Trade biz journalist Felgner dies
Brent Felgner, a longtime business journalist for trade publications such as Home Textiles Today, died Monday at the age of 56 in Florida from cancer. A Home Textiles Today story states, “He entered trade journalism as senior editor of Discount Store News (now Retailing Today) and later became editor of Tobacco & Candy News. “Felgner’s […]
Former Virginia biz editor dies
Michael Toole, the former business editor of the Newport News Daily Press, died Thursday at the age of 46 from a brain tumor. Peter Dujardin of the Daily Press writes, “Once, Solomon said, Mr. Toole came to work ‘and it looked like he was mauled by a bear.’ It turned out that while riding his […]
Bruce Wasserstein and The Daily Deal
Robert Teitelman, editor of The Deal, remembers investment banker Bruce Wasserstein, who was the driving force behind the publication’s creation and died earlier this week. Teitelman writes, “He was never a meddler in editorial matters. He never slipped us scoops, gave us tips or leaks (sometimes I thought: too bad). In the early days, when […]
Sun biz editor service on Monday
There will be a viewing Monday, Oct. 12, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Evans Funeral Home, York and Monkton roads in Hereford just outside of Baltimore for Timothy M. Wheatley, The Baltimore Sun business editor who was killed Oct. 5 in a traffic accident in northern Baltimore County. Wheatley was a member of […]
Baltimore Sun biz editor killed
Baltimore Sun business editor Tim Wheatley was killed in a car crash Monday morning while driving his daughter to school in Baltimore County, according to news reports. Nick Madigan of the Sun writes, “Staff members at The Sun were informed of Wheatley’s death by J. Montgomery Cook, the paper’s editor, in a hastily convened meeting […]
Former Baltimore financial editor dies
Donald A. Otenasek, longtime financial editor of the old Baltimore News American, died last week at the age of 78, according to an obituary in the Baltimore Sun. Frederick Rasmussen writes, “Born in Baltimore and raised on Ashland Avenue, he was a 1949 graduate of City College. He attended Loyola College for a year and […]
Former WSJ reporter Bacon, 64, dies of cancer
Kenneth Bacon, a former reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal who later became a Pentagon spokesman, died Saturday from cancer. He was 64. Stephen Miller of the Journal writes, “The son of an Amherst College dean and professor of political science, he earned graduate degrees in business and journalism simultaneously from Columbia University. […]
More Shaw remembrances
The Portfolio.com staff has posted a number of comments from American City Business Journals staff members about former chairman Ray Shaw, who died Sunday from a bee sting. Here are some examples: Despite his many business achievements, I always thought of Ray as a journalist first. A note from him congratulating our team on some […]
ACBJ reflects on Ray Shaw
Erik Spanberg of the Charlotte Business Journal profiles American City Business Journals chairman Ray Shaw, who died Sunday. Spanberg writes, “Last month, Shaw was ushered into the main conference room of ACBJ headquarters and greeted with applause from more than 350 employees. They were there for a surprise celebration of the chairman’s 20th anniversary leading […]
Friends, family, co-workers remember Ray Shaw
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE American City Business Journals chairman Ray Shaw was remembered Wednesday by friends, co-workers and family as someone who worked hard, but always kept his family first. “Even when my dad was on vacation, he might have been away from the office, but he was never really away,” said Whitney Shaw, his […]
