Mateja, who covered auto industry for Chicago Tribune, dies at 71
Jim Mateja, who covered the auto industry for more than 45 years for the Chicago Tribune, has died from cancer at the age of 71. Robert Duffer of the Tribune writes, “Hired to the business copy desk in 1967 ‘the day after graduating from Western Illinois University,’ according to Mateja’s own bio, he began ‘writing about […]
Cunniff, former AP business reporter, dies at 87
John Cunniff, a business writer for The Associated Press who for 35 years wrote a column that helped readers grasp a better understanding of the economy, has died at the age of 87. Frank Eltman of the AP writes, “He wrote the Business Mirror column from 1966 until his retirement in December 2001, compiling nearly […]
Byron, longtime investigative business journalist, has died
Christopher Byron, a prize-winning business journalist and New York Times best-selling author, died Saturday night. He was 72. From 1995 to 2000, his “Back of the Envelope” column in the New York Observer exposed the swindlers and con artists from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. He then wrote a weekly column for Bloomberg News and a […]
Coverage: Johnson, 1980s symbol of corporate excess, dies at 85
F. Ross Johnson, the chief executive officer of RJR Nabisco whose takeover attempt of the company in 1988 introduced society to leveraged buyouts, has died at the age of 85. Ken Sweet of the Associated Press had the news: In October 1988, Johnson and a group of investors proposed taking Atlanta-based RJR Nabisco private, which started […]
Gibbens, dean of Montreal biz journalists, dies at 92
Robert Gibbens, the longtime business editor at the Montreal Star, died Saturday at the age of 92. Bryan Demchinsky and Graeme Hamilton of the Financial Post write, “Gibbens, who died Saturday at age 92 from complications of a heart and lung condition, earned a reputation as the dean of Montreal financial writers – a walking encyclopedia of […]
Patterson, editor of editorial page at Business Week, dies at 91
Jack Eugene Patterson, who served Business Week magazine as its Atlanta bureau chief and later the editor of its editorial page, died Monday at the age of 91 in Maine. Patterson joined the McGraw-Hill publication in 1955 and stayed until his retirement in 1987. He continued to write for the magazine after retirement, primarily penning book […]
Remembering Jack Patterson, longtime Businessweek staffer
Steve Shepard, who was editor in chief of Businessweek from 1984 to 2005, wrote the following for Talking Biz News following the death of Jack Patterson, a former Businessweek reporter and editor, this week at the age of 91: When I first came to BW as a cub in 1966, Jack Patterson sat in the office […]
Binzen, Philadelphia biz columnist, dies at 94
Peter Binzen, a business columnist for the Philadelphia Bulletin and then the Philadelphia Inquirer in the 1980s and 1990s, died Wednesday at the age of 94, reports Bonnie Cook of the Inquirer. Cook writes, “After the Bulletin folded on Jan. 29, 1982 due to declining circulation, changing reader habits and difficulties delivering the PM daily […]
Reuters correspondent Gould dies at 54
Reuters editor in chief Steve Adler sent the following message to the editorial staff: Dear colleagues, It’s with great sadness that I have to share with you the terrible news that Jonathan Gould, our dear colleague in Frankfurt, passed away on Sunday, a few days after a complicated heart operation. Jonathan would have celebrated his […]
Remembering Bloomberg reporter Darrell Preston
Loren Steffy, a former colleague of Bloomberg News reporter Darrell Preston who died on Monday, remembers his friend. Steffy writes, “On my first day at the Dallas Business Journal in 1989, he took me in his old red Jeep C-J to lunch at Chip’s, a greasy burger joint off Central Expressway. Most of the meal was […]
