Welles took on the oil industry
The New York Times has an obituary Wednesday of noted business journalist Chris Welles and recounts how he took on the oil industry in the 1970s. Dennis Hevesi writes, “His 1970 book, ‘The Elusive...
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WSJ hires another writer from BusinessWeek/Bloomberg
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The Wall Street Journal has hired a second former BusinessWeek writer who became a Bloomberg News hand after it acquired the weekly business magazine. Ben Levisohn will be covering stocks...
Ex-BusinessWeek editor Shepard fondly remembers Welles
Talking Biz News asked Steve Shepard, the editor of BusinessWeek from 1985 to 2005, for some thoughts about business journalist Chris Welles, who worked at BusinessWeek for 13 years and died this weekend. Here...
Welles, top business journalist, dies
Chris Welles, who ran the business journalism program at Columbia University and was also a top business journalist for publications such as BusinessWeek, died Saturday after an extended illness. Floyd Norris of the New...
Writer of latest BusinessWeek cover story leaving for WSJ
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Jessica Silver-Greenberg, who wrote the latest cover story for Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine, confirmed to Talking Biz News on Wednesday that she is leaving Bloomberg for a job at The Wall Street...
Fortune publisher named publisher of Bloomberg Businessweek
Bloomberg Businessweek announced Wednesday that Hugh Wiley has been named publisher. He succeeds Jessica Sibley, who announced earlier this week she was leaving to become publisher of The Week. Wiley, who is currently publisher...
Bloomberg Businessweek announces new hires
Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel sent out the following announcement to the staff on Tuesday: “It’s my pleasure to announce several new hires. “Staff writer Felix Gillette joins us from the New York Observer,...
Businessweek publisher leaving for The Week
Jessica Sibley, the publisher of Bloomberg Businessweek for the past two years, is leaving the magazine for a similar post with The Week. Russell Adams of The Wall Street Journal writes, “Ms. Sibley succeeds...
Media reporter joining Bloomberg Businessweek
Felix Gillette, who covers the media and tech business for the New York Observer, announced Thursday that he has accepted a reporting position at Bloomberg Businessweek magazine. At the Observer, Gillette wrote about TV...
War of words continues between BusinessWeek and Fortune
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The snippy comments between Bloomberg Businessweek and Fortune have not abated. Time Inc., the parent of Fortune, held a state of the company meeting Friday and leader John Huey —...
