Murray to rejoin WSJ to help with events business

Alan Murray

Former Fortune magazine CEO Alan Murray is rejoining The Wall Street Journal to help with its events business, reports Brian Stenberg of Adweek.

Stenberg reports that Murray “will play a key role in building out its events business, according to two sources familiar with the move.

“The hire was first reported by ADWEEK earlier this week.

“Murray and The Wall Street Journal declined to comment. A Fortune spokesman didn’t respond to request for comment.

“The appointment is a major get for The Wall Street Journal, as the highly connected, well-respected media executive will be able to put his network and acumen to immediate use in growing its events and conferences business.

“Murray’s move to The Journal is a return, as he worked for the publisher for 18 years, from 1993 to 2012.”

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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.