Austin Kiplinger dies at 97
Austin Kiplinger, the longtime chairman and editor-in-chief of a financial publishing company that bore his name, has died at the age of 97, reports Ben Nuckols of the Associated Press. Nuckols writes, “A prominent figure in Washington journalism and civic life, Kiplinger led the publishing company founded by his father for nearly 35 years. Before taking over […]
Newman, ex-Bloomberg employee, dies
Scott Newman, who was the primary contact at Bloomberg for many daily newspaper business editors for more than a decade, has died. Newman, who worked at Bloomberg for 14 years, left Bloomberg in 2011. Before leaving, Newman was director of content syndication at Bloomberg, working with media organizations to develop partnership ideas with Bloomberg. He was […]
Teller, former Philly Inquirer deputy biz editor, dies at 99
Oscar Teller, who was the real estate editor and deputy business editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, has died at the age of 99. Bonnie Cook of The Inquirer writes, “Mr. Teller was the paper’s real estate editor for two decades, and worked for a time as deputy business editor. He retired in 1977 after a 30-year career. […]
Born, former WSJ and Barron’s reporter, dies at 95
Roscoe Born, who wrote for The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s out of their Washington bureaus, died Sept. 30 at the age of 95. Tim Hrenchir of the Topeka (Kans.) Capital-Journal writes, “He left the State Journal in August 1957 to join the Washington, D.C., Bureau of the Wall Street Journal. The State Journal, an afternoon […]
Personal finance columnist Yip lived for her work
Joe Simnacher of the Dallas Morning News writes about the paper’s personal finance columnist Pamela Yip, who died Sunday at the age of 59. Simnacher writes, “Maria Abad, Yip’s partner of nearly 20 years, said Yip ‘lived for her work.’ “‘She loved what she did, educating everyone about personal finance,’ she said. “Abad met Yip in Houston in […]
Yip, longtime personal finance columnist, dies
Pamela Yip, a longtime personal finance columnist for the Dallas Morning News, died Sunday morning after fighting cancer for three years. She was 59. Yip had recently taken a buyout offer from the Morning News and left the paper in September. She had been a board member of the Society of American Business Editors and […]
Yount, former WSJ Radio anchor and union president, dies
Steve Yount, former president of the Independent Association of Publisher’s Employees and a news anchor on Wall Street Journal Radio, died Wednesday at the age of 64. A story on the union’s website states, “During his term as president, Steve led IAPE to a significant organizing victory at the former Dow Jones ‘Harborside’ location in […]
Dow, legendary Toronto biz writer, dies at 77
Alastair Dow, a well-known business reporter and editor for the Toronto Star, died this week at the age of 77. May Warren of The Star writes, “A business journalist, he won national awards for his stories on Loblaws and ‘the plight of Bay Street brokers near the bottom of a steep stock market decline,’ according to […]
Taylor, former WSJ executive editor, dies at 87
Frederick Taylor, a former Wall Street Journal executive editor who spent more than 30 years at the paper and was known for fiercely defending journalism and his staffers, died Monday at age 87. Nathan Becker and Neil Haggerty of The Journal write, “Mr. Taylor was the Journal’s managing editor from 1970 to 1977, then served […]
Shields, biz editor of Windsor Star, dies at 83
Bill Shields, the former automotive reporter and business editor of the Windsor Star in Canada, died Friday at the age of 81. Brian Cross of the Star writes, “Former Chrysler spokesman Walt McCall said his company had as good a working relationship with Shields as it could possibly have with a reporter, meaning officials could […]
