Farrell departs Multichannel News after 24 years

Mike Farrell

Michael Farrell has left Multichannel News after 24 years.

Farrell was covered finance, operations and mergers and acquisitions at cable operators and networks across the industry. He joined Multichannel News in September 1998 and has written about major deals and top players in the business ever since.

He also wrote the “On The Money” blog, offering deeper dives into a wide variety of topics including, retransmission consent, regional sports networks, and streaming video.

In 2015 he won the Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Profile, an in-depth look at the Syfy Network’s “Sharknado” franchise and its impact on the industry.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.