Biz magazines underperform industry in fourth quarter
The 14 business magazines performed worse than the overall magazine industry in the fourth quarter in terms of advertising revenue and advertising pages, according to a data analysis by Talking Biz News. In the fourth quarter, the industry saw a 1.3 percent advertising revenue decline and a 7.3 percent drop in advertising pages, according to […]
Journalists are suckers for good economics metaphors
Journalists are suckers for good economics metaphors because economics like to use them to explain what is going on with the economy, said a prominent economics reporter on Saturday. “I happen to believe it’s not just a rhetorical truck to use a metaphor,” said Peter Coy, economics editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, at the History of […]
Getting Apple’s CEO to talk
Julie Moos of the Poynter Institute was able to get Bloomberg Businessweek editor in chief Josh Tyrangiel to answer some questions about its cover-story this week, which was an interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook. Here is an excerpt: Poynter: How did the interview come about? Josh Tyrangiel: Businessweek has had a good relationship with […]
Businessweek criticized for poll on hot female b-school students
Bloomberg Businessweek has pulled an online poll and article asking its readers to vote for what business school had the best-looking female students after criticism from readers. Aja Romano of The Daily Dot writes, “The poll was part of a new Businessweek feature called ‘Face/Off‘ that asks readers to vote on various short polls. Introduced […]
Bloomberg Businessweek names Paskin AME, editor of website
Bloomberg Businessweek announced Thursday that Janet Paskin has been named assistant managing editor of the magazine and editor of Businessweek.com. Paskin will report to Josh Tyrangiel, editorial director of Bloomberg Digital and editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, beginning Nov. 12. “Janet is a talented digital editor who has a great understanding for how to grow strong […]
Tyrangiel named Ad Age editor of the year
Josh Tyrangiel, the editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, has been named Advertising Age’s editor of the year. Simon Dumenco writes, “Mr. Tyrangiel had been the respected deputy managing editor at Time, which made him a reasonably obvious candidate; on the other hand, he doubled as the magazine’s music critic and his resume included stints at Vibe, […]
Advertising Week! Cats and dogs living together!
It’s Advertising Week 2012! Ok, so no one’s actually jumping out of a chair to run to New York, but Tanzina Vega and Stuart Elliot do have an interesting story in the New York Times about the five-day event. As the world relies more on digital, companies are trying to figure out the best way […]
Covering business schools in the multimedia age
Louis Lavelle is an associate editor for Bloomberg Businessweek. Previously, he was BusinessWeek’s management editor. Since taking over as the magazine’s business schools editor in 2005, his team has expanded the franchise to include coverage of Chinese business schools and new rankings of undergraduate business programs, part-time MBA programs, the best employers for new college […]
The business media needs to improve its Twitter use
The business media use Twitter as a promotional tool and are not building an online community, according to research presented Friday by two Virginia Commonwealth University professors. Vivian Medina-Messner and Marcus Messner found that the top business media outlets need to use Twitter as an online social network, not just another publication platform. “More attention […]
Businessweek econ editor applies to be governor of Bank of England
Peter Coy, the economics editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, has applied for the upcoming open position of governor of Bank of England, at the request of magazine editor Josh Tyrangiel. Coy writes, “I got to my desk this morning and found a ripped-out want ad from Her Majesty’s Treasury notifying job-seekers that ‘the position of Governor […]
