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Businessweek Sale

Jack Welch, Maria Bartiromo End BusinessWeek Columns

Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

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Two of BusinessWeek's more popular — and well-known — columnists are ending their columns now that Bloomberg LP has bought the magazine fr...

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BusinessWeek: What Might Have Happened Without Bloomberg

AllThingsD | Peter Kafka | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media

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BusinessWeek employees are waiting to hear if they'll have jobs once Bloomberg takes over the publication, and I'm told that staffers expect to hear t...

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Norm Pearlstine On BusinessWeek Purchase: "I Didn't Say The Magazine Has To Be Profitable"

The Wrap | Sharon Waxman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

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I didn't say the magazine has to be profitable. What we've said is we have to run BusinessWeek as a business. But within the world of Bloomberg, there...

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Bloomberg LP Acquires BusinessWeek

Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

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Bloomberg LP has agreed to acquire BusinessWeek from McGraw-Hill, the company announced Tuesday. The terms of the sale were not disclosed, though Bus...

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Bloomberg Submits Bid For BusinessWeek

BusinessWeek | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media

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After being given a few days' grace past the September 15 deadline for final bids for BusinessWeek, Bloomberg LP submitted its bid for the 80-year old...

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Bloomberg BusinessWeek Odds-On Favorite: Competition "Melting Away"

New York Post | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

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THE competition appears to be melting away as Mayor Mike Bloomberg's high-octane SWAT team from Bloomberg LP pored over the financials at BusinessWeek...

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Bloomberg Bids For BusinessWeek, Now "Frontrunner"

New York Post | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

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Bloomberg L.P., the media and information company founded by Mayor Mike Bloomberg, is a surprise last-minute entry in the auction to buy BusinessWeek ...

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BusinessWeek Sale: 93 Buyers Interested In Magazine

Bloomberg | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media

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BusinessWeek magazine has generated interest from 93 potential buyers, McGraw-Hill Cos. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Terry McGraw said. ...

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BusinessWeek Sale Seen Heating Up, Price May Be Around $35-40 Million

WWD | Posted 09.14.2009 | Media

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Media observers are speculating a deal for McGraw-Hill Cos. to sell BusinessWeek could be put together within the next few months. So far, OpenGate Ca...

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BusinessWeek Sale: Bidders Emerge For McGraw-Hill Magazine

BusinessWeek | Jon Fine | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media

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The McGraw-Hill Companies' (MHP) exploration of its strategic options for BusinessWeek has drawn several potential bidders, executives familiar with t...

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Is BusinessWeek Worth $1?

Alan M. Webber | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media

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BW needs to create a franchise. Because it's not print that's dead, or even print about business that's dead. It's old and tired franchises that are dead, franchises that have run out of gas, purpose and energy.

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BusinessWeek Sale: McGraw-Hill May Give Away For $1

FT | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

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McGraw-Hill might reap only a nominal $1 by selling Business Week, according to people familiar with the 80-year-old financial magazine's record of lo...

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BusinessWeek Up For Sale

Bloomberg | Posted 08.13.2009 | Media

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July 13 (Bloomberg) -- McGraw-Hill Cos. hired Evercore Partners Inc., the boutique investment bank founded by Roger Altman, to sell BusinessWeek magaz...

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