FCC clears way for WISH-TV owner to acquire ABC affiliate WRTV
The federal regulatory agency said that Circle City Broadcasting’s ownership of three stations would not harm competition and could, in fact, bolster it.
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Consortium agrees to buy AES, take the power company private
A consortium led by a BlackRock subsidiary and EQT Infrastructure said AES Indiana and AES Ohio will remain “locally operated and managed regulated utilities.”
Q&A: Investment banker Phil Daniels on the mechanics and emotions of selling a company
Eighteen months ago, Daniels took moved from entrepreneur to adviser when he became president of the Indiana office of Cincinnati-based investment bank ArkMalibu.
Lesley Weidenbener: One of the greats has made his way home
Mike Smith was everything a great reporter should be. Urgent, dogged, accurate and fair. His career included an 18-year stop at the Indiana Statehouse where he wrote about the state’s most important issues for the AP.
UPDATE: Bears zero in on Hammond site as committee prepares to vote on new stadium language
The moves come with just more than a week left in Indiana’s legislative session and as Illinois lawmakers consider legislation meant to keep the NFL team in that state.
Cadillac F1 unveils black and white design for race cars
CEO Dan Towriss called the design — unveiled in a Super Bowl ad — “bold, modern and unmistakably American.”
Lesley Weidenbener: Combined newsroom improves coordination
Today, The Lawyer reporters — the talented Maura Johnson and Cameron Shaw — report to the same editing team that IBJ reporters do.
Q&A: BiomEdit CEO goes behind the scenes of an $18.4M VC round
The animal health startup had fundraising success in 2025, a year in which investment deals were hard to come by.
Indy Chamber endorses controversial Decatur Township data center proposal
The business organization said it supports “the responsible development of data centers” across central Indiana.
Lesley Weidenbener: Be Better Awards honor late civic leader Jim Morris
The Be Better Awards are part of a larger effort by the NCAA and the Indiana Sports Corp. to honor Morris, who was an architect of the effort to bring the NCAA headquarters to Indianapolis in 1999.
All Value City Furniture stores will close as part of parent company’s liquidation
The furniture company has three locations in central Indiana and three in other parts of the state.
Q&A: Architecture firm is first in state to use employee trust ownership model
Luke Leising founded and leads Guidon, which has more than 90 employees and specializes in designing buildings for medical professionals and hospital campuses.
Lesley Weidenbener: CEOs share wisdom at IBJ awards event
My favorite parts of the CEO of the Year and C-Suite Awards event were conversations that Nate, Managing Editor Samm Quinn and I had with the CEO of the Year winners.
Lesley Weidenbener: Our ‘angel tree’ aims to help nonprofits
IBJ’s Wish List doesn’t focus on money. It focuses on things. We ask nonprofits to tell us what they need in terms of goods and services. And we’ll start running their requests in our Dec. 5 issue.
IBJ’s 2025 Executive Gift Guide
Welcome to the IBJ newsroom’s second annual Executive Gift Guide, a list that we hope will help you find the perfect thing for someone important in your life.
Hirons CEO talks crisis communications, female leadership and AI
Deana Haworth has been able to combine her passion for helping clients tell their stories with the entrepreneurial skills she learned watching and working with her parents.
Lesley Weidenbener: It’s OK if fear is a motivation for taking on new challenges
“I would venture to say that every Woman of Influence—from the past through the current class—will tell you that there’s been a moment of weakness, that they’ve cried their selves to sleep, that there is a time when it was frustrating and it didn’t work,” said Mentorship Award winner Anne Hathaway. “And I know I still go through that.”
Lesley Weidenbener: Give me your ideas for the 2025 gift list
We want to showcase interesting gifts that might not have been on your radar, items that could be perfect for that hard-to-please person in your life. And we want to support Indiana people and businesses that make and sell things.
Takeaways from the forensic audit of the IEDC, Elevate Ventures and other related entities
The report details findings related to the Indiana Economic Development Corp., the Indiana Economic Development Foundation, the LEAP District, Elevate Ventures and the Applied Research Institute.
Lesley Weidenbener: On the coast, comics and the stocks page
Zeke H. Dick, a third-grader who lives in Indianapolis, suggested that IBJ start running a comic strip. We’d love to hear all of your suggestions.