Ray Shaw (journalist)
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Ray Shaw was a journalist for the Associated Press
in the 1950s in Oklahoma City
, Louisville, Kentucky
, and New York City
.
Shaw became president and chief operating officer
of Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Company
and later owned, with a partner, a controlling interest in American City Business Journals
in 1989, selling that company in 1995 to Advance Publications
and continuing as chairman.
As Shaw described it, he left Dow Jones on Friday and flew to Kansas City, Missouri
on Wednesday to buy a few business journals. Mike Russell, who started ACBJ, suggested selling him the company. During Shaw's tenure, ACBJ moved its headquarters from Kansas City to Charlotte
and increased its total number of employees from 850 to over 1900. The company added a number of magazines and other media under Shaw. Included among ACBJ's publications are more than 40 weekly business journals.
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers gave Shaw its Lifetime Achievement Award.
Shaw died on July 19, 2009 at age 75 after sustaining a wasp sting. He is survived by wife Kay, sons Whitney and Kirk (whose publishing business he had planned to help with), daughter Beth, and seven grandchildren.
At the time of his death, Shaw was chairman of American City Business Journals
.
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
in the 1950s in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma city
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, Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
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, and New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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Shaw became president and chief operating officer
Chief operating officer
A Chief Operating Officer or Director of Operations can be one of the highest-ranking executives in an organization and comprises part of the "C-Suite"...
of Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm.The company was founded in 1882 by three reporters: Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. Like The New York Times and the Washington Post, the company was in recent years publicly traded but privately...
and later owned, with a partner, a controlling interest in American City Business Journals
American City Business Journals
American City Business Journals is an American newspaper chain based in Charlotte, North Carolina owned by Advance Publications. It has a range of media including 41 primary metropolitan weekly publications, which reach 4 million readers with business community related news, and Bizjournals, the...
in 1989, selling that company in 1995 to Advance Publications
Advance Publications
Advance Publications, Inc., is an American media company owned by the descendants of S.I. Newhouse Sr., Donald Newhouse and S.I. Newhouse, Jr. It is named after the Staten Island Advance, the first newspaper owned by the Newhouse family...
and continuing as chairman.
As Shaw described it, he left Dow Jones on Friday and flew to Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
on Wednesday to buy a few business journals. Mike Russell, who started ACBJ, suggested selling him the company. During Shaw's tenure, ACBJ moved its headquarters from Kansas City to Charlotte
CHARLOTTE
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and increased its total number of employees from 850 to over 1900. The company added a number of magazines and other media under Shaw. Included among ACBJ's publications are more than 40 weekly business journals.
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers gave Shaw its Lifetime Achievement Award.
Shaw died on July 19, 2009 at age 75 after sustaining a wasp sting. He is survived by wife Kay, sons Whitney and Kirk (whose publishing business he had planned to help with), daughter Beth, and seven grandchildren.
At the time of his death, Shaw was chairman of American City Business Journals
American City Business Journals
American City Business Journals is an American newspaper chain based in Charlotte, North Carolina owned by Advance Publications. It has a range of media including 41 primary metropolitan weekly publications, which reach 4 million readers with business community related news, and Bizjournals, the...
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