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Above the FoldEpisode 22: Big change comes to the Business CourierHosts Andy and Tom talk about the financial impact having a massive company like Western & Southern brings to Cincinnati – it's in the 11 digits – as well as plans for a $482 million hotel near the Duke Energy Convention Center. Sticking with the Convention District, a problem property gets the OK for demolition from a court, and then P&G's top ad chief is OK with being dethroned as the world's largest advertiser.Interview starts at (19:08). Almost nobody on staff at the Cincinnati Business Courier can remember a time when Rob Daumeyer was not editor. He took the top spot in 19...
2023-03-1540 minAbove the FoldEpisode 12: 2022 in review, the biggest stories of the yearHosts Andy Brownfield and Rob Daumeyer are joined by Cincinnati Business Courier Managing Editor Tom Demeropolis to break down some of the largest stories of 2022, including Kroger's proposed merger with the Albertsons Cos., the rebound of downtown Cincinnati from Covid-19, big changes in downtown real estate icons like Carew Tower and the Terrace Plaza, the corruption trial of P.G. Sittenfeld and the hell of a year the Cincinnati Bengals have been having.Above the Fold will take a brief hiatus at the beginning of the year and then return in mid-January. Above the Fold i...
2022-12-2832 minAbove the FoldEpisode 3: The Banks sold, Mayor Aftab Pureval talks affordable housing, karaoke and mispronouncing his nameHosts Andy Brownfield and Rob Daumeyer talk the big news of the week: The Banks, the massive development on Ohio's riverfront, between the two sports arenas, as a new owner; why Gold Star spends a full quarter of its marketing budget on the Bengals; and Kroger unveils its "store of the future."Interview starts at (17:52). Aftab Pureval is the mayor of Cincinnati, the first Asian American to be elected to that position. On Above the Fold he talks about pressure to assimilate and change his name while running for office, as well as priorities for the city...
2022-10-2642 minAbove the FoldEpisode 2: Kroger's massive acquisition, and Britney Ruby Miller talks Fountain SquareHosts Andy Brownfield and Rob Daumeyer talk about what's quite possibly the biggest news of the year: Kroger has a deal to buy rival Albertsons, the fourth-largest grocery chain in the U.S. Also, what the New York Times has to say about Northern Kentucky's bourbon industry and the Western & Southern Open has a new owner.Interview starts at (17:44). Britney Ruby Miller is the CEO of Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment, which just opened its newest restaurant – Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse – adjacent to Fountain Square. Britney talks about how the original plan never called for the move of the down...
2022-10-1939 minAbove the FoldEpisode 1: All things Blink and festival co-creator Josh HeuserHosts Andy Brownfield and Rob Daumeyer talk about the massive Blink festival – on hiatus since 2019, Joe Burrow's new foundation, one of the biggest-ever startup exits and why Andy hates sports. Interview starts at (18:23). Josh Heuser is a co-founder of Blink, but he got his start by throwing parties in college. He had no intention of joining a fraternity, but a flag football team needed a 15th player and he fell into it. Today Josh is a co-founder of experiential marketing firm Agar; owner of subterranean bar Ghost Baby, built in underground lagering tunnels in OTR; and he's wor...
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