Columnist Adds Up the Detroit Newspaper Buyouts

A solid summary by Crain's Detroit Business writer Bill Shea.

DetroitFreePressLogoDetroit Free Press business columnist Tom Walsh had been with the paper since 1982. Detroit News sports columnist Terry Foster joined the city’s rival daily in 1988, after five years at the Free Press. The two journalists are among the many high-profile writers who chose to take buyouts at the end of this year from the two papers’ respective owners Tegna and Digital First Media.

From a year-end wrap up of the Detroit media scene by Crain’s Detroit Business columnist Bill Shea:

The News is losing news columnist Laura Berman, lifestyle columnist Marney Rich Keenan, music writer Susan Whitall, film reviewer Tom Long, columnist and commuting reporter Tom Greenwood, food writer Kate Lawson, photographers David Coates and Charles V.

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