San Antonio Biz Journal names new publisher
Jimmy Holmes has been named the new publisher of the San Antonio Business Journal, an American City Business Journals paper, effective Sept. 30. David Hendricks of the San Antonio Express writes, “Holmes comes to San Antonio from Houston, where he was executive director of sales and strategic development with Hearst Media, focusing on national multimarket […]
Minneapolis-St. Paul Biz Journal launches redesign
Tammy Mencel, the publisher of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, writes about the weekly business newspaper’s redesign. Mencel writes, “While many in media continue to lament the emergence of digital news and the resulting disruption to the status quo, we have embraced it. Over the past several years, these tools have allowed us to grow […]
Houston Business Journal names new ME
Giselle Greenwood has been named the managing editor at the Houston Business Journal, an American City Business Journals publication. Olivia Pulsinelli of the paper writes, “She replaces Greg Barr, who is now the managing editor of the Austin Business Journal, an affiliated publication. “Greenwood is a former assistant managing editor and technology/finance reporter for the […]
Arkansas biz journal majority owner purchase remaining stake
Darin Gray, who had owned 75 percent of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, has now acquired the rest of the ownership stake in the paper. Luke Jones of Arkansas Business reports, “He purchased the remainder of the stake from Olivia Farrell, CEO of Arkansas Business Publishing Group, parent company of Arkansas Business. “Financial details of […]
Arkanas business journalist dies at 55
Patricia Ann May, the former editor of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, died last week at the age of 55. Jan Cottingham of Arkanas Business writes, “She was a 1976 graduate of Harrison High School and a 1980 graduate of the University of Arkansas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. In 1988 she earned a […]
Portland Biz Journal celebrates anniversary of Real Estate Daily
Wendy Culverwell, the real estate editor of the Portland Business Journal, writes about the weekly business newspaper’s Real Estate Daily, which launched one year ago. Culverwell writes, “We’ve sent 252 emails containing more than 1,200 local news items — some long, most short — to more than 10,000 daily readers. As of Tuesday, Real Estate […]
Biz journal launches iPad, iPhone app
The Denver Business Journal, an American City Business Journals newspaper, has launched an application for iPads and iPhones. A story on its website states, “If you’re already a subscriber, the app makes a tablet-scaled replica of the newspaper available to you for free on your Apple mobile device. The app will take you through the […]
Rochester Biz Journal adds sports columnist
Paul Ericson, the editor of the Rochester Business Journal, writes about the hiring of Scott Pitoniak to write a regular sports column for the New York paper. Ericson writes, “I didn’t meet Scott until this year’s Rochester Press-Radio Club dinner, where Rick was honored posthumously with the George Beahon Award. A short time later, during […]
Barr named managing editor of Austin Business Journal
Greg Barr has been hired as the managing editor of the Austin Business Journal in Texas. Colin Pope, the editor of the paper, writes, “Barr oversees ABJ’s day-to-day news content both on its rapidly growing website and its weekly digital and print editions, and will also contribute Web reports and blogs. “Barr replaces Tony Quesada, […]
Inside Tucson Business names new editor
Mark B. Evans, administrator of TucsonCitizen.com’s collection of community blogs, is moving over to become the editor of Inside Tucson Business. He will replace Dave Hatfield, Inside Tucson Business editor since 2004, who is taking a government communications position with Pima County. Dylan Smith of the Tucson Sentinel writes, “‘It’s a job that found me,’ Evans said. […]
