Why Bloomberg provides snacks
Keith Kelly of the New York Post writes about the reason that some BusinessWeek staffers think that their new owners, Bloomberg, provides snacks to its employees. Kelly writes, “A Bloomberg HR person was sent to address some of the surviving editors and writers of BusinessWeek, which is being bought by Mayor Mike Bloomberg‘s company, and welcome them […]
BW staffers remaining were "ineligible or not selected." Ugh
Former BusinessWeek staffer Gary Weiss laments the word choices used by McGraw-Hill in letting go 123 BusinessWeek editorial staff members as part of Bloomberg‘s acquisition of the magazine. Weiss writes, “The memo begins, ‘The positions selected for termination were those who did not receive an offer of a comparable or substitute job with Bloomberg L.P., […]
Executive editor Byrne decides to leave BusinessWeek
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE John Byrne, the executive editor at BusinessWeek, has decided to leave the magazine when it is sold to Bloomberg LP. Bloomberg had earlier told the staff that Byrne would be retained, along with Ellen Pollock, the other executive editor. In an e-mail to the staff, Byrne writes, “After spending 22 years […]
The future contents of BusinessWeek
Former BusinessWeek staffer Gary Weiss writes that he has seen what the future content of the magazine will look like under Bloomberg LP’s ownership when he read a story on Andrew Cuomo, New York’s attorney general and a rising star in the Democratic party, describing how Cuomo took cash from lawyers with business before his […]
Let's not make BusinessWeek another Time
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon writes about the danger of turning BusinessWeek.com into Time.com in the wake of the hiring of Josh Tyrangiel to be the magazine’s editor after his success in increasing visits and page views at the general interest magaizne. Salmon writes, “I’m an admirer of Tyrangiel too. But it would be depressing if […]
The BW job facing Tyrangiel
Marion Manekar of The Big Money writes Monday about incoming BusinessWeek editor Josh Tyrangiel and what he must to do turn around the magazine’s financial performance. Manekar writes, “On the execution side lies Tyrangiel’s ease at dealing with difficult personalities. With a complex mix of editors — Pearlstine, Winkler, and former Time managing editor Jim […]
Mandel leaving BusinessWeek
Michael Mandel, the chief economist for BusinessWeek magazine, confirmed on his blog that he will leave the magazine when it is sold to Bloomberg LP. Mandel writes, “To my friends at BusinessWeek, both old and new: We had a fantastic run, and I loved working with you all. Sometimes we were good, sometimes we were […]
BW international staff fares better than domestic reporters, editors
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE A higher percentage of BusinessWeek‘s editorial staff overseas are maintaining their jobs in comparison to the domestic reporters and editors, where the cuts were larger as the magazine prepares to be sold to Bloomberg LP. An estimated 30 percent to 40 percent of the domestic editorial staff have lost their jobs […]
Bloomberg Press to close
Jon Friedman of Marketwatch.com reports that the Bloomberg Press unit of Bloomberg LP will be closed once the company completes its acquisition of BusinessWeek magazine. Friedman writes, “The division published a handful of titles a year and had eight staffers. Bloomberg hopes to place the employees elsewhere in its company. “Bloomberg is going through a […]
BusinessWeek staff moves: 3rd update
Here are some more decisions made at BusinessWeek about its future staff once it is acquired by Bloomberg LP next month. The previous list had gotten too long, according to some, to track. 1. Cliff Edwards, a correspondent in the Silicon Valley bureau, where he covers Intel, the semiconductor industry, handheld- and consumer-electronics companies, has […]
