BusinessWeek’s Sibley Stays As Publisher Under Bloomberg; BW.com’s Neal Is Out

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Following weeks of guessing about who 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. However, Roger Neal, BusinessWeek.com’s SVP/GM, is departing. Neal’s digital team will report to Bloomberg.com head Kevin Krim once the move commences on December 4. Bloomberg promises that all staffing issues will be mapped out and announced by November 20.

The news comes a week after Keith Fox, the mag’s president, said he would leave BusinessWeek to stay behind at former parent McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP). Stephen Adler, who was editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek for four years, became the first major exec to make plans to depart since the sale to Bloomberg was announced last month.

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.

Keeping the management team of the magazine mostly intact is not much of a surprise, though one source notes that these are merely contract extensions. Whether the team will stay together after the contracts expire is certainly not assured. Meanwhile, sources say that Neal’s departure isn’t a nail in coffin of the magazine’s Business Exchange though there is a sign of hope for it since Bloomberg.com recently added the BX share tool.

Full memo:

“We are pleased to bring you a report on progress as we work toward the December 1 integration.

Foremost on our minds are issues involving people, and we are striving to make this process as transparent and expeditious as possible. Bloomberg expects to retain a majority of BusinessWeek

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