Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn   Visit min's sister site:




BREAKING NEWS & VIEWS

John Byrne to Leave BusinessWeek


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

John Byrne, BusinessWeek executive editor and businessweek.com editor-in-chief (since July 2005), announced today (Nov. 24) that he will be leaving the magazine with the Dec. 1 expected close of the Bloomberg L.P.'s acquisition from McGraw-Hill Cos.   Byrne is relocating to San Francisco (where his wife and BW alumna Kate Rodler, is based) with plans to launch a new digital media company.   He follows editor-in-chief (since March 2005) Steve Adler, who announced his resignation several weeks ago and is being succeeded by Time deputy managing editor/time.com managing editor Josh Tyrangiel.

Byrne is a protégé of 1984-2005 BW editor-in-chief Steve Shepard, who hired him in 1985.  Over the next 18 years, Byrne wrote 57 cover stories, with three that turned into books:on (1) 1990s' PepsiCo.-turned-Apple Computer CEO John Scully; (2) "Chainsaw" Al Dunlap, who tore up Sunbeam in the 1990s; and (3) 1981-2001 General Electric CEO Jack Welch, with 2001's Straight from the Gut being a best-seller.  Byrne brought in Welch and wife Suzy to write a joint BW column that ended its three-year run with the Bloomberg acquistion.

In 2003, Byrne left BW to become Fast Company editor-in-chief.  Two years later, he helped engineer Joe Mansueto's purchase of it and Inc. before accepting Adler's offer to rejoin the magazine that July.

In his staff memo, Byrne thanked Adler for "giving me two very big opportunities," plus managing editors Ciro Scotti and Martin Keohan along with "the highly talented people I've been able to work with and learn from over these 22 years."

If you have breaking news to share please contact min’s editors.


Friend Us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/minOnline.

COMMENTS
Up and Coming

Thinking in Video Webinar
June 25
Register Now

Call for Entries!
min's Integrated Marketing Awards

Entry Deadline: June 21
Enter Now


min's Social Media Guidebook:

Reviews, analysis and insider perspectives on the latest innovations in social media from media brands
Order Today!

Search Jobs
Media Jobs
Please enter the following information to have a link to The Skinny emailed to your iPhone:

White Papers
Get even smarter.  Need a quick primer on a media topic? Download a white paper from our media partners.

Internet measurement of ad-noting: Sampling and Statistical Issues - By MRI

Drive New Revenue in a Static Economy: Revisit Pay-Per-View Webinars - By TalkPoint

Successfully Building Communities for Your Business - By Ripple6

All Content Is Now Evergreen - By NStein


View Whitepapers
min Contests

min contests
Want to sponsor a min contest?

Inside min This Week
Events Calendar

Call for Entries! min's Integrated Marketing Awards
Entry Deadline: June 21
Enter online!

Thinking in Video Webinar
June 25
Register Today!

PR News' Next Practices Annual Conference

August 6 (Early bird rate ends July 17)
Register Today!

PR News' Writing Boot Camp
August 5
Register Today!

All Events




min
Free Eletters — Sign up Now