Tyrangiel named BW editor
Bloomberg L.P. announced Tuesday that Josh Tyrangiel would be appointed editor of BusinessWeek magazine upon completion of its previously announced acquisition of the magazine. Tyrangiel, 37, currently is deputy managing editor of Time magazine and managing editor of Time.com. He has played a critical role in shaping the magazine’s business, technology and political coverage while […]
Welch column in BW also bites dust
A management column written by former General Electric CEO Jack Welch and his wife Suzy in BusinessWeek has ended, writes Keith Kelly of the New York Post. The column had been another move by departing editor-in-chief Stephen Adler to overhaul the magazine. Kelly writes, “Welch, who recently ended a 14-week hospital stay, told the Post it was […]
Bartiromo column in BusinessWeek ending
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo‘s column in BusinessWeek magazine will end after the business weekly is sold to Bloomberg L.P., staffers at the publication confirmed Friday. The column, called “Face Time with Maria Bartiromo,” began in 2005. It was one of the changes made by editor-in-chief Stephen Adler to revamp the magazine. […]
BusinessWeek workers worried about jobs, severance
Jay Yarow of The Business Insider reports Wednesday that some BusinessWeek staffers are worried about whether they will get jobs at Bloomberg once that company acquires the business weekly because it’s not responsible for paying severance. Yarow reports, “The question for BusinessWeek employees therefore becomes, is a job at a Bloomberg-run BusinessWeek, or just Bloomberg […]
BusinessWeek named site of the year
The American Society of Business Publication Editors named BusinessWeek as the Web site of the year in the 2009 Digital Azbee Awards of Excellence. CIO, InfoWorld, and TechRepublic earned honorable mentions. One of the judges stated that BusinessWeek’s Web site had a strong, clean interface with consistent page elements that led to positive user experience. […]
Top BW editors to stay at magazine
Bloomberg LP’s Norm Pearlstine sent a memo Thursday to BusinessWeek‘s staff noting that the magazine’s two executive editors and its managing editor would remain with the publication after it is sold to Bloomberg at the end of the month. Ellen Pollock and John Byrne are the executive editors, while Ciro Scotti is the managing editor. […]
Bloomberg expects to name BusinessWeek editor before deal closes
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Bloomberg LP is expected to announce who will be the next editor of BusinessWeek magazine before its deal to acquire the weekly closes on Dec. 1, according to Bloomberg staffers who attended a meeting Tuesday about the deal. Current editor Steve Adler resigned a week after the deal was announced. Candidates […]
What the cutbacks in biz mags mean
Nat Ives of Advertising Age writes about the job and issue cuts occurring at the top three business magaiznes — BusinessWeek, Forbes and Fortune. Ives writes, “The job cuts, another buyer said, won’t help in that effort. ‘By cutting their staff in any significant way, they’re really hurting the product in the long run,’ said […]
Bloomberg EIC Winkler on BusinessWeek's editorial vision
Bloomberg editor in chief Matthew Winkler interviewed with ContentSutra.org, an Indian media site, about the company’s plans in India, but he also discussed plans for BusinessWeek magazine, which the company is acquiring. Here is an excerpt: What is your editorial vision for BusinessWeek, which Bloomberg recently acquired? How do you plan to integrate the two […]
BusinessWeek president leaving magazine
Tom Lowry of BusinessWeek reports that the weekly magazine’s publisher and president, Keith Fox, is leaving in advance of its sale to Bloomberg LP, but will remain with McGraw-Hill. Lowry writes, “Fox, 44, informed colleagues of his decision in a staff memo Friday afternoon, less than three weeks after McGraw-Hill announced it had reached an […]
