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Newsmakers of the Year 2025

2025 Newsmaker: DuJuan McCoy
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Indianapolis native DuJuan McCoy—already the owner of WISH-TV Channel 8—announced in October that his company, Circle City Broadcasting LLC, had reached an agreement to acquire WRTV-TV Channel 6.

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2025 Newsmaker: Carlie Irsay-Gordon, Casey Foyt, Kalen Jackson
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Irsay-Gordon, Foyt and Jackson moved into new roles with the Indianapolis Colts and became the franchise’s full owners following the death in May of their father, Jim Irsay.

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2025 Newsmaker: Gov. Mike Braun

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Gov. Mike Braun became Indiana’s fourth consecutive Republican governor when he was sworn in on Jan. 13, following GOP Govs. Eric Holcomb, Mike Pence and Mitch Daniels. But Braun’s administration has had no interest in carrying the torch of his predecessors.

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2025 Newsmaker: Jeff Simmons

Jeff Simmons has been CEO of Elanco since its spinoff from Eli Lilly and Co. in 2018, guided the company’s 2020 acquisition of Bayer Animal Health and has overseen the development of drugs that are starting to pay off in profits and investor confidence.

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2025 Newsmaker: Herb Simon, Stephen Simon

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Boxcar Development LLC, a holding company for a group of investors led by the Simon family, plans to officially break ground on the $320 million hotel complex at Georgia and Pennsylvania streets next spring, but work to clear the former CSX building from the site and prep it for construction is well underway.

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2025 Newsmaker: David Ricks

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As of Nov. 13, Eli Lilly and Co.’s market capitalization was $967 billion and flirting with a rare $1 trillion. Its stock price in November surpassed $1,000 per share, up more than 25% for the year.

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