Categories: OLD Media Moves

Welch uncertain about BusinessWeek column's return

Former General Electric Co. CEO Jack Welch, who had been writing a management column with his wife Suzy for BusinessWeek until a staph infection put him in the hospital for 14 weeks, is uncertain about its return.

Paul Glader of The Wall Street Journal writes, “Mr. Welch and his wife, Suzy, normally write a back page column for BusinessWeek, which has ceased since his hospitalization. ‘We haven’t picked that up yet. We are working on that and thinking about that,’ he said. ‘That takes a lot of work. I’m not really ready for that.’

“Bloomberg LP is purchasing BusinessWeek from McGraw Hill. Mr. Welch acknowledges ‘a new owner, new thoughts’ could affect his column there. ‘We don’t know what the new magazine will look like. That’s down the road.'”