Bloomberg Businessweek cover is subversive genius
John Brownlee of Fast Company examines the thinking behind Bloomberg Businessweek‘s last cover of Apple CEO Tim Cook. Brownlee writes, “This isn’t the first Businessweek cover that has made Tim Cook look like an idiot. Just last year, Businessweek put Cook on the cover with the tagline ‘What Us Worry?’, drawing a parallel between the […]
Tyrangiel to head Bloomberg consumer editorial
Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel has been promoted at Bloomberg L.P., where he’s been working closely on a revamp of the company’s consumer media division, reports Joe Pompeo of Capital New York. Pompeo writes, “Bloomberg Media Group chief executive Justin Smith announced in an internal memo this morning that Tyrangiel ‘is being elevated to oversee all content […]
Bloomberg Business to replace Businessweek.com
Dean Starkman of the Columbia Journalism Review writes Thursday that one of the changes being planned at Bloomberg’s media operations is to rename the Bloomberg Businessweek website to just Bloomberg Business. Starkman writes, “The strategy was not widely shared internally, though some elements have leaked. According to people with knowledge of the strategy, it has […]
Bloomberg’s Smith: Content will still go on terminal first
Joe Pompeo of Capital New York got a partial transcript from a town hall meeting last week at Bloomberg led by Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith and Bloomberg Businessweek editor in chief Josh Tyrangiel where the two discussed the company’s future. Here is an excerpt: “First of all, what’s crystal clear to all of us […]
Bloomberg names Bremner ME for enterprise in Asia
Brian Bremner, currently assistant managing editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, will become managing editor for enterprise for Bloomberg News in Asia. In his new role, Bremner will work with the beat reporting teams to develop stories out of this dynamic region that will run on the terminal, in Businessweek and on the web. At Businessweek, Bremner was […]
Bloomberg Businessweek hires two new political reporters
Bloomberg Businessweek announced Tuesday that Allison Hoffman and Josh Eidelson will be joining the magazine this month. Both will be based in Washington, D.C. Allison Hoffman will be an associate editor, editing and writing stories for the magazine’s Politics & Policy section and for Businessweek.com. She will start on June 16. Hoffman comes to Bloomberg […]
Bloomberg Businessweek names new creative director
Bloomberg Businessweek editor in chief Josh Tyrangiel sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Effective immediately, Rob Vargas is the new creative director of Bloomberg Businessweek and Tracy Ma is our new deputy creative director. Ok, so they’re not technically ‘new.’ Rob is a founding member of the Bloomberg Businessweek design team and is already […]
How the biz media started B-school rankings
John Byrne, the founder of PoetsandQuants.com and the BusinessWeek editor who started the business school rankings craze back in 1988, writes about how it all began. Byrne writes, “I created the survey on my Macintosh computer at home. I copied about 3,000 of the surveys at work, and with the help of my own family, […]
Keller, fired at Bloomberg Businessweek, lands at PolicyMic
Jared Keller, the social media editor fired at Bloomberg Businessweek, has been hired as director of programming at PolicyMic, a news and aggregation startup geared toward millenials, writes Dylan Byers of Politico. Byers writes, “‘As the homepage continues moving to social and mobile, Jared will lead our efforts to reach young people in the places […]
Business journalist to start radio program
Roben Farzad, a business journalist who has written for Bloomberg BusinessWeek for the past decade, will start a regular radio show on Thursday out of Richmond, Va. The show, called “Full Disclosure,” aims to give listeners a better understanding of business, economics, international affairs and investing through humor, personality and candor. The show will feature major […]
