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Fox News and Bloomberg both want Helen Thomas's old front row seat in the White House briefing room because of the symbolism they see in it. But what it actually symbolizes is something very different.

The 80-year-old Businessweek, now Bloomberg Businessweek, has an all-new design intended to pack a lot more information into each page, says editor Josh Tyrangiel. Just about every story is preceded by bullet points that tease its main findings, then tagged by a summary.

The textbook and nonfiction publisher -- which is behind the For Dummies how-to series -- reported healthy results for the third quarter, thanks to the education division and currency gains.

The other shoe is about to drop at BusinessWeek. Shortly after taking over the magazine, news giant Bloomberg pruned its staff by a reported 30% and made it known that more downsizing would come sometime before May. Sources say that round will begin Thursday.

Oscar is sure to help sales of "The Hurt Locker," welcome news for a picture that has only grossed $7 million domestically. Sales of "The Hurt Locker" DVDs spiked on Amazon.com following the low-budget movie's Oscar win on Sunday, rising to third place from 13th, and the Iraq war drama was the...

The American print-publishing industry isn't healthy -- and the food it's serving its workers may not be, either. A quick survey of cafeteria health inspection records shows some alarming results. Lunch anyone?

In case it wasn't perfectly apparent that it's a new day at BusinessWeek, the magazine's new owner, Bloomberg LP, cleared things up Tuesday with its appointment of a new editor in chief. The job will go to Josh Tyrangiel, who, as deputy managing editor of Time, had been overseeing the newsweekly's...

This summer, for the first time in five years, I used Priceline.com (PCLN) to book a hotel room and rental car. Turns out, I am part of a trend. The online travel agency saw an increase in bookings over the summer. Now it forecasts sales in the current quarter rising 28 percent from last year's...

Ever since Rupert Murdoch took over The Wall Street Journal, he's been remaking it as more of a general-interest read with ample political coverage and extras like a sports page and a pop-culture blog. But where does that leave all the in-depth industry news and analysis? In fact, soon there will...

When a $20 billion company buys a magazine for less than $5 million, it's almost by definition not a big deal. And even if the true cost of Bloomberg's acquisition of BusinessWeek is closer to the $70 million Sharon Waxman reports, it's still barely a speck on the financial-news giant's balance...