Maggs, editor at Bloomberg Businessweek, dies at 55
Barry Maggs, an editor who had worked at Bloomberg Businessweek magazine for the past 22 years, died Saturday at the age of 55 from cancer. Maggs joined Businessweek in 1998 when it was still owned by McGraw-Hill. He edited columns by Jack and Suzy Welch, Charlie Rose, and numerous outside columnists. He was known on […]
Fast Company, Bloomberg Businessweek among Ellie Award finalists
Fast Company was named Thursday as a finalist in the 2020 National Magazine Awards for Print and Digital Media in the design category. Bloomberg Businessweek for “The Elements” and MIT Technology Review for “The China Issue” were named finalists in the single-topic issue category. Bloomberg Businessweek for “Vanillanomics,” by Monte Reel was named a finalist […]
Bloomberg Businessweek celebrates 90th anniversary
Bloomberg Businessweek is celebrating its 90th anniversary, and staffers Peter Coy, James Ellis, Paula Dwyer and Joel Weber write about its past. Coy, Ellis, Dwyer and Weber write, “The first issue of this magazine appeared on Sept. 7, 1929. Its black, red, and gold art deco cover was free of news. It featured a big triangle pointing down […]
Bloomberg Businessweek seeks an editor for its staff
Bloomberg Businessweek is looking for a astute and ambitious editor who can contribute to the magazine’s extensive print and online coverage of companies, technology, finance, economics, politics and government policy, and in-depth surveys a number of specialized subjects. Businessweek is the pre-eminent chronicler of the effect that money and business have on the way the […]
The strategy behind a Bloomberg Businessweek story
Joel Weber, the editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, spoke with students at Tsinghua University in Beijing about how the magazine tries to differentiate its content. Nico Gous writes, “A relentless diet of scandal stories tires audiences, Weber said. That is why Businessweek also covers people trying to solve problems. To do that, Weber wants all Bloomberg […]
In defense of the BW cover “The Death of Equities”
Peter Coy, a longtime Bloomberg BusinessWeek staffer, writes about the publication’s most infamous cover story, 1979’s “The Death of Equities.” Coy writes, “I called up Seymour Zucker, who was editing economics coverage for the magazine in 1979 but was not involved in the un-bylined article and is now happily retired in Brooklyn. He was succinct: […]
Kahn exits Bloomberg News for Fortune
Jeremy Kahn has moved on from Bloomberg to rejoin Fortune magazine and cover artificial intelligence and other forms of disruptive technology. He was most recently a technology beat reporter at Bloomberg News, and before that was a writer for Bloomberg Markets magazine. “My career started at Fortune 20 years ago and I am eager to […]
TicToc social media editor moves to Businessweek
Michael Leibel, social media editor for Bloomberg’s TicToc, will join Bloomberg Businessweek as the social media editor on July 1. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Leibel was the social media editor for Cheddar Inc., where he curated original content for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other platforms. Leibel also worked as a copy editor for Facebook and […]
The anti-aesthetics of Bloomberg Businessweek
Cliff Kuang of Eye on Design writes about the funky design that has made Bloomberg Businessweek stand out. Kuang writes, “That hodgepodge of young talent shared a surreal sense of displacement. ‘It had to do with money,’ says Ma. ‘I didn’t come from any great means, and I’d come to work at a place where […]
Wired, Bloomberg Businessweek named Ellie finalists
Wired and Bloomberg Businessweek were the only two business-related magazines to receive nominations for the annual American Society of Magazine Editors awards, commonly known as the Ellies. Wired was named a finalist in the general excellence category, which honors publications covering politics, business, science and technology as well as society and culture. It was also […]
