Bloomberg Businessweek+ Reviews

by JAC110

Love this pub and have been a loyal subscriber for years to print. I switch to digital, pay $450 and cannot login to any digital devices iPad / iPhone etc. I literally spend 4 hours on 5 phone calls and they tell me they cannot do anything for me and I need to contact their tech team who can only be reached via email!!! What are you serious. I do this multiple times and they send me a link to reset my PW!!! I can do that myself and of course it doesn’t work so let me talk to someone who knows what they are doing! What’s more, at one point on the phone one manager transfers me to another and I ask very politely why are you transferring me after I just spoke with you for 15 minutes and now need to start over with someone else —- she simply says, “Well....ummm....Just because. That’s why.” Learn how to manage a call center. That can’t be on an IVA script. Net net I paid 450 on 11/27 and cannot access digital and there is literally no one at this 22.5 Billion dollar company that can troubleshoot this? Criminal.

by JPre

There is a gigantic green banner at the top of BloombergBusinessweek which asks me to provide feedback on the Bloomberg Businessweek app. It cannnot be hidden or dismissed. Even when I click on it, it is still in BloombergBusinessweek when I return to BloombergBusinessweek . It seems to feed to some surveymonkey survey. Most offensively, it overlays the text so that I can’t see the article headlines or graphics properly. As a paying subscriber I find this offensive, I’m paying for access to your content and if you want my opinion please don’t interrupt my reading experience to get it.

by Endlosluft

I’ve tried to use this apps several times over the last year. Each time something doesn’t work. The first time it couldn’t verify my address even though it was identical to the label. Their support was useless. The second time a year later (I thought let’s give this a try) the menu option wouldn’t let me select that I’m a print subscriber in the US. It just ignored my clicks. Is there zero quality assurance that happens at BW with this vendor MAZ? Great way to frustrate your loyal subscribers Business Week.

by ZzxYyz55345

I tried to link BloombergBusinessweek to my long-standing Bloomberg Businessweek print subscription. It never gets beyond the first screen, I press the type of subscription I have, and NOTHING happens. I’m just stuck on that screen. So now I can’t link. Non-linked app looks to be unusable since all I’d get is a few articles per month, and possibly have to pay extra for that too. I uninstalled immediately. If I am charged anything, I will repost here. I’d advise DON’T DOWNLOAD BLOOMBERG APP.

by KMjammin

I have a print subscription and when I try to link it gets stuck on the sign in page. What’s worse is they have a button for linking the print edition but IT DOES NOT WORK!!

I like the mag, just want the version also when I travel. BloombergBusinessweek is total waste and disappointment in the brand.

by JohnBike

As soon as my current subscription expires, I’ll be starting a new subscription via ZINIO. ZINIO works fine for other subscriptions, so I’ll pay the higher fee. Apple needs to drop the BBW+ app from the iTunes Store. It’s junk.

Previous review:
Ok, I'll take a pass on my intended complaint about the sudden and unannounced redesign. For individual articles, it is very easily readable and less cluttered. BloombergBusinessweek now looks more like it was designed for one of those "granny" phones sold to us old, doddering seniors.
However, the new app has an epic failure to bookmark one's previous location in the issue. This feature is fundamental to electronic publication and it's absence from the Maz version of BBW shows how little thought went into selecting a different developer. This new app is NOT an improvement.

by Jab9187

This one is glitchy, dull, and leaves large amounts of unused space on your iPad screen. The old one worked beautifully on your iPad and was well-formatted and colorful almost like a real magazine on your screen. Glitchiness trying to renew subscription. They should kill this version and go back to the old one.

by Jemiles99

Great magazine and reporting. However app does not allow adjustment of font size. Only equivalent to font size 10 is available which making reading extremely difficult even on large iPads. Recommend Wall Street Journal or Fortune as examples of how to do a reading app right.

by GSXer1250

I use to be able to forward articles to friends but now that capability doesn’t work anymore. All that gets forwarded is a link to BloombergBusinessweek Store. Sent an email asking for help and no reply

by 60/40.

Very interesting. Info I would never have learned w/o your article because it is non-intuitive and outside my zone of life. Well written. Thank you. I would encourage more coverage of the reality of immigration, because it is poorly covered by traditional media and is a hidden political leverage point. And the truth is that America either wants this activity protected or wants it suppressed. That is insight you could develop and feed the survey conclusions back to the reader. I leave it in your capable hands! Thanks again. 60/40.

by Pfhilx

I get the magazine by USMail. it has been at least a year since the online version changed!!?! Since then I am unable to understand the instructions by those operating the online service. I am not ignorant of the fact I don’t understand the gibberish instructions.
I use iOS and whoever designed the current system has used some thing not resembling, remotely,what I need to download to get access to the Internet version. Sorry !

by Oconnorburg

I love reading each edition Friday and Saturday nights. What I love is having access to the magazines on my phone anywhere anytime. I’d love it if BloombergBusinessweek could let me store notes or bookmark articles for later reference- nonetheless great app!

by Armchair Exec

BW provides quick access to a wide range of relevant news that is often missed by other publications. Their web format is convenient. Convenient clarity counts in my busy life!

by Jk Atlantic

Businessweek has become a must read since dropping the NYT because of their tremendous bias. Can’t trust them any more. They are no longer the paper of record

by Deb2020

I am a small business owner an Business week is a must read to help me think . I have been reading Bw since I got my MBA 30 years ago