Frequently Asked Questions
Digital Subscriptions
Answers to common questions about our digital subscriptions & editions is below. If you need additional information, please email or call our customer support center at 800-635-1200.
The Bloomberg Businessweek+ app is available in the Apple or Google Play stores. Subscriptions to digital editions can be purchased on the Kindle via Amazon.com, and on Nook from Barnes & Noble.
General Information
For iPads/iPhones with iOS5 or higher, the app will download to Newsstand, which has its own icon on the iPad/iPhone home screen. Tap the Newsstand icon, and the BBW+ icon will be on the Newsstand shelf.
For iPads/iPhones using an older operating system: Download the app from the app Store. To open the app, tap the BBW+ app on your Home Screen.
If you are not already a subscriber to the print edition, you can purchase a print subscription that includes a free iPad/iPhone app subscription.
If you would prefer an iPad/iPhone only subscription, you may subscribe here.
For Android: The app can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.
BBW+ App
Here are a number of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Businessweek+ for iPad and iPhone. If you need help, please look here first. If you don't see what you're looking for, you can Contact Customer Service to let us know.
If you prefer to receive the print edition with the free Bloomberg Businessweek+ app, we would be happy transfer your subscription to our print version to be effective with the next available issue. Please call Customer Service at 1-800-635-1200 to transfer your subscription.
For iPad activation problems, please contact: bbwprob@bloomberg.net.
To activate your free subscription you will need to have your
a) 10 digit Bloomberg Businessweek magazine account number,
b) email address and zip code as listed on your print account, or
c) your full billing address.
If you live outside of the US or Canada, you will need your
a) 8 digit Bloomberg Businessweek magazine account number and postal code, or
b) email address and postal code as listed on your print account.
New issues will download automatically in the Apple Newsstand folder. You will be notified when a new issue is available. If you are on the older Apple iOS4 operating system, you will still get a notification from the BBW+ app about the new issue, but it is necessary for you to download new issues manually as they become available.
- From your device’s Home screen, tap App Store.
- Tap Featured at the bottom of the screen.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page.
- Tap the Apple ID button in the lower-left corner. (If you are not signed in, tap the Sign In button, and sign in with your Apple ID. Then, scroll back to the bottom of the page, and tap the Apple ID button.)
- Tap the View Apple ID button.
- Enter your password and tap OK.
- From the main account page, scroll down and tap Manage App Subscriptions. If you don't have app subscriptions this button will not be displayed.
- From the Manage App Subscription page on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod, tap the app that you would like to manage.
- The option to change the term of your subscription is in the manage subscription categories section.
- From your device’s Home screen, tap App Store.
- Tap Featured at the bottom of the screen.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page.
- Tap the Apple ID button in the lower-left corner. (If you are not signed in, tap the Sign In button, and sign in with your Apple ID. Then, scroll back to the bottom of the page, and tap the Apple ID button.)
- Tap the View Apple ID button.
- Enter your password and tap OK.
- From the main account page, scroll down and tap Manage App Subscriptions. If you don't have app subscriptions this button will not be displayed.
- From the Manage App Subscription page on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod, tap the app subscription that you would like to manage.
- Tap the subscription category to toggle auto-renewal on or off. Turning auto-renewal off will cancel your subscription at the end of its term and you will not be charged again. Please note that iTunes does not offer refunds for subscriptions. As such, we also cannot issue refunds on iPad/iPhone subscriptions purchased through Apple iTunes.
- Tap the Apple app Store icon on your iPad.
- At the bottom right of the Apple app Store page, tap Support.
- In the left margin of the screen, tap Account and Billing.
- Under Apple ID/iTunes Account, tap Apple ID Support.
- Tap the word “password” within Recover Apple ID name or password.
- Follow the instructions on the page.
eMagazines
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Kindle
Amazon is currently offering Bloomberg Businessweek as an electronic publication available on Kindle.