business managers, the magazine shifted its strategy in the 1970s and added consumers outside the business world. By 1975, the magazine was carrying more advertising pages annually than any other magazine in the United States.

Stephen B. Shepard served as editor-in-chief from 1984 until 2005, when he was chosen to be the founding dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Under Shepard, Businessweeks readership grew to more than