Early founder of weekly business journals dies at 69
Michael Russell, who helped start the Kansas City Business Journal and Wichita Business Journal in the 1980s, died Sunday. He was 69. The papers later became part of the American City Business Journals chain. A Kansas City Business Journal story states, “In 1982, Russell and William Worley started the Kansas City Business Journal. In a 2007 interview, […]
Inside Tucson Business columnist dies
Inside Tucson Business columnist Steve Emerine died last week from complications related to a recent surgery. He was 73. An Inside Tucson Business story stated, “In June 2005 he began writing the weekly column for Inside Tucson Business. “State Sen. Jonathan Paton, R-Tucson, said Emerine had ‘an encyclopedic mind’ and was among the few people […]
Former Fortune columnist dies at 84
Daniel Seligman, a columnist at Fortune magazine for more than two decades, died recently at the age of 84, writes Dennis Hevesi of the New York Times. Hevesi writes, “Mr. Seligman, who later wrote for Forbes magazine and other publications, was an editor and writer at Fortune from 1950 to 1997 and wrote more than […]
Remembering Jim Brady
Crain’s New York Business editorial director Greg David writes Sunday about well-known journalist James Brady, who died last week and wrote a column for the business newspaper for 21 years, from 1984 to 2005. David writes, “Jim always got the biggest response for his columns attacking George W. Bush, a sign of how his liberal […]
Last member of Reuter family dies
Marguerite, Baroness de Reuter, a European aristocrat from a bygone age and last survivor of the family that founded the international news agency, died on Sunday aged 96, Reuters is reporting. The Reuters story stated, “He said Swiss-born Marguerite, a widow for more than 40 years, was intensely proud of the family link with Reuters, […]
Former AP labor reporter Walker dead
Norman Walker, who covered the labor beat for the Associated Press from 1945 to 1963, has died, according to an AP story. He was 96. The AP story stated, “Walker began his career with the AP in 1934 in New Orleans, where he helped cover the assassination of Huey Long. Walker later served as Baton […]
Kristof remembers former NYTimes biz editor Lee
Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times writes Wednesday about his former boss, Times business editor John Lee, who died Tuesday night. Kristoff writes, “In the fall of 1984, the business editor of The New York Times was John Lee, and he was aggressively cleaning out dead wood and hiring young reporters to compete more […]
Former NYTimes biz editor dies; launched 1st standalone biz section
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Former New York Times business editor John M. Lee died Tuesday in Connecticut due to complications resulting from surgery. In 1978, under the direction of Lee, the Times started Business Day, considered the first standalone business section of a mainstream metro daily. The move by one of the nation’s most well-respected […]
Former Journal of Commerce, AP and Bond Buyer reporter dies
Ripley Watson Jr., who covered business for The Journal of Commerce, the Associated Press and Bond Buyer, has died at the age of 86. A Journal of Commerce story stated that Watson’s journalism career “spanned more than three decades, died Dec. 28 in Westminster, Md. He was 86. Â “Watson worked for 19 years at […]
Rampe, WSJ and NYT editor, dies at 60
David Rampe, an editor at the New York Times who worked in its business desk and also worked as an editor at The Wall Street Journal, died Wednesday in New York. He was 60. An obituary in the International Herald Tribune states, “Rampe worked for The Times for nearly three decades. He was previously an […]
