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 […]
Preston, longtime Bloomberg reporter, dies
Darrell Preston, a longtime business journalist who had been with Bloomberg News for the past 16 years, died on Monday at the age of 55. Preston had been with Bloomberg since November 2000, working in the Dallas bureau and covering public finance, state and local politics, government and public policy. His last story was on […]
Bunnell, inventor of tech media, dies at 69
David Bunnell, the founder of PC Magazine, PC World and MacWorld magazine, has died at the age of 69. Harry McCracken of Fast Company writes, “Bunnell wanted a share of ownership in Personal Computing; when Benwill wouldn’t give it to him, he walked after just a few issues had been published. (The magazine continued on without […]
Adweek’s O’Leary dies at 59
Noreen O’Leary, who has been a journalist at Adweek since 1985, died Saturday at the age of 59 due to cancer. Michael Burgi and David Gianatasio of Adweek write, “In 1985, she joined Adweek, and over the ensuing decades, she more than earned her reputation as one of the industry’s most respected and recognized agency reporters. Her stories […]
Loeb winner Miller dies at 78
Tom Miller, a West Virginia journalist whose series on absentee land ownership in the state won a Loeb Award, died Saturday at the age of 78. Brad McIlhenny of Metro News writes, “Miller’s 1975 series ‘Who Owns West Virginia,’ which explored dominant absentee land ownership, earned national recognition by winning the Gerald Loeb Award in 1975 for […]
