Free Press business columnist Walsh to retire

Tom Walsh, a longtime business columnist for the Detroit Free Press, plans to retire later this month, writes Bill Shea of Crain’s Detroit Business.

Shea writes, “The Chicago native has been with the paper since 1982, and will wrap up his career in later December.

“Walsh, 65, said his intention was to work two or three more years if this latest round of buyouts hadn’t been offered.

“‘I didn’t know if another one was ever going to come,’ he said Monday afternoon.

“Walsh announced his retirement plans earlier in the day on social media.

“‘It’s a great transition to whatever’s next,’ he said. ‘The way the buyout works, you just keep getting paid for a while not to come to work.'”

Read more here. Walsh had also been the Free Press business editor.