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 […]
Wallace, former BusinessWeek assistant ME, dies at 83
David Wallace, an assistant managing editor at BusinessWeek for more than a decade, died Monday at the age of 83. An obituary states, “Following his discharge, he became a reporter at the Associated Press in Pittsburgh before being transferred to Washington, DC and moving on to Reuters in 1977. As a correspondent he covered economic […]
Rest of World, HBR, Business Insider among magazine award finalists
The American Society of Magazine Editors announced Thursday the finalists for the 59th annual National Magazine Awards. The business publications that are finalists are: Rest of World for general excellence in the literature, science and politics category. In the design category, Harvard Business Review for July–August print issue; “Create Stories That Change Your Company’s Culture,” […]
Bloomberg launching weekend product, cutting BusinessWeek to monthly
David Merritt, head of Bloomberg Media Editorial, and Katie Boyce, senior executive editor for Bloomberg Digital, sent out the following on Thursday about digital content plans for 2024 and Businessweek. As we all know, digital media is changing rapidly. Social algorithm shifts and advancements in AI are transforming how digital audiences consume news. As we […]
Vietnamese edition of Bloomberg Businessweek launched
Bloomberg Media and Beacon Asia Media announced Thursday a collaboration with the Natural Resources and Environment newspaper in Vietnam to introduce a localized edition of Bloomberg Businessweek. The edition will be called Phát Triển Xanh – Bloomberg Businessweek Vietnam. “Beyond its well-established English-language editions in the United States and Europe, Bloomberg Businessweekis already published in multiple […]
“The Businessweek Show” coming next month
Bloomberg Media will launch a talk show called “The Businessweek Show” on Oct. 12. Hosted by veteran Bloomberg Businessweek contributor Max Abelson, the show will explore the themes and motivations behind some of Businessweek’s best stories. “We’re going to ask complicated and profound people about their careers and ideas and lives – and about their […]
Binance CEO sues Bloomberg Businessweek publisher in Hong Kong for defamation
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao on Monday sued Bloomberg Businessweek’s Hong Kong publisher Modern Media CL. on defamation claims, reports Danny Nelson of CoinDesk. Nelson reports, “The suit stems from Bloomberg Businessweek’s June 23 profile of Zhao: ‘Can Crypto’s Richest Man Stand the Cold?’ But in Hong Kong, Businessweek’s local publisher Modern Media CL ran a different headline […]
Sacks named features editor at Bloomberg Businessweek
Danielle Sacks, the former editor in chief at Marker, Medium’s business publication, has been named features editor at Bloomberg Businessweek. She joined Bloomberg News last year and has been editing ambitious feature, enterprise and investigative work across the news desk and Bloomberg Businessweek. She joined Marker in July 2019 as executive editor. Before Marker, Sacks spearheaded […]
Chafkin returning to writing for Bloomberg Businessweek
Max Chafkin, who has been features editor at Bloomberg Businessweek, is returning to writing. Chafkin will be writing a column and newsletter for the magazine as well as writing features. He has been features editor since January 2016. He previously worked for Fast Company, Vanity Fair and Inc. magazines. Chafkin is also the author of […]
