BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. It was first published in 1929 (as The Business Week) under the direction of Malcolm Muir, who was serving as president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing company at the time.Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune and Forbes, which are published bi-weekly.
Businessweek discontinued its European and Asian editions in 2005. The press release of 07 December 2005 issued by McGraw-Hill stated that it had decided to deliver a single global edition instead of providing separate regional ones.