
It’s now the BBW magazine.
At a discount price, Bloomberg made a good deal.
The price was said to be near $5 million, plus assumption of liabilities, which were $31.9 million as of April.
Founded in 1929, BusinessWeek – once valued at more than $1 billion — will to lose roughly $40 million this year.
What’s next?
With a circulation of about 921,000, the new BBW will become a more targeted publication.
Massive cuts in the 400 people newsroom, yes more than 400!
The Bloomberg’s staff of 2,200 reporters, editors and photographers can do this magazine with just a few people from the old brand.
And the will make money, for sure.
Not doing another The Economist.
Right now he sells to The Economist readers many o the 280,000 Bloomberg terminals to subscribers paying upwards of $1,500 a month.
Norman Pearlstine, a former managing editor for The Wall Street Journal and Time Inc.’s former editor-in-chief will run the new show.
Pearlstine is now Bloomberg’s chief content officer and will become BusinessWeek’s chairman.
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