Longtime Maine biz reporter dies at 79
Francis Sleeper, a business reporter for the Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram and Evening Express for nearly four decades, died Friday in Portland. He was 79. Sleeper, who died after a long struggle with prostate cancer, was a quirky, old-fashioned and hardworking newsman who wielded enormous influence in the local business community during the […]
Minneapolis biz reporter dies unexpectedly
Terry Fielder, a business reporter in Minneapolis for the Star-Tribune and previously for the Corporate Report, died unexpectedly on Saturday, according to an obituary in the Star-Tribune. He was 47. Staff writers Jon Tevlin and Deborah Caulfield Rybak wrote, “Colleagues said that Fiedler reinvigorated Corporate Report, judged annually during his tenure to be one of […]
Former Wired editor dies in marathon
William Goggins, a former top editor at Wired magazine, died Sunday while running the San Francisco Marathon, according to a story in the San Francisco Chronicle. Reporter Simone Sebastian wrote, “Goggins was a former deputy editor of Wired magazine. Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson said Goggins’ ‘mark on Wired was profound.’ “‘Think of him as being […]
Newsday consumer reporter dies at age 61
Hank Gilgoff, a Newsday reporter who spearheaded the paper’s consumer coverage for decades, died Sunday from a rare liver disorder, according to a story in Monday’s paper. He was 61. Reporters Jennifer Smith and Erik German wrote, “Those who worked with Gilgoff remembered him as a meticulous, dogged reporter who would patiently sift through the […]
Top business publications
In its June 2006 issue, BtoB Media Business described the 25 publications as having “shaped the business publishing industry.” Publications on the list include BusinessWeek, The Economist, Forbes, Fortune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. BtoB Media Business, published by Crain Communications, Inc., picked the “Media Business 100” to reflect […]
Business journalist Levitt dies
Theodore Levitt, the former Harvard Business Review editor who coined the term “globalization,” has died, according to an Associated Press story. He was 81. Levitt, who had been battling prostate cancer, died at his home in Belmont last Wednesday, according to his son, Peter. Levitt first earned fame in 1960, after publishing “Marketing Myopia,” a […]
Biz editor remembers reporter Accola
Rocky Mountain News business editor Rob Reuteman wrote about reporter John Accola, who died this past weekend of a heart attack, in his Friday column. Reuteman wrote, “As someone who runs a team of business journalists, one of the aspects I appreciated most about John was how he rubbed off on those around him. Rocky […]
Rocky Mountain News biz reporter dies of heart attack
John Accola, a business investigative reporter at the Rocky Mountain News, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack, according to business editor Rob Reuteman. He was 56. Accola was a winner, with colleague Peggy Lowe, of a 2000 Best in Business award in the Spot Enterprise – Giant Newspapers category. He authored or co-authored a […]
A tribute to a labor reporter
Former San Francisco Chronicle labor editor Dick Meister writes about former Los Angeles Times labor reporter Harry Bernstein, who died last month. Meister wrote, “Harry’s well-earned reputation for fairness and his standing as a leading authority on labor relations were of immense help. That gave him clear access to the many union leaders and others […]
Andrew Leckey remembers Rukeyser
Tribune Media Services columnist Andrew Leckey, who is also the director of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at the American Press Institute, remembers how Louis Rukeyser helped him in his career in a column published Sunday. Rukeyser, the former host of “Wall Street Week,” died recently at the age of 73. […]
