Biz journalist Blumenthal dies at 61
Karen Blumenthal, the former business editor of the Dallas Morning News and Dallas bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal, died Monday of a heart attack. She was 61. Maria Halkias and Cheryl Hall of the Morning News write, “At Duke University, she was editor of The Chronicle. She worked at The Dallas Morning News as an intern and staff writer […]
Former Fortune columnist “Stanley Bing” dies at 68
Gil Schwartz, the longtime media executive who for two decades wrote columns for Fortune under the pen name “Stanley Bing,” died on Saturday. He was 68. Andrew Nusca of Fortune writes, “For 13 years, the New York City native secretly and successfully skewered office life in the pages of Esquire magazine under the byline ‘Stanley […]
Beech, longtime Bloomberg News employee, dies at 60
Mark Beech, a longtime Bloomberg News employee in London, has died. He was 60. Beech was a TV news editor and head of graphics for Bloomberg in London from January 1997 to January 2005. He then was head of Bloomberg Muse in Europe and Asia, and then globally, until leaving the company in 2015. Beech […]
New Orleans biz reporter Voelker dies at 89
Bill Voelker, a reporter who tackled topics ranging from milk pricing to levees during a 34-year career at The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune, died April 15 of complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 89. John Pope of The Times-Picayune writes, “‘He was a really intense, really intelligent kind of guy who could take these really complicated […]
Holden, former Dow Jones News Fund executive director and WSJ editor, dies at 70
Richard S. Holden, who retired in 2014 after 22 years as executive director of the Dow Jones News Fund and 19 years as an editor of The Wall Street Journal, died Wednesday in Morristown, New Jersey, after a lengthy illness. He also served on the News Fund’s Board of Directors. He was 70. Holden was appointed executive […]
Bregar, journalist at Crain’s Plastics News, dies at 58
Bill Bregar, who spent 31 years reporting on the plastics industry, died April 5 of an apparent heart attack at age 58. A story in Plastics News states, “Bregar was a plastics industry star, known for his extensive industry knowledge and long list of sources and friends. “He joined Plastics News as a staff reporter […]
Graves, founder of Black Enterprise magazine, dies at 85
Earl Graves Sr., the founder and publisher of Black Enterprise, has died at the age of 85 from Alzheimer’s, reports Brett Molina of USA Today. Molina reports, “Graves Sr. founded Black Enterprise in 1970 as a resource for business and investing advice for African Americans. “‘The time was ripe for a magazine devoted to economic development […]
AP deputy tech editor Jesdanun dies from coronavirus
Associated Press deputy tech editor Nick Jesdanun has died from the coronavirus, numerous sources reported Friday. He was 51. AP national writer Ted Anthony writes, “Jesdanun, known as Nick, was the first AP reporter to be given the ‘internet writer’ byline two decades ago, when the world was less than 10 years into using the […]
Canada biz reporter Little dies at 74
Bruce Little, a reporter whose “Amazing Facts” column in The Globe and Mail tracked Canada’s political leaders, central bankers and their economic policies, died earlier this month at the age of 74 after a brief illness. Peter Tym of the Globe and Mail writes, “In 1976, Mr. Little joined the CBC in Halifax as producer […]
Maggs, editor at Bloomberg Businessweek, dies at 55
Barry Maggs, an editor who had worked at Bloomberg Businessweek magazine for the past 22 years, died Saturday at the age of 55 from cancer. Maggs joined Businessweek in 1998 when it was still owned by McGraw-Hill. He edited columns by Jack and Suzy Welch, Charlie Rose, and numerous outside columnists. He was known on […]
