Chicago is My Home

09
Jun

New Publication BusinessWeek Chicago Scrapped Due to Poor Ad Revenue

Author: Adam Fendelman, Category: Business

CHICAGO – BusinessWeek Chicago, which was BusinessWeek’s guinea pig for a city-focused supplemental magazine, has published its seventh and final edition.

The magazine will be discontinued following its June 2008 issue due to poor ad sales, according to recent reports by the Chicago Tribune and Crain’s Chicago Business.

BusinessWeek Chicago was launched in Nov. 2007 as a locally focused business publication. The magazine was intended as a supplement to the flagship BusinessWeek publication. It was to serve as a model for similar publications to be introduced in various metropolitan areas across the U.S.

One editorial staff member and one salesperson were fired in connection to the elimination of the publication. BusinessWeek will continue to operate its Chicago bureau.

By Megan O’Neil