OLD Media Moves

Michigan business publication to begin publishing only online

September 9, 2008

The Oakland Business Review in Michigan will begin publishing only online, according to an announcement Tuesday from its publisher.

Oakland Business ReviewA story stated, “Oakland Business Review launched in fall 2004 as a weekly print publication of the Michigan Business Review network, which also publishes an online edition in the Tri-Cities of Saginaw, Bay City and Midland; and both print and online editions in Ann Arbor and West Michigan.

“Mlive business content also comes from the eight Advance Publications Inc. newspapers in Michigan, including the Ann Arbor News and the Grand Rapids Press.

“Details on the online content package will be released to Oakland Business Review readers in the Sept. 18 edition.”

Read more here.

Not mentioned is that reporters Carol Marshall and Gary Gosselin — two-thirds of the Oakland Business Review reporting team — associate editor Mark Thompson-Kolar and circulation director Don Mierendorf were let go, Talking Biz News has learned. Editor Mark Fellows is taking a job as a science writer at Michigan State University.Â

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