1970s

Luis Rukeyser

1970 – Louis Rukeyser begins a weekly television show on PBS called Wall Street Week.

1971 – Irving R. Levine begins to cover economics and business for NBC News.

1971 – Forbes begins publishing list of highest-paid executives.

1972 – Time Inc. starts Money magazine to complement Fortune.

1975 – Philadelphia Inquirer wins Pulitzer Prize for explaining how federal tax laws are applied unequally.

1975 – BusinessWeek devotes a cover story to the Corporate Woman. A year later, the magazine receives a National Magazine Award for Public Service for the story.

Business Week June 1978

1976 – Asian Wall Street Journal begins publishing. A European edition follows in 1983.

1976 – Des Moines Register wins Pulitzer Prize for uncovering abuses in the grain export trade business.

1978 – New York Times begins standalone business section.

1978 – Inc. begins publishing list of 100 fastest-growing publicly traded companies.

1978 – Fortune changes its publishing schedule to bi-weekly from monthly.

1979 – Nightly Business Report begins airing on public television stations across the country.