ChrisO'Malley

Reporter
Media, advertising, banking, finance, insurance

O’Malley joined IBJ in October 2004, after 16 years of business reporting at The Indianapolis Star and The Indianapolis News.  He moved here from southern Florida during a sub-zero snap in Indiana and tried to quit three days later. O'Malley now regrets leaving Stuart, Fla., where some of the nation’s big business big shots and smart reporters spend the winter. Before his stint in south Florida, he filled the front page of the Evansville Press with stories about Kentuckians who sold Elvis paintings and sorghum syrup out of their car trunks. A geographic anomaly, O’Malley grew up in Indiana, Pa., went to college at California University of Pennsylvania and his three daughters were born in southern China.

Phone:
(317) 472-5235

Recent Articles

Oesterle sells land to Angie's List, reaping millions

May 18, 2013
Angie’s List Inc. CEO Bill Oesterle has collected millions of dollars over the years by renting to the company property for its campus along East Washington Street. Now, the landlord and chief executive is pocketing millions more by selling Angie’s the property, at well above its assessed value.
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WISH-TV rakes in bucks with city's only locally produced lifestyle show

May 18, 2013
"Indy Style"--an hour’s worth of TV programming on everything from recipes to music to fitness to screen-door-repair tips--fills its show with guests who are a combination of invited guests, sponsors and one-time-only advertisers.
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Talk-radio conservative Abdul slated for WIBC-FM lineup

May 15, 2013
The commentator has been without local show on commercial radio since 2011. He'll find a home on WIBC, which also is preparing to fill its vacant position for news director.
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Indiana credit unions are booming again

May 11, 2013
Credit unions last year posted record earnings, thanks largely to lower loan-loss reserves, as well as to growing memberships, growing debit cards, selling off mortgages and stealing business loans away from banks, their arch rivals.
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WISH-TV fills vacant anchor slot with Hoosier native

May 10, 2013
Lori Wilson, an Indiana University graduate, was most recently an anchor in Philadelphia—a city she may have a hard time forgetting, according to various media reports.
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Merchants, Citizens Bank to merge

May 9, 2013
Shareholders in Carmel-based Merchants will receive stock that was valued at $98.3 million before the announcement of the deal caused a huge spike.
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Art imitates life in commercial based on Kosene family

May 7, 2013
Former Indianapolis filmmaker Alex Kosene bases the story in a local advertising shoot for a Swiss watchmaker on his relationship with his developer dad.
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Station that switched to sports-talk strikes out in first inning

May 3, 2013
WXNT-AM says the mass exodus of its news-talk listener base was to be expected during transition to CBS Sports radio content.
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WRTV adding employees, expanding newscasts

May 1, 2013
Lagging in the ratings, the local station is aiming for an uptick under new ownership with a morning news show on weekends.
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'Naptown' rock-radio documentary vying for Emmy

April 30, 2013
The locally produced film about the golden age of WIBC, WIFE and WNAP will never break even, according to its producer, but an Emmy win would be satisfaction enough.
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Escape artist Bill Shirk can't escape the allure of broadcasting

April 27, 2013
Escape artist Bill Shirk has retired his straitjacket, but remains active in radio broadcasting. His firm, Hoosier Broadcasting, in recent years bought a handful of radio stations on the Hawaiian islands and Shirk owns and is investing more money in a Boone County radio station.
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  1. If a television station wants to improve viewership, get rid of the local blackout. I was born by the brickyard, and have attended 15 or more races. I have children now, I won't attend unless circumstances are perfect. As those with growing families know, they never are. I'm always impressed that upwards of 250,000 people attend the 500. However, as a growing, or, more apt, sprawling city, Indianapolis and its immediate suburbs count almost 2.2 million. Show the race live, let the venue get a kick-back on revenues, and open-wheel racing might have a fighting chance to be relevant again. Just in time for those tax-payer lights to make sense.

  2. John Moore, I too have had the same issue recently. A property next to my house was on the Land Bank and I was interested in purchasing. When I tried to contact Reggie, I got back emails that had nothing to do with what I asked about. Actually my latest response from him was on this past Friday. I had asked about how to buy the property and if it was still available. His response to me was to contact the mayor's office to get the schedule of his appearances. (???) Hopefully the city is able to do something to fix what this guy has done, it would be nice if they would take the properties back and sell them properly so land owners like me and you mother would have a fair chance.

  3. I too work in the industry, with over 25 years of experience and your political spin has probably nothing to do with any rebranding. "Let's dress it up" would have nothing to do with the government "telling us how and what to eat." Give it a political rest. And being a producer for a radio show doesn't mean you've been involved in advertising and branding for 30 years.

  4. Ms. Morris did not understand the ways of the business world, otherwise, like the IMS, she could have petitioned the State Legislature for a handout of State Funds for her charity work. Ms. Morris should consider becoming a state lobbyist for Lemonade Stand Operators.

  5. David Copperfield!

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