Remembering Ray Shaw
Ray Shaw, the chairman of American City Business Journals who died suddenly Sunday at the age of 75, reminded me of one of my grandfathers. He had a gruff exterior, but inside he was all heart. And he was the guiding person behind the success of one of the largest employers of business journalists in […]
ACBJ chairman Ray Shaw, 75
Jeff Drew of the Triangle Business Journal, one of the papers owned by American City Business Journals, has written an obituary about Ray Shaw, the company’s chairman who died Sunday morning. Drew writes, “In 1960, he began what would be a 29-year career at Dow Jones & Co., starting as a reporter at The Wall […]
ACBJ chairman Ray Shaw has died
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Whitney Shaw and Kirk Shaw, the sons of American City Business Journals chairman Ray Shaw, sent out the following message to the company’s employees today: “We come to you today with hearts filled with both sadness and gratitude. Our father, Ray Shaw, died early this morning from complications following a bee […]
Longtime Little Rock business columnist Donald dies
Leroy Donald, a business columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, died this weekend. He was 73. Evin Demirel of the paper writes, “Friends and co-workers lauded his recall of the histories of local businesses. “‘He was really good at going out and getting the small neighborhood news, in places like the Heights and Hillcrest,’ said Roger […]
Former Indy Star biz editor dies from cancer
Jerry Lyst, the business editor of the Indianapolis Star during the 1970s, died Sunday from pancreatic cancer. He was 76. Scott Thien of the paper writes, “‘He was a true gentleman and fine journalist who always was willing to listen,’ said Jane Lichtenberg, The Star’s coordinator of community conversations. ‘Even though the newspaper’s editorial pages […]
Former CNBC VP of news dies at 84
Jack Reilly, the former vice president of news at CNBC, died Wednesday at the age of 84, reports Chris Ariens of TVNewser. Reilly was vice president and managing editor of the business news network from 1994 to 1998. He created “Squawk Box” and “Power Lunch” for CNBC. It was Reilly who came up with the […]
Former Reuters biz reporter dies
Jack Queeney, a former financial reporter for the Chicago Daily News and for Reuters in its Chicago bureau, died last week from cancer. He was 67. Bob Goldsborough writes in the Chicago Tribune, “After a little more than a year at City News Bureau, Mr. Queeney joined the Chicago Daily News in 1967 as a […]
First business editor of Utah newspaper dies at 84
Cliff Thompson, the first business editor of the Ogden Standard-Examiner in Utah, has died at the age of 84. Charles Trentleman writes, “Thompson, who retired in 1988, worked as a government and business reporter for much of his career at the Standard-Examiner. He was the paper’s first business editor. “Thompson was born in Kokomo, Texas, […]
WSJ reporter Wilke dies from cancer
John R. Wilke, a 20-year veteran of The Wall Street Journal known for incisive reporting on the intersection of business and politics, died of cancer Friday afternoon at his Bethesda, Md., home, according to a story on the paper’s Web site. He was 54. The story states, “After receiving a master’s degree from the Columbia […]
Remembering Annette Haddad
The career of Los Angeles Times real estate reporter Annette Haddad was remembered Thursday in a story in the paper. Haddad died Wednesday at 46 from cancer. Jon Thurber writes, “Versatile and engaged, Haddad performed many editing functions in Business over the next nine years, including assignment editor for the airline, tourism, retailing and agriculture […]
