Midlands Business Journal founder Hoig dies at 86
Bob Hoig, who launched the Omaha-based Midlands Business Journal in 1975, died Monday at the age of 86. Michael Kelly of The Omaha World-Herald writes, “He later wrote for the Lincoln Journal, the Miami Daily News and United Press International before joining The World-Herald in 1969, covering crime and corruption. He also wrote of lax security […]
Wichita Business Journal managing editor dies from cancer
Bill Wilson, the Wichita Business Journal’s managing editor and a Wichita-area journalist for more than 35 years, died Wednesday morning after a three-year bout with cancer. Kirk Seminoff of the Business Journal writes, “‘Bill really did fight the good fight over the course of a couple of years,” WBJ editor Bill Roy said. ‘When he worked, he worked […]
Moulds, former Chicago biz reporter, dies at 85
Warren Moulds, a business reporter for Chicago papers in the 196os and 1970s, died in December at the age of 85. Bob Goldsborough of the Chicago Tribune writes, “In the late 1960s, Moulds was hired as a business reporter for the Chicago’s American newspaper, which was owned by the Tribune. He remained with the paper after […]
Levingston, former Florida business editor, dies at 81
Lewis “Skip” Levingston, a former business editor of the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, dies Jan. 3 at the age of 81. Teresa Stepzinski of the Times-Union writes, “Mr. Livingston joined the Florida Times-Union as a business columnist and subsequently became business editor of the evening Jacksonville Journal. “Mr. Livingston later became the founding editor of Jacksonville Monthly […]
Myers, former Page One editor at WSJ, dies at 89
Henry F. Myers, remembered as one of the great Page One rewrite men during a 40-year Wall Street Journal career, died on Dec. 15 in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was 89. A graduate of Princeton (B.A. in history, 1951) and the University of Maryland (M.A. in economics, 1957), Myers spent his career dedicated to journalism and […]
Virginia biz reporter dies at 57
Vic Bradshaw, a business reporter for The Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Virginia, died this week at the age of 57. A story in the Star reported, “Vic Bradshaw served two tenures at the Daily News-Record — as a business reporter from 2000 to 2003 and again from June 2014 to June of this year. He […]
Kansas City Biz Journal reporter Roberts has died
Longtime Kansas City Business Journal reporter Rob Roberts died at his home early Monday. Business Journal editor Brian Kaberline writes, “In a career that spanned 38 years, Roberts worked at all levels of journalism, from reporter to editor to publisher and owner. He gained a reputation as a hard-driving journalist among Kansas City-area readers while […]
Former Reuters DC bureau chief dies at 86
Maurice Quaintance, the Reuters Washington bureau chief during the latter part of the 1970s when Jimmy Carter was in the White House, has died at the age of 86. A story on The Baron states, “As bureau chief, Quaintance helped supervise coverage of the 1976 presidential election which resulted in Carter, a Georgia peanut farmer, […]
Gatewood, prolific Newsday biz reporter, dies at 71
Dallas Gatewood III, a prolific former Newsday business reporter who chronicled how the economic downturn of the late 1980s devastated small farms on Long Island and across the country, has died at the age of 71. Robert Brodsky of Newsday writes, “Gatewood joined Newsday in 1974 as beat reporter in the Town of Babylon as a member […]
Ropa, publisher of Eau Claire biz publication, dies at 53
Dan Ropa, who published The Bottom Line business news publication in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for nearly 30 years, died Tuesday at the age of 53. Samantha West of The Leader-Telegram writes, “‘Dan was such a great guy,’ said Linda John, executive director of Visit Eau Claire. ‘He was such a hustler — that’s the word that comes […]
