Categories: OLD Media Moves

Fort Worth business newspaper is sold

The Fort Worth Business Press has been sold to Brown Publishing Co., a family-owned publishing group based in Cincinnati, according to a story in the paper by Robert Francis.

Francis wrote, “The sale was finalized on Sept. 19. No purchase price was disclosed. Richard Connor, owner and publisher of the Business Press since October 2001, will remain associated with the newspaper under a consulting agreement with the new owners, according to Roy Brown, president and CEO of Brown Publishing Co.

“‘I will continue to write a weekly column, make story suggestions, and represent the newspaper at our signature events honoring important citizens in Fort Worth,’ Connor said. ‘The new owners and I are viewing this as the beginning of a partnership.’

“Bruce McGonnigal, who heads up the division of Brown Publishing Co., that includes the BusinessPress, said keeping Connor involved is important. ‘Iâ€™m looking forward to working with the folks atthe Business Press,’ McGonnigal said. ‘I feel there is a lot of opportunity to continue what Rich has done to date. To have Rich as an ongoing partner and resource is a real key to the success here.'”

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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.