Coy Ray Shaw (March 28, 1934 - July 19, 2009) was an American journalist for the

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in the 1950s in

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, Louisville (Kentucky) and

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. Shaw became president and

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of ''

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'' publisher

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and later owned, with a partner, a controlling interest in

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(ACBJ) in 1989, selling that company in 1995 to

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and continuing as chairman. As Shaw described it, he left Dow Jones on Friday and flew to

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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

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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

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. 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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Ray 2009 deaths American male journalists Deaths due to insect bites and stings 1934 births Journalists from Kentucky Journalists from New York City American business and financial journalists Associated Press reporters American chief operating officers 20th-century American journalists