BusinessWeek

Infobox Newspaper
name = BusinessWeek
caption = Kevin Rose on the August 14, 2006 cover of "BusinessWeek"
type = Weekly Business Periodical
format = Magazine
foundation = 1929
price = USD $4.99
owners = McGraw-Hill
editor = John Byrne
chiefeditor = Stephen J. Adler
language = English
circulation= 986,000
headquarters = New York City
ISSN = 0007-7135
website = [http://www.businessweek.com/ www.businessweek.com]

"BusinessWeek" is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. It was first published in 1929 (as "The Business Week") under the direction of Malcolm Muir, who was serving as president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing company at the time. [cite web | url = http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/aboutus/history_development.shtml | title = Corporate History - Development | work = McGraw-Hill | accessdate = 2007-08-07 ] Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune and Forbes, which are published bi-weekly.

Businessweek discontinued its European and Asian editions in 2005. The press release [ [http://investor.mcgraw-hill.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=96562&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=793664&highlight Press release] ] of 07 December 2005 issued by McGraw-Hill stated that it had decided to deliver a single global edition instead of providing separate regional ones.

Since 1988, "BusinessWeek" has published annual rankings of United States business school MBA programs. [cite web | url = http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/06/full_time.htm | title = BusinessWeek Business School Rankings | work = BusinessWeek | accessdate = 2007-01-23 ] In 2006, it also started publishing annual rankings of undergraduate business programs. [cite web | url = http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/08rankings/ | title = Undergrad Rankings 2008 | work = BusinessWeek | accessdate = 2008-07-01]

On October 12, 2007, BusinessWeek launched a revamped design, its first in four years. Several sections were redesigned to focus the publication more on news and global coverage, while eliminating the Executive Life section.

References

ee also

* Industrial Design Excellence Awards

External links

* [http://www.businessweek.com/ BusinessWeek.com] Official PC website
* [http://www.businessweek.mobi/ BusinessWeek.mobi] Official Mobile website