Editor credited with turning around NYPost biz department walks out

Michael Clancy of The Village Voice is reporting that former New York Post business editor Dan Colarusso walked out of the newsroom last night and won’t be back at the paper.

Clancy wrote, “There’s still no word on what precipitated his dramatic departure after less than a year on the job.

“A former Business Editor, Colarusso is credited with reinvigorating the Post‘s business pages before being elevated to the metropolitan editor in January when former Metro Editor Jesse Angelo was promoted to managing editor.

“When he promoted Colarusso, Post Editor in Chief Col Allan told Page Six: ‘Dan is a quintessential New Yorker who has helped position the Post‘s business section as one of the best and most original in the nation. His hard-news sense and street smarts will be invaluable assets in leading the news staff.'”

Read more here. Colarusso, a Brooklyn native, joined the paper in 2002 from TheStreet.com. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus and worked at Business Tokyo and Securities Weeks. At TheStreet.com, Colarusso was associated editor and consulted on story ideas and wrote a weekly column called “Truth Serum� and features. He also frequently appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.�