Tacoma business columnist Virgin dies at 64
Bill Virgin, a longtime business columnist who was writing a weekly column for the Tacoma News Tribune, has died at the age of 64. A News Tribune story states, “At the time of his death Dec. 15, he served as editor and publisher of Washington Manufacturing Alert and Pacific Northwest Rail News. Since 2009, he also wrote a weekly […]
Variety reporter McNary has died at 69
Dave McNary, a veteran reporter who tirelessly covered the film and labor beats at Variety for more than 20 years, died Saturday at the age of 69, reports Pat Saperstein and Cynthia Littleton of Variety. Saperstein and Littleton report, “McNary had a more than 40-year career in journalism, much of it spent as an entertainment industry business reporter. He worked […]
Berkowitz, former Newsday biz reporter, dies at 67
Harry Berkowitz, a business reporter and editor at Newsday for two decades with a knack for distilling complex energy, finance and media stories down to their core, died Dec. 20 at his home, reports Robert Brodsky of Newsday. He was 67. Brodsky reports, “In 1985, Berkowitz moved to New York Newsday’s Manhattan office, where he was […]
Breslow, author of “Trader’s Note” column at Bloomberg News, has died
Richard K. Breslow, an editorial staffer on the markets team at Bloomberg News, died Monday morning. John Authers of Bloomberg News writes, “A former trader at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and WestLB AG, and a father of four, Richard was one of the wisest and most drily funny people I’ve met. I wish I’d had more […]
Price, biz journalist for WSJ, Caixin and South China Morning Post, dies at 62
Deb Price, a journalist who worked in business news positions for The Wall Street Journal, Caixin Global and the South China Morning Post, died Nov. 20 at the age of 62. Mark Hicks of the Detroit News writes, “Price taught journalism at Harvard Summer School and later became the Southeast Asia editor at the Wall Street […]
Bender, former NY Times biz journalist, dies at 95
Marylin Bender, a former New York Times business reporter recruited to the section from fashion who later became Sunday business editor, died on Oct. 19 at the age of 95, reports Katharine Seelye of The Times. Seelye writes, “She was then recruited by The Times’s business news section, where the editors thought her ability to write […]
Longtime Deseret News biz editor Knudson dies at 80
Max Knudson, former longtime business editor for the Deseret News, died peacefully in his home Wednesday after a fight with cancer. Daedan Olander of the News writes, “After another stint at the Salt Lake Tribune and a couple public relations jobs, he found his longtime home with the Deseret News in 1979. “Knudson had originally […]
Brittan, former FT economics editor, dies at 86
Samuel Brittan, the former economics editor at the Financial Times, has died at the age of 86. Alan Budd and Andrew Hill of the FT write, “Brittan, who has died at the age of 86, wrote columns in the Financial Times that were essential reading for anyone who wanted to understand economic policy for nearly 50 years. Written […]
WSJ’s Gigot on Melloan’s impact to the paper
Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot sent out the following to his staff about George Melloan: All, I’m very sorry to report that our great longtime editor and colleague, George Melloan, has died. He was 92. George had one of the most storied careers in Journal history. He worked here for 54 years, starting as […]
Melloan, longtime WSJ staffer, dies at 92
George Melloan, who worked at The Wall Street Journal for 54 years, died on Wednesday at the age of 92. His last byline for the paper was in June. In his last assignment he was deputy editor, international, of the editorial page and author of a weekly op-ed column titled “Global View.” He moved to […]
