Following weeks of guessing about how will stay and who will go after BusinessWeek is handed off to Bloomberg next month, the mag’s worldwide published Jessica Sibley will remain, TalkingBizNews reports (via Romenesko). However, Roger Neal, BusinessWeek.com’s SVP/GM, is departing. Joining Sibley in the move are Ellen Pollock and John Byrne as executive editors, while Ciro Scotti keeps his post as managing editor. Rounding out the team are Carl Fischer and Tania Secor. While Fischer will remain in marketing and communications, Secor’s finance duties will be expanded to include Bloomberg Markets as well as her continued work for BusinessWeek. Full story...
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