ACBJ publisher in San Antonio retires

American City Business Journals CEO Whitney Shaw sent out the following announcement to the company on Thursday: Kent Krauss is retiring after a distinguished 30-year career as a business journal reporter, editor and publisher. By any definition, Kent has helped build not just individual business journals but our industry as a whole. As I’ve gotten […]

Media company starts business journal insert in Ohio

Gatehouse Ohio Media, which owns the Canton Repository daily in Ohio, has started a business newspaper called the Stark Business Journal. Teri Hayt, executive editor, GateHouse Ohio Newspapers, writes, “SBJ will touch on all types of businesses, from agriculture to oil and gas, to start-up businesses to major corporations. We will provide in-depth articles about […]

Why California biz journal is running ad from Texas

Jack Robinson, the editor of the Sacramento Business Journal, writes about why the paper is running an advertisement that aims to lure business to Texas. Robinson writes, “In calls and at business meetings, a handful of readers have questioned why the Sacramento Business Journal is running ads from The Woodlands, a planned community near Houston […]

SF Biz Times editor to leave publication

San Francisco Business Times editor Steve Symanovich is leaving the American City Business Journals newspaper after 20 years to pursue other opportunities. A story on its website states, “‘It’s been a fabulous ride,’ said Symanovich, ‘and I’m ready for a new challenge.’ “During Symanovich’s tenure, the Business Times grew into one of the top publications […]

North Carolina biz journal has new part owner

The parent company of the Greater Wilmington Business Journal and Wilma magazine has a new part owner, officials announced Thursday. Vicky Janowski of the paper writes, “Robert Preville now owns half of SAJ Media LLC along with Rob Kaiser, according to a statement from Kaiser, who purchased the publications in 2007. “Preville said the deal […]

Kentucky biz paper moves to monthly publication

Business Lexington will go from being a twice-monthly publication to monthly, beginning with its June issue. Rich Copley of the Lexington Herald-Leader writes, “Publisher Chuck Creacy declined to say much more than that Thursday afternoon, other than the business publication’s new plan will be detailed in that issue. “‘We have been very successful with monthly […]

Biz reporter runs for cancer — while he battles cancer

Tucker Echols covers general assignment stories for the Washington Business Journal and provides business coverage for WTOP. He is also battling cancer. Hank Silverberg of WTOP writes, “Tucker Echols, the Washington Business Journal’s reporter normally heard on WTOP every morning, is battling diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, a type of cancer that was discovered after he […]

Owner of biz weeklies reports first-quarter loss

Dolan Co., which owns business newspapers across the country, reported a net loss and a decline in revenue for the first quarter. The Minneapolis-based company reported that first quarter revenues decreased 8.5 percent year-over-year to $54.7 million. Its net loss was $7.2 million, or 25 cents per diluted share. This includes an $10.7 million impairment […]

Why business news weeklies get into holding events

In an ideal world, a business would only have to do one thing very well to ensure a steady source of revenue. The news business doesn’t work that way. At Richmond BizSense, a daily business news website I started six years ago, we have built a stable business supported by digital advertising. But where we […]

Kentucky biz newspaper editor is laid off

Business Lexington editor Tom Martin was laid off Tuesday as part of a “strategy change” at the weekly newspaper. Rich Copley of the Lexington Herald-Leader writes, “Martin, 63, said he couldn’t say much about the matter because of a confidentiality agreement. He did say, ‘Macroeconomics finally came to visit a small independent publication, and it […]