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 Grand Prix Draws Estimated 150K Spectators Downtown
Officials of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear estimate that approximately 150,000 attended the June 2-4 event throughout the race weekend.Run on the downtown streets rather than on Belle Isle for the...
GM Investing $500M in Arlington Assembly for Future SUVs
General Motors Co. in Detroit has announced plans to invest more than $500 million in its Arlington Assembly plant in Texas to prepare it for production of future internal combustion engine (ICE) full-size SUVs,...
Ford to Compete with Dark Horse-based Mustang GT3 Racer at 2024 Le Mans
Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn today unveiled its Mustang GT3 race car, based on the all-new 2024 Mustang Dark Horse, in Le Mans, France, on the eve of the 24 Hours of Le Mans...
Hot Commodity EyeWear
Founded by Shalandria McGlown-Allen in 2011, Hot Commodity EyeWear is both an online boutique and a product distributor at four Detroit retail locations.“Our customer wants to be fashionable, have a vibrant, visionary style, and...
GM to Invest $280M for Truck Production at Oshawa Assembly in Canada
Detroit-based General Motors Co. today announced a $210 Million (C$280 million) investment in its Oshawa Assembly in Ontario, Canada, to produce the next-generation internal combustion engine (ICE) full-size trucks.This investment builds on GM’s commitment...
Junkyard Dogs
JDog Junk Removal & Hauling in Warren is starting small, but its local franchisees, Navy veterans Matt and Kay Holtyn, are thinking big, even if big only means helping other military veterans.The Holtyns started...
Study: UV-C Disinfectant Device from Detroit’s Freestyle Partners Reduces Pathogens
Detroit-based Freestyle Partners has demonstrated that its portable, handheld BeamClean filtered Far UV-C device effectively reduced pathogens on hospital surfaces in seconds.The Central Texas Veterans Health Care System conducted the first-of-its-kind study, the results...
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services in Farmington Hills Debuts In-car Payment Feature
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA in Farmington Hills, which provides finance, lease, and insurance services to Mercedes-Benz customers, is turning its vehicles into a payment device.The newly released in-car feature, available on any Mercedes-Benz vehicle...
GM Includes Five Active Safety Features on all 2023 Model Year EVs
General Motors Co. in Detroit will include automatic emergency braking, as well as four additional active safety features, as standard equipment on 98 percent of its 2023 model year vehicles, including every new EV...
Allison Transmission in Auburn Hills to Equip Refuse Vehicles in Malaysia
Allison Transmission, which operates an engineering center in Auburn Hills, has been selected by Southern Waste Management Environment (SWM) in Malaysia to equip its vehicles with Allison 3000 Series medium-duty conventional transmission.SWM is the...
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