Bankrate.com AME dies after surgery
Doug Delp, 63, assistant managing editor of Bankrate.com, the online operation that bills itself as ”the Web’s leading aggregator of financial rate information,” died earlier this week from complications following surgery. “Doug worked with us for the past nine years. He had a fabulous news sense as well as a great sense of humor, and mentored […]
Death and The Wall Street Journal
Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York Business writes about how The Wall Street Journal is attempting to boost online readers — and revenue — by adding an obituary section to its Web site. Flamm writes, “In a deal announced Monday, Web startup Tributes.com has become the new classified obituaries section of WSJ.com. Users will also […]
Bloomberg says it will stand by journalist in obit snafu
Kaja Whitehouse of the New York Post writes Friday about the prepared obituary of Apple CEO Steve Jobs that was briefly published by Bloomberg News, quoting a company spokeswoman as defending the editor who let it happen. Whitehouse writes, “Still, the timing couldn’t have been worse as the draft obit, which a reader sent to […]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is not dead yet
Ryan Tate of Gawker reports that Bloomberg News mistakenly published its prepared obituary of Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday. Tate writes, “But news organizations routinely prepare obituaries in advance, even for the healthy. And if Bloomberg readers had seen the internal story slug, ‘testjobs,’ their jitters might have abated. The obit, which we’ve obtained […]
Former auto writer dies; covered beat for 50 years
Albert Fleming, who covered the auto industry for a number of publications, including the Detroit Free Press, has died. He was 78. Eric Lawrence of the Free Press writes, “David Smith, a former business editor at the Free Press and currently editor at large of the monthly Ward’s Auto World in Southfield, remembered Mr. Fleming […]
Bloomberg Magazine editor dies
Frederic Wiegold, a senior editor at Bloomberg Markets magazine, died this weekend, according to an internal e-mail obtained by Talking Biz News that was sent to the staff. “He was an amazingly talented editor, as anyone who had the pleasure of having copy handled by him can attest,” wrote Michael Nol, an editor at Bloomberg. “He’ll be […]
Former Fort Worth biz reporter dies
June Johnson, a business reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, died earlier this month from a heart attack. She was 67. Maira Garcia writes, “Born Mary June Harms on Oct. 7, 1940, in Duncan, Okla., Mrs. Johnson graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1962 with a degree in journalism. She worked in Washington, D.C., […]
Bergen Record biz reporter dies at 46
Martha McKay, a business reporter for the Bergen Record in New Jersey, has died at the age of 46 from cancer, according to a recent story in the paper. Jay Levin writes, “Whether interpreting telecom companies’ earnings reports or putting gadgets such as the latest cellphones or floor-cleaning robots to the test, Ms. McKay brought […]
Sun-Sentinel assistant biz editor dies at 61 from cancer
Lynn Gomez, an assistant business editor at The South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, has died at the age of 61 after battling cancer. Sun-Sentinel staff writer Julie Patel writes, “After working for Reuters in London and New York, she moved back to Florida to be closer to her family in 1994. She joined the […]
Pulitzer-winning biz reporter dies at 92
Business reporter Austin C. Wehrwein, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for writing about the Canadian economy in the Milwaukee Sentinel, died Tuesday at the age of 92. Journal Sentinel reporter Amy Rabideau Silvers writes, “Wehrwein won the prize for international reporting, writing a 25-part series called ‘Canada’s New Century.’ Wehrwein died of natural […]
