New England Business Media co-owner sells 50% stake

Joe Zwiebel

Joe Zwiebel, the founding publisher of the Hartford Business Journal, has stepped down from that position and as president of New England Business Media and sold his 50 percent stake in the parent company.

Zwiebel writes, “It is the right time for me to move on. The Hartford Business Journal and our other titles are in very capable hands.

“Peter Stanton remains as CEO, and Tom Curtin, who joined the Hartford Business Journal as chief revenue officer last October, has acquired my shares, taking a 50% ownership stake in the company.

“Tom will run New England Business Media’s Connecticut operations, assuming the role of president and publisher of Hartford Business Journal and New Haven Biz. He comes to the Connecticut marketplace with deep industry knowledge, a truly impressive track record, and perhaps most importantly, an unparalleled love of media, specifically the B2B space.

“He is capable, deeply committed and enthusiastic about driving what we have built to new heights.”

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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.