Barrett leaves Bloomberg Businessweek for NYU
Paul Barrett, the special projects editor and a feature writer at Bloomberg Businessweek, has left the magazine. Barrett is now the deputy director at New York University’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights. He worked at Bloomberg for the last 12 years. He was also assistant managing editor for investigative projects at the magazine […]
Bloomberg Businessweek launches Mexico edition
El Financiero and Bloomberg L.P. announced Thursday the launch of Bloomberg Businessweek México, a Spanish-language, bi-weekly edition. The magazine will include local content from Mexico-based Bloomberg News and El Financiero journalists. The first seven issues of Bloomberg Businessweek México will be included with the El Financiero newspaper at no additional cost. The magazine will be […]
What’s behind the overhaul at Bloomberg Businessweek
Megan Murphy took over as editor of Bloomberg Businessweek in November with a mandate — overhaul the magazine to make it more appealing to readers. Last month, the redesigned magazine was unveiled. It included sharper storytelling, cleaner and more consistent design, and richer graphics and photography. Murphy was formerly the Washington bureau chief for Bloomberg. She had […]
Economist, Money, Bloomberg Businessweek among Loeb winners
The Economist, Money magazine and Bloomberg Businessweek were among the winners at the Gerald Loeb Awards dinner in New York on Tuesday evening. The Wall Street Journal did not win any Loebs after winning five in 2016. It was a finalist in two categories. John Peet, Jeremy Cliffe, and Tom Wainwright of The Economist won in […]
Bloomberg Businessweek is going behind a paywall
Bloomberg Businessweek is going behind a paywall as the financial news and information company looks to shift the magazine’s main source of support from its advertisers to its readers, reports Shannon Bond of The Financial Times. Bond writes, “Businessweek’s paywall will consist of two tiers. For $50-$60 a year, subscribers will get access to its website, the […]
Bloomberg Businessweek rolls out overhaul
Megan Murphy, the editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, writes in the latest issue about changes to the magazine. Murphy writes, “You’ll see this reflected in this week’s magazine, with its sharper storytelling, cleaner and more consistent design, and richer graphics and photography. The new Bloomberg Businessweek is more global, with American, European, and Asian editions. We’ve […]
WSJ’s Seib, BusinessWeek’s Shepard honored by SPJ
The Society of Professional Journalists recognized two business journalists as Fellows of the Society, the highest professional honor awarded by SPJ, for extraordinary contribution to the profession of journalism. Gerald F. Seib is currently executive Washington editor and author of the Capital Journal column for The Wall Street Journal. A graduate of the University of […]
Bloomberg names new Asia regional manager, Businessweek deputy editors
Bloomberg editor in chief John Micklethwait announced several major job changes in the company’s news organization on Tuesday, including a new Asia regional manager and two new deputy editors for Bloomberg Businessweek, which will relaunch in June. Otis Bilodeau, who has been deputy editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, is moving to Hong Kong to become Asia […]
Bloomberg, Vanity Fair win business journalism awards from Silurians
A Bloomberg series on how Wall Street is addressing technological and strategic changes to its business has won the business and financial news category at the Silurians’ annual Excellence in Journalism Awards. Here are the buisness journalism winners: NEWSPAPER, WIRE SERVICE AND ONLINE Medallion: Bloomberg News for “The New Wall Street” by Hugh Son, Matt Leising and Annie […]
Panama Papers wins Malcolm Forbes Award
The Panama Papers stories have won the Overseas Press Club’s Malcolm Forbes Award, given to the best international business news reporting in newspapers, news services or digital. The stories were written by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy, The Miami Herald and more than 100 other media partners. The judges wrote, “More than 400 […]
