Former BW columnist Marcial lands at DailyFinance.com
Keith Kelly of the New York Post reports that former BusinessWeek columnist Gene Marcial, who wrote a weekly column about Wall Street but was laid off when the magazine was acquired by Bloomberg LP, has found a new job writing for DailyFinance.com. Marcial had written his column for BusinessWeek since 1981. Before that, he worked […]
New BW president named
Bloomberg LP named Dow Jones & Co. executive Paul Bascobert as the new president of BusinessWeek magazine on Monday. He will take over on Jan. 4. He replaces former president Keith Fox, who stayed with McGraw-Hill, the magazine’s former owner. Bascobert serves as chief marketing officer for the Consumer Media Group at Dow Jones. He […]
No forward spin in BW stories written by Bloomberg staffers
Former BusinessWeek staff writer Gary Weiss notes that the content in the first issue of the magazine under Bloomberg ownership has some telling keys as to how the magazine’s journalism will change — particularly the lack of a forward-looking spin in one article written by Bloomberg writers. Weiss writes, “But the main thing that struck […]
Bloomberg kills BusinessWeek SmallBiz
Bloomberg and BusinessWeek announced Friday that they will cease publishing BusinessWeek SmallBiz and integrate the coverage into the Web site and magazine. The final issue of the bimonthly, controlled circulation publication is the December 2009/January 2010 issue. The staff of the magazine had been laid off last month in the purge of employees that Bloomberg […]
Bloomberg tech columnist to begin appearing in BusinessWeek
Rich Jaroslovsky, who began writing a tech column for Bloomberg earlier this year, will now have that column appear in BusinessWeek, the magazine it acquired at the beginning of the month. His column apparently replaces the one that had been written by Steve Wildstrom, one of the BusinessWeek staffers who was not retained by Bloomberg. […]
The new Bloomberg BusinessWeek
The first issue of BusinessWeek under Bloomberg ownership is now out, and the cover doesn’t look much different — except for the small “Bloomberg” name on the cover above the U and S in BusinessWeek: The cover story was written by longtime BusinessWeek staffer Stanley Reed. However, a sidebar to Reed’s Dubai piece was written […]
Former BW editor joins Thomson Reuters
Stephen J. Adler, former editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek, has been named to the new position of senior vice president and editorial director of the Professional division of Thomson Reuters. In this position, Adler will play a central role in helping to leverage editorial content across the organization. This will involve designing and editing innovative news and […]
BusinessWeek staffers say goodbye
A number of BusinessWeek staff members who were let go as part of the magazine’s acquisition by Bloomberg LP took to the blogosphere on Tuesday to say goodbye to readers. Senior writer Steve Baker wrote, “My career at BusinessWeek, which wraps up tomorrow, was an education. I’d start ignorant, and then learn on the job […]
Bloomberg completes deal for BusinessWeek
Bloomberg LP announced Tuesday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of BusinessWeek from McGraw-Hill Cos. Bloomberg paid $5 million in cash and Bloomberg also assumed certain liabilities, including unfulfilled subscription liabilities. “We share with McGraw-Hill a commitment to editorial excellence and we look forward to building on BusinessWeek’s 80-year tradition of great journalism,” said Bloomberg […]
Departing BW executive editor launches new media company
John Byrne, the executive editor of BusinessWeek who oversaw the magazine’s Web operations, launched his new media company Tuesday. It’s called C-Change Media Inc., and it will launch “online platforms in niche business areas.” On the company’s site, Byrne writes, “I passionately believe that the future of media is digital and that newcomers have tremendous […]
