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Former biz journal publisher, ACBJ exec dies

George Guthinger, who was publisher of The Business Review in Albany for nine years before becoming an executive with American City Business Journals, died last week. He was 70.

A story on the Business Review website states, “He had an 18-year career with General Electric Broadcasting before becoming publisher of what was then known as The Capital District Business Review in 1989.

“Guthinger was born in Schenectady. He received a distinguished alumnus award from The Sage Colleges, where he had earned an MBA.

“In 1998 Guthinger was promoted to chief financial officer of American City Business Journals, the parent company of The Business Review. He retired in 2009, but continued to serve as a consultant to the company until his death.”

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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.