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Karp promoted to ME for digital at Sports Business Journal

Austin Karp

Austin Karp, most recently assistant managing editor at Sports Business Daily, has been promoted to managing editor digital for the Sports Business Journal.

He started his new position, where he’ll work on the development of vertical newsletters and other editorial efforts, on Monday.

Karp has been at American City Business Journals since August 2006, first as a research associate and as an assistant managing editor for the past 10 years. In that role, he led planning and execution of all research and statistical analysis for the publication. He also acted as key point of contact at publication for TV networks, research organizations, leagues, and franchises.

He previously was an attorney.

Karp holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Tech and a law degree from the University of Toledo.

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.

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