Categories: OLD Media Moves

Rochester Biz Journal being sold to Gatehouse

The Rochester Business Journal has agreed to be acquired by GateHouse Media New York Holdings Inc. for an undisclosed price.

A story on its website states, “‘I am excited that GateHouse sees the value in what we’ve created,’ said Susan Holliday, RBJ president and publisher. ‘They are a growing company doing many exciting and innovative things, and I believe they will be a good fit for the RBJ organization.’

“Holliday, who has been RBJ’s principal owner since 1988, will not remain with the company.

“‘I am looking forward to the next chapter of my life,’ she said. ‘Hopefully, where one door closes, another one opens.’

“Holliday has long been active in the Rochester community. She currently serves as chairman of the University of Rochester Medical Center board and is a Rochester Institute of Technology trustee. She also is a director of Five Star Bank and is a board member of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce and the Healthcare Trustees of New York State.”

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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.