Longtime TV biz journalist Mendelson dies at 70
Longtime KCAL 9 business reporter Alan Mendelson, best known for his “Best Buys” segments highlighting consumer deals on clothing, electronics and other items, which later became a standalone program, has died at age 70. A story in the Los Angeles Daily News states, “Mendelson was a KCAL fixture for almost two decades, including much of […]
CNBC erroneously posts, tweets death of Rev. Jesse Jackson
Business news channel CNBC deleted a story and a tweet that said that the Rev. Jesse Jackson had died at the age of 81. In a tweet from the public relations department, the channel said the error was caused while “attempting to troubleshoot a technical issue.” CNBC apologized to Rev. Jackson and readers for the […]
Finke, Deadline founder and entertainment industry reporter, dies at 68
Nikki Finke, a longtime reporter who covered the entertainment industry and then founded industry publication, died Sunday at 68 after a prolonged illness. Erik Pederson of Deadline writes, “The famously reclusive Finke founded her site as Deadline Hollywood Daily, the 24/7 Internet version of her long-running print column “Deadline Hollywood” for LA Weekly. She posted firsthand accounts of […]
How “Marketplace” creator Russell helped Brancaccio find his voice
Tyler Falk of Current writes about the legacy of Jim Russell, the creator of “Marketplace” who died earlier this week. Falk writes, “David Brancaccio, now host and senior editor of Marketplace Morning Report, said Russell ‘took an enormous risk’ when he hired Brancaccio as host of Marketplace at age 33. “Russell had a ‘reputation of being very intense,’ […]
Russell, creator of “Marketplace,” has died
Jim Russell, the creator of the public radio business news program “Marketplace” in 1989, has died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was 76. Russell envisioned “Marketplace” as a business news show that would appeal to a mass audience, not just executives and investors, and he produced it in California, away from the traditional New York […]
Saracevic, former SF Chronicle biz editor, dies at 52
Al Saracevic, who was business editor of the San Francisco Chronicle from 2005 to 2009 and most recently director of news and sports coverage at the San Francisco Examiner, died early Saturday at the age of 52. Jeff Elder of the Examiner writes, “In more than a quarter century of serving San Francisco with gutsy journalism, […]
Grant, two-time Loeb winner, dies at 82
Linda Grant, a longtime business journalist who won two Gerald Loeb Awards during her career, died Aug. 11 at the age of 82. An obituary states, “Linda resettled in New York in 1971 and joined Fortune as a researcher/reporter for seven years. There she became a leader in the fight for women’s rights, joining hundreds […]
Remembering former Morning Call biz editor Hirsch
Mike Miorelli of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pennsylvania, remembers Mike Hirsch, who died earlier this month and was once the paper’s business editor. Miorelli writes, “After Mike was diagnosed with ALS in late fall 2019, he came up with the mantra, ‘ALS will kill me, but it won’t break me,’ and he stayed true to that […]
Keough, business journal pioneer, dies at 81
Donald Keough, who helped launch weekly business newspapers around the country, died earlier this week at the age of 81. Keough was key player in the development of more than 20 local business newspapers around the country. He was the founding editor of the Kansas City Business Journal. He founded American City Business Journals in the […]
Friend, CEO of real estate news service Bisnow, dies at 33
Will Friend, the CEO of commercial real estate news service Bisnow, died Sunday at the age of 33 after being struck by lightning. Ethan Rothstein and Mark F. Bonner of Bisnow write, “Friend was the CEO of the company for the last seven years, overseeing its growth to include 650 annual digital and live events in 50 international […]
