Behind Bloomberg's ambitions with BusinessWeek
Katie Benner of Fortune writes about why Bloomberg is so interested in turning around the performance of BusinessWeek and changing its content. Benner writes, “Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who started the eponymous company in 1983 and still own two thirds of its stock, has told people that he wants to make the magazine into the American […]
Fortune editor replies to BusinessWeek president's comment
Michael Calderone of Yahoo! News writes Thursday that Fortune managing editor Andy Serwer didn’t take too kindly to the comment from Bloomberg BusinessWeek president Paul Bascobert that there’s much competition. Calderone writes, “Bascobert—who serves as company president—also maintains that other leading business magazines aren’t covering the same ground, saying that long-time rival Fortune ‘has moved […]
BusinessWeek introduces redesigned magazine; Editor Tyrangiel talks change
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The job facing Bloomberg BusinessWeek editor Josh Tyrangiel since he took over running the magazine in December was to make the weekly glossy more appealing to readers and advertisers. On Thursday, the redesigned magazine was unveiled, marking Tyrangiel’s biggest move in accomplishing that task. One staff member told Talking Biz News: […]
Mayor supported BusinessWeek deal
Shira Ovide and Russell Adams of The Wall Street Journal have a second story Thursday about the renamed Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine, noting that New York mayor Michael Bloomberg pushed his company to acquire the glossy. Ovide and Adams write, “Bloomberg executives explored buying BusinessWeek in late 2008, more than six months before McGraw-Hill acknowledged the […]
BusinessWeek will have more pages, focus on specific topics
Shira Ovide and Russell Adams of The Wall Street Journal write Thursday about the relaunch of BusinessWeek magazine, which has been overhauled by its new owner, Bloomberg. Ovide and Adams write, “The new heart of the magazine, and the bulk of its pages, is five sections slotting stories into subjects: economics, companies, politics and policy, […]
Sneak peek of redesigned Businessweek
BusinessWeek relaunch as SNL skit
Rafat Ali of PaidContent.org makes fun Friday of the short videos that Bloomberg BusinessWeek has posted about its upcoming relaunch of the magazine under new editor Josh Tyrangiel. Ali writes, “And to help its ‘readers’ navigate the radically new concept of a business mag, I have taken some notes below: —’They come to us with […]
Young named new Reuters wealth management editor
Lauren Young, a former editor at BusinessWeek, has been named the new wealth management editor at Reuters, according to an internal announcement. Richard Baum, global editor for consumer media, wrote, “I’m pleased to announce that Lauren Young is joining Reuters as wealth management editor. Lauren is a personal finance veteran with more than 16 years […]
BusinessWeek hires two editors
Bloomberg BusinessWeek announced Tuesday that Sheelah Kolhatkar and Jonathan Kelly join the magazine as editors. Both will report to executive editor Hugo Lindgren. BusinessWeek plans to introduce a redesigned magazine in 10 days. The hirings some about a month after the magazine laid off a number of staffers, including editors, and others took a buyout […]
Biz magazine performance better, but still down in first quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Business magazines continued to see their advertising revenue and pages decline in the first three months of the year, but at a slower pace than in 2009, according to an analysis of Publishers Information Bureau data by Talking Biz News. The sector also performed better than the overall magazine industry The […]
