Bloomberg Businessweek leads NMA nominations
With three nominations, Bloomberg Businessweek topped the business and financial publications among those nominated as National Magazine Awards 2015 finalists. Here are the business titles nominated as finalists: Harvard Business Review and Inc. are finalists in the special interest magazine category. Wired is a finalist in the design category. Bloomberg Businessweek‘s “85th Anniversary Issue,” Dec. […]
Soller to run Bloomberg Businessweek’s Etc. section
Kurt Soller has been promoted to be the new editor of the magazine’s Etc. section, Bloomberg Businessweek announced Monday. He replaces former Etc. editor Emma Rosenblum, who was recently named editor of Bloomberg Pursuits magazine. Bloomberg Businessweek’s Etc. section covers work, life, fashion, travel, design, food, sports, culture, and other leisure pursuits. It’s a mini […]
Bloomberg Business website to debut in January
Bloomberg LP will launch its flagship media portal, Bloomberg Business, on Jan. 20, according to sources with knowledge of the plans, just in time for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, reports Joe Pompeo of Capital New York. Pompeo writes, “Bloomberg Business involves a redesign of bloomberg.com, which already houses content from existing […]
Bloomberg aims for a larger audience
Michael Sebastian of Advertising Age writes about the new Bloomberg Business website and how it will attempt to attract more readers. Sebastian writes, “Now the most visible results of its work are about to emerge, executives said, starting with the roll-out of a digital mother ship called Bloomberg Business — a website that will live […]
Bloomberg, Businessweek getting new web addresses
Bloomberg.com and Businessweek.com will be replaced next year by Bloomberg Business, reports Shannon Bond of The Financial Times, part of an overhaul at the financial media company to make it more appealing to consumers. Bond writes, “Bloomberg Business will replace bloomberg.com and businessweek.com early next year. It follows October’s debut of Bloomberg Politics, helmed by […]
Businessweek hires Drummond from The Verge
Katie Drummond, who had been assistant managing editor at The Verge, has been hired as a deputy editor at Bloomberg Businessweek. She started her new job this week. Drummond had been the AME for the tech news site for seven months. Before that, she was the science editor at The Verge, launching Verge Science, the […]
How Bloomberg Businessweek is reinventing the magazine cover
Alissa Walker of Gizmodo writes about the funky Bloomberg Businessweek covers that are unlike any other magazine. Walker writes, “Today’s success is largely thanks to creative director Robert Vargas and deputy creative director Tracy Ma, with a hefty nod to Richard Turley, the creative director who oversaw the relaunch and established the new visual language […]
The intersection of political and business reporting gains prominence
Media outlets are covering more stories that discuss the intersection of politics and business because of the financial crisis that the country experienced in 2008 and 2009, said Joshua Green, a senior national correspondent for Bloomberg Businessweek, on Tuesday. “Government is at the heart of global and U.S. financial health,” said Green. “My job is […]
Bloomberg Businessweek to publish Czech edition
Bloomberg LP announced plans Wednesday to publish Bloomberg Businessweek Česko, a Czech-language edition of the magazine starting in late November. Under terms of the publishing agreement, Smart Connections will also produce a Czech-language edition of Bloomberg Pursuits, Bloomberg’s award-winning global luxury lifestyle magazine. “Our partnership with Smart Connections further demonstrates Bloomberg’s global reach and continued […]
Bloomberg Businessweek names new photo director
Bloomberg Businessweek editor in chief Josh Tyrangiel sent out the following note to the staff on Tuesday: We have photographic white smoke: Clinton Cargill will be joining Bloomberg Businesswek as our new Director of Photography on October 13. Clinton has been a photo editor at The New York Times Magazine since 2006, producing amazing images […]
