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Alabama biz editor says goodbye

Budd McLaughlin, the business editor of the Huntsville Times in Alabama, says so long to readers on Sunday as the paper begins publishing three days a week instead of daily.

McLaughlin writes, “I have to thank my business writing staff – Marian Accardi, Ken Kesner and Mike Marshall – who wrote stories about Huntsville’s business community everyday with a personal touch.

“After today, The Times will be printed three days a week – Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays – as it emphasizes a 24/7 digital presence.

“Tomorrow will be my first day as a former Times employee, bringing an end to a 31-year newspaper career in Huntsville.

“There are no regrets, but I can’t say no tears.

“A lot of these people I’ve known for 31 years, and we may never see each other again. That is the sadness.

“We worked side by side during natural disasters and man-made tragedies.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.