback
Bloomberg Businessweek editor in chief Brad Stone believes print journalism could make a comeback as the 95-year-old title moved from weekly to monthly circulation this week, reports Dominic Ponsford of Press Gazette. Ponsford writes, “Print daily newspapers have perhaps a decade left, going on current rates of decline. Does Stone think the Businessweek monthly print edition will […]
Behr, former BusinessWeek and NY Times staffer, dies at 84
Soma Golden Behr, who worked at BusinessWeek as chief economics correspondent and then the business desk of the New York Times, died Sunday at the age of 84. Trip Gabriel of the Times reports, “Hired by The Times as an economics reporter in 1973 after 11 years at Business Week, Ms. Golden Behr was often one […]
Monthly Bloomberg Businessweek is unveiled
The monthly Bloomberg Businessweek launched on Tuesday, with more long-form features on a high-quality paper stock. The magazine also now has shorter, forward-looking reporting and explainers, more use of data graphics and a new regular game feature. The monthly magazine will will have an increased page count, with the debut issue having 120 pages.The front […]
Hillman Prizes awarded to Quartz, Bloomberg Businessweek
A project between Type Investigations and Quartz, as well as a Bloomberg Businessweek article about Dollar General working conditions have won 2024 Hillman Prizes. The award for reporting on racial and economic justice went to Aurora Almendral for “Merchants of Care,” a project of Type Investigations and Quartz. The COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented staffing crisis […]
Bloomberg Businessweek hires Mull as senior reporter
Bloomberg Businessweek editor Brad Stone and senior features editor Danielle Sacks sent out the following on Monday: We’re thrilled to announce that Amanda Mull, most recently a staff writer at The Atlantic, will be joining Bloomberg Businessweek to cover the intersection of culture and commerce. In her new role as senior reporter at the newly-relaunched […]
