Arizona Daily Star drops Monday biz section
The Arizona Daily Star has dropped its standalone Monday business section, according to a short story in today’s paper. The story stated, “Starting Dec. 24, look for Monday’s business news every week on the back page of the Accent section. The freestanding Business section will continue to be published the remaining days of the week. […]
Former Columbus Dispatch business reporter dies at 56
Phil Porter, a former Columbus Dispatch business reporter during the past two decades, has died from cancer at the age of 56, according to a short story in Monday’s paper. The story stated, “A native of Euclid, near Cleveland, Porter’s work for the newspaper began in 1991, when he joined the business news staff as […]
Dow Jones senior economics writer McAuley dies
John McAuley, the senior economics writer at Dow Jones Newswires, died Wednesday at the age of 60 from cardiac arrest shortly after making an appearance on the Fox Business Network to discuss a recent column. Eduardo Kaplan of Dow Jones Newswires wrote, “That Big Picture column, one of the hundreds John wrote since he joined […]
Iowa business editor dies
Mike Augspurger, the business editor of the Burlington Hawk Eye in Iowa, has died at the age of 52, according to an Associated Press story. He died on Monday. The Hawk Eye is the oldest daily newspaper in the state. The AP story stated, “Augspurger joined The Hawk Eye in 1994. After a brief retirement […]
Former Tulsa World biz editor dies
Riley Wilson, the former business editor for the Tulsa World, died Monday at the age of 78 from prostate cancer, according to a story in Tuesday’s paper. The story stated, “His battles with the industry public relations people were legendary at the World. Wilson bristled at nothing more than being scooped by the old Tulsa […]
Remembering Forbes' Jim Michaels
Subrata N. Chakravarty, a former assistant managing editor of Forbes, writes on the Rediff India web site about how former Forbes editor Jim Michaels, who died last month, influenced his career in business journalism. Charkravarty wrote, “Throughout his career at Forbes Jim Michaels’ belief was that if a story wasn’t fresh, it should not be […]
Dedicated, organized and missed
Gerry Hostetler of the Charlotte Observer writes Saturday about Carol Gibbs Smith, who recently retired from the Observer’s business desk and died Nov. 7. She was 65. Hostetler wrote, “‘Carol was our den mother on the business desk,’ said business editor Patrick Scott. ‘She kept the team connected with birthday celebrations and updates on families, all while […]
Remembering real estate columnist Bob Bruss
Tom Kelly, a business columnist at the Everett Herald in Washington state, remembers real estate columnist Bob Bruss, who died unexpectedly late last month. Kelly wrote, “Bruss was smart, ethical, thrifty (‘I want you to know I spent $19.95 of my hard-earned, writing money on your book — you’re lucky it was worth it.’) and […]
Business journalism was a tough trade
The Economist remembers former Forbes editor Jim Michaels, who died last week at the age of 86. Michaels was editor of the magazine from 1961 to 1999. The Economist wrote, “Tiny though he was, he was terrifying. Business journalism, for him, was a tough trade. When writers joined they were given a tape recorder for […]
Michaels made Malcolm Forbes possible
Alex Ben Block of Hollywood Today writes about his two tours of duty at Forbes under former editor Jim Michaels, who died last week and, Block writes, made the success of Malcolm Forbes possible. Block wrote, “His experience in India was not only a landmark in Michael’s career as a reporter; but it was also who […]
