Ronald Grover, the Los Angeles bureau chief for Reuters, is leaving the news organization.
Grover declined comment Wednesday about his departure when contacted by Talking Biz News. It’s unclear when his last day will be. His byline last appeared on Sunday.
Grover is a longtime entertainment business journalist. Before joining Reuters in 2012, Grover covered the media and entertainment industry for Bloomberg Businessweek in Los Angeles. Grover joined BusinessWeek’s Washington bureau in 1979, covering energy policy. From 1982 to 1986 he was BusinessWeek’s congressional correspondent.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1986 as a correspondent, covering entertainment, politics, and other business news.
Grover has appeared on numerous national television and radio programs including CNBC’s “Kudlow and Cramer,” “America Now,” and “Squawk Box,” as well as PBS’s “The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.” Most recently, he appeared on CNBC’s “Kudlow and Cramer” discussing the “Hollywood Heist” cover story.
Grover holds an MBA from George Washington University and a master’s from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author of “The Disney Touch.”
