Kentucky paper names new biz editor
Adam Shull has been named business editor for The Paducah Sun in Kentucky and its sister publication, the Four Rivers Business Journal. The business journalism is a monthly publication. A story on the daily’s site states, “‘I am excited about Adam’s decision, and I am confident he will bring the same professionalism, spirit and dedication […]
St. Louis paper names new biz editor
Brian Thevenot is the new business editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, according to sources at the paper. He replaces Todd Stone, who left earlier this year to become business editor at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Thevenot had been the managing editor of the Texas Tribune. Before that, he spent a dozen years at The Times-Picayune […]
Variety editor fired
Leo Wolinsky, the editor of the entertainment business publication Variety, has been fired after less than a year on the job, reports Jeremy Peters of the New York Times. Peters writes, “His firing is the latest sign that Variety, which publishes daily and weekly editions, is having considerable difficulty regaining its footing in a news […]
Former owner of Fort Worth business weekly repurchases paper
Richard Conner, who owned the Fort Worth Business Press from 2001 to 2007 before selling it to Ohio-based Brown Publishing, has repurchased the paper, according to a story in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Sandra Baker writes, “Connor is CEO and owner of MaineToday Media Inc., owner of three daily and Sunday newspapers in Portland, Augusta […]
A biz journalist in search of love
Tom Loewy, the columnist for the Galesburg Register-Mail in Illinois, eloquently writes Tuesday about the paper’s business editor, John Pulliam, who is leaving the paper and moving 2,000 miles away to chase love. Loewy writes, “And along the way, the bruised and leathernecked old fullback showed some of his own jazz. This year he won […]
"Stock & Awe" show features biz journalist as protagonist
Etan Vlessing of The Hollywood Reporter takes a look Friday at the new show on Business News Network — the Canadian equivalent of CNBC — called “Stock & Awe,” a comedy on a business news channel. Vlessing writes, “The campy sitcom, more akin to SCTV than CNBC, features Doyle as a debt-laden shopaholic and business […]
Canadian biz channel rolls out comedy show
The Business News Network, the Canadian equivalent of CNBC, is introducing a comedy show called “Stock & Awe” to its nightly lineup, writes Cassandra Sklarski of the Canadian Press. Sklarski writes, “Stock & Awe, sprinkled with real interviews with actual money managers and financial experts, promises to present a light-hearted take on what everyone needs […]
Maine paper names new biz editor
Matt Wickenheiser has joined the Bangor Daily News as its new business editor, according to a story in the Maine newspaper. Jeff Tuttle writes, “Wickenheiser’s coverage of issues affecting Maine’s business community will be featured both in print and online at bangordailynews.com. “‘Matt Wickenheiser has established himself as one of Maine’s best journalists,’ said Mike […]
TV consumer reporters now struggle to find work
David Rainey of the Los Angeles Times writes Wednesday about TV consumer reporters who have lost their jobs and must find alternative ways to tell their stories after being in their hey-day in the 1980s and 1990s. Rainey writes, “Alan Mendelson, the onetime business and personal finance reporter for KCAL, spent years telling viewers he […]
Biz journalist Siklos to join Time Warner
Former Fortune editor at large Richard Siklos is joining Time Warner as a vice president in corporate affairs handling external and internal communications and advising on media strategy, reports Tom Lowry of Variety. Lowry writes, “Siklos will report to Gary Ginsberg, a former top aide to Rupert Murdoch who joined Time Warner in the spring […]
