American City Business Journals gets new CEO

According to Editor & Publisher, Whitney Shaw will be taking the place of his late father as chief executive officer and president of American City Business Journals, with his brother Kirk Shaw acting as vice president and chief financial officer.
The announcement was made on Monday. Whitney Shaw previously presided as ABCJ's senior vice president and president of ACBJ's sports publishing division.
Ray Shaw passed away July 19 after complications from a bee sting. He purchased ABCJ in 1989 and served as its chairman for 20 years. The news organization has 40 different print business journals and has published over 1.25 million business news articles since 1996.
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Dayton Business Journal seeking reporter

The Dayton Business Journal, a division of American City Business Journals in Dayton, Ohio is looking for a full-time staff business reporter to cover technology, manufacturing, defense contractors, government and economic development.

Previous business reporting experience is preferred.

If interested, contact: Don Baker, editor
137 North Main Street, Suite 800
Dayton, OH 45402-1140
937-528-4400
dbbaker@bizjournals.com

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More details on Portfolio.com revival

Wednesday's announcement has people talking about the reincarnation of Portfolio.com in the hands of American City Business Journal's Bizjournals.com.
Under the new rule, the site will employ five editorial staffers with Portfolio.com managing editor, Josh Moss as the lead.
But full control, including editorial power, will be with ACBJ to give Portfolio a "stronger focus on industry news", said Tim Bradbury, president of ACBJ.
Portfolio.com will also have unique access to local markets and ACBJ newsrooms across the country.
Group president of Condé Nast, David Carey, noted that the chain of American City Business Journal weeklies would benefit from Portfolio.com's "long tail" of traffic.