Back in 1984, BusinessWeek needed to change
The new book from Steve Shepard, the editor of BusinessWeek magazine from 1984 to 2005 and now the dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, is excerpted in this week’s issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, and Shepard writes about the magazine when he took over. Shepard writes, “Business journalism had fully emerged from the media […]
Only spritzer drinkers at Bloomberg Businessweek
Alexander Abad-Santos of The Atlantic writes about how The Economist recently chided rival Bloomberg BusinessWeek for falsely claiming that its journalists could be disciplined for drinking spritzers while at work. Abad-Santos writes, “So, The Atlantic Wire had to ask, what are you guys drinking over there? ‘We love The Economist,‘ Tyrangiel told us over the phone. ‘The […]
Bloomberg Businessweek hires new tech editor
Bloomberg Businessweek has hired Doug Cantor as its tech editor, reports Joe Pompeo of Capital New York. Pompeo writes, “He replaces Barrett Sheridan, who left to pursue a fellowship at the Columbia Journalism School. He joins the magazine from Popular Science, where he was a senior editor. He also previously worked as an editor at Esquire. […]
BusinessWeek was in danger of being closed before it was sold to Bloomberg
Stephen B. Shepard, the former editor in chief of BusinessWeek from 1984 to 2005, has a forthcoming autobiography called “Deadlines and Disruption: My Turbulent Path from Print to Digital.” Shepard, who is now dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, spends a good part of the book discussing his time at BusinessWeek as well […]
Big three biz magazines outperforming industry
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The three largest business magazine titles — Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes and Fortune — outperformed the overall glossy industry during the first six months of the year, according to data released by the Publisher’s Information Bureau. Forbes reported as 16.4 percent increase in ad revenue and a 13 percent rise in ad pages for […]
Examining Bloomberg Businessweek’s overhaul
Hal Morris, writing on his GrumpyEditor.com blog, examines the efforts to remake Businessweek magazine since it was acquired by Bloomberg in late 2009. Morris writes, “Most noteworthy was getting the fatherly 80-year-old business weekly to appeal to a much younger readership via content and layouts. “In the July 16-22 issue, for example, Bloomberg Businessweek splashed […]
NYT personal tech editor to join Bloomberg Businessweek
Sam Grobart, the personal technology editor at the New York Times, is leaving the paper’s business section to work at Bloomberg Businessweek. Larry Ingrassia, the Times business editor, sent out the following memo to the staff on Thursday: We are sorry to tell you that Sam Grobart has accepted an offer from Bloomberg BusinessWeek to […]
Businessweek editor loves long-form journalism
Joe Pompeo of Capital New York writes Tuesday about Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel, who answered questions Monday night at Housing Works Bookstore. Pompeo writes, “‘If you look at magazines, oh, eight years ago, they demanded much longer stories because they were making more editorial pages,’ said editor-in-chief Josh Tyrangiel, by way of reply. ‘Most […]
Bloomberg Businesweek, Inc. win National Magazine Awards
Bloomberg Businessweek and Inc. both won general interest awards Thursday night in the annual National Magazine Awards. Bloomberg Businessweek won in the general excellence category for general interest magazines, beating out GQ, New York and The New Yorker. The category honors the best of the large-circulation weeklies, biweeklies and general-interest monthlies. The magazine’s editor is […]
Bloomberg Businessweek named best cover in business and technology
A Bloomberg Businessweek cover after the death of Apple’s Steve Jobs has been named the best cover of the year in the business and technology category by the American Society of Magazine Editors. The Steve Jobs cover ran as the Oct. 10-16 special issue of the magazine. The editors’ description of the cover: “Official word […]
