[1] He was named managing editor of Money magazine, serving in that position from 1980 to 1986, and filled the same role at Fortune from 1986 to 1994.
[2] During his tenure at Fortune, Loeb was credited with expanding the traditional focus on business and the economy with added graphs, charts and tables, as well as the addition of articles on topics such as executive life, and social issues connected to the world of business, such as the effectiveness of public schools and on homelessness.
[1] His commentaries were syndicated in the Your Money column in publications nationwide and his Your Dollars was broadcast on the CBS Radio Network.
The Columbia Journalism Review appointed him to serve as the publication's editor in December 1996, succeeding Suzanne Braun Levine.
[2] After Maryland Public Television dropped Louis Rukeyser in March 2002 as host of the Wall $treet Week program he had created 32 years earlier, Loeb and retired economics correspondent for CBS News Ray Brady were tapped to fill the hosting responsibilities during a three-month period while the program format was revamped.