Inquirer co-owner dies in plane crash

PHILADELPHIA: A co-owner of US newspaper Philadelphia Inquirer was among seven people killed in a small plane crash in Massachusetts, the paper’s editor said Sunday.
Bill Marimow confirmed Lewis Katz’s death to Philly.com, saying he learned the news from close associates.
The Gulfstream IV jet crashed as it was leaving Hanscom Field on Saturday night for Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey, said Matthew Brelis, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates the airfield.
“There were no survivors,” Brelis said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the people on board and their loved ones.”
The identities of the other victims weren’t immediately released. Nancy Phillips, Katz’s longtime companion and city editor at the Inquirer, wasn’t on board.
The 72-year-old Katz was one of two business moguls who bought out their partners last week with an $88 million bid for The Inquirer, which also operates the Philadelphia Daily News and the news website Philly.com.
The winners vowed to fund in-depth journalism to return the Inquirer to its former glory and to retain its editor, Marimow.