Tim Keenan
Tim Keenan is managing editor of DBusiness magazine, DBusiness Daily News, Tech and Mobility News, Detroit 500, and Michigan Makers. Prior to joining DBusiness, he was a senior account executive at Campbell Marketing & Communications in Dearborn, working with the Motorcraft-Quick Lane racing teams in NASCAR and the NHRA. In other positions, he executed public relations and marketing strategies for several Tier One automotive suppliers. His journalism credits include The Football News-Basketball Weekly in Detroit, The Hardwood News in Lansing, Monday Morning Newspapers in Warren, and Ward’s Communications in Southfield. While at Ward’s, Mr. Keenan was part of a team that won the prestigious Jesse H. Neal Award in 1995. In late 2020, he published “Everybody Loves Mickey,” a biography of retired professional wrestler “Irish” Mickey Doyle. Mr. Keenan also is chairman of the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo and is a volunteer for the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in Daytona Beach, Fla. He is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University.
Detroit Golf Club Undertakes $4.5M Clubhouse Renovation, Hires New Golf Pro
In preparation for the 2020 season, including hosting the Rocket Mortgage Classic for the second year, the Detroit Golf Club has hired a new head golf professional and has undertaken improvements to its historic...
New Ownership Team Takes Over C.A.Y.A. Smokehouse Grill in Wolverine Lake
C.A.Y.A. Smokehouse Grill on S. Commerce Road in Wolverine Lake is under new ownership and management after six years in business.The new owners are Damian and Dianna Knight, and Brandon and Jami Blanchard. Damian...
North American Bancard PCI Plus Program Reduces Merchant Cost, Friction
North American Bancard of Troy, a payment technology company, has introduced its “frictionless” PCI DSS (payment card industry data security standard) compliance program called PCI Plus.The new system offers a simplified solution to help...
Report: Electric Vehicle Owners Paying Too Much in Michigan Transportation Fees
Owners of plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles in Michigan are paying a disproportionate amount of registration fees under 2015 laws that sought to increase the amount of money dedicated to the state’s transportation system,...
Ann Arbor’s Swift Biosciences Partners with MGI for High-throughput Genomic Sequencing
Swift Biosciences Inc., an Ann Arbor-based provider of DNA and RNA library preparation and normalization kits for next-generation sequencing, and MGI Tech Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of BGI Group, have agreed to co-market Swift's...
New 2020 Jeep North Editions Now Shipping to Dealers, Automaker Announces Pricing
The Jeep brand of Auburn Hills’ Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has started shipping the new North Edition lineup to dealers. The new model lineup offers starting pricing of $28,165 (including destination fee) for the Renegade...
Report: Edmunds Forecasts 17.1M New Vehicle Sales in 2020
Automotive sales information provider Edmunds, which has an office in downtown Detroit, expects new U.S. vehicle sales in 2020 to surpass 17 million units. It would be the sixth consecutive year that vehicle sales...
FCA Puts Mopar 240V Home Electric Vehicle Chargers on Amazon
Auburn Hills’ Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has installed a link on its Chrysler brand website that allows customers to purchase Mopar’s 240-volt home electric vehicle wall charger and arrange for its installation on Amazon.com.Buyers of...
Robert Redford’s Sundance Store Coming to The Village of Rochester Hills This Summer
Robert Redford’s Sundance store is scheduled to open a 4,126-square-foot outlet at The Village of Rochester Hills this summer, according to Birmingham developer Robert B. Aikens and Assoc.Sundance is the actor/director’s American lifestyle retailer...
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