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Bloomberg Businessweek magazine launched in September 1929, just weeks before the catastrophic stock market crash that defined the Great Depression. The publication originally bore the name The Business Week before shortening its title to Business Week in 1934.
Bloomberg L.P. purchased the magazine in late 2009 for a reported sum between $2 million and $5 million plus the assumption of significant debt. The acquisition marked a turning point as Bloomberg renamed the publication Bloomberg Businessweek and initiated a series of bold redesigns.
On the 4th of October 2018, Bloomberg Businessweek published an article claiming China had infiltrated U.S. companies by placing a tiny chip on Supermicro server motherboards. The claims were quickly debunked by Pingwest and major corporations including Apple and Amazon issued blanket denials.
Bloomberg Businessweek launched its iPad edition in 2011, which was the first to use Apple's subscription billing service allowing users to subscribe via an iTunes account. By the time of the launch, the iPad edition had over 100,000 subscribers.
Stephen B. Shepard served as editor-in-chief of Bloomberg Businessweek from 1984 until 2005. His tenure saw the magazine publish its first annual rankings of United States business school MBA programs in 1988 and transform the publication into a cultural touchstone.