Mary Kramer
Crain's Detroit Business
Detroit, MI, United States
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Commentary: UAW needs to face up to scandal
Has anybody at the United Auto Workers HQ heard the phrase "crisis management"?After the first couple of indictments of UAW executives on kickback/corruption charges, the smart thing would have been to appoint a squeaky clean Big Name to do an internal investigation, complete with forensic… → Read More
Mary Kramer on WJR: Patterson deputies expected to scatter
Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories here: You can also listen to our podcasts by subscribing on iTunes or anywhere else you get your podcasts. → Read More
Mary Kramer on WJR: New jail over budget
Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from the latest issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories here: → Read More
Mary Kramer on WJR: Michigan's fragile golf business
Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from this week's issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories here: → Read More
Mary Kramer on WJR: Marathon pushes back in pet coke fight
Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from the latest issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories here: You can also listen to our podcasts by subscribing on iTunes or anywhere else you get your podcasts. → Read More
A history that still surrounds Detroit
Two years ago, Mayor Mike Duggan blew away the audience of the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference. No surprise there. He's a terrific presenter. But instead of a more typical "this is progress" slide show of before-and-after photographs of housing, parks and other improvements in the city like he did this year, he offered a history lesson. It was a tour de force presentation… → Read More
When the unexpected strikes, culture matters even more than before
Some business leaders — founders and CEOs especially — probably had one of two thoughts this week as news about Dan Gilbert's stroke spread: When was my last physical? What would happen to my company if I were hospitalized for a serious health issue? A third question circulated throughout the early hours of the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference: "What have you heard about Dan… → Read More
Linda Solomon's book offers intimate portrait of the late Aretha Franklin
Linda Solomon had just launched a celebrity-heavy column in The Detroit News when she read that "The Queen" would be a guest on the daytime feature show "Kelly & Company" on Channel 7. The year was 1983, and Aretha Franklin had moved home to Detroit to help care for her comatose father, injured in a shooting during a robbery. "I waited for her outside as she arrived and asked if I could take… → Read More
How the seeds were planted for Oudolf's Belle Isle garden
NEW YORK — The setting was more than fitting — albeit a coincidence. In a tony restaurant overlooking The Vessel, the people-magnet landmark of the spiffy new Hudson Yards on Manhattan's west side, Jean Hudson was talking gardens. Surrounded by her children — daughter Jeannie and son Webber — grandchildren, nieces and nephews and dozens of ex-Detroiters (former Detroit Institute of Arts director… → Read More
Mary Kramer on WJR: 5-Hour Energy founder dives into water purification
Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from the latest issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories here: You can also listen to our podcasts by subscribing on iTunes or anywhere else you get your podcasts. → Read More
Navigating digital transformation, media mogul Nancy Tellem transforms historic Detroit home
It's likely Tellem will bring some of the savvy and connections she has built over the past 35 years working in film, television and digital entertainment to help Detroit entrepreneurs. More than a decade ago, while serving as president of the CBS Network Television Entertainment Group, she was described as the most powerful woman in network TV, and, according to the Hollywood Reporter, "a… → Read More
Mary Kramer on WJR: Future of Palace property
Mary Kramer on WJR: Future of Palace property | Parent benefits broaden | 2nd Sister Pie location → Read More
Mary Kramer on WJR: DCFC adds suites
Mary Kramer on WJR: DCFC adds suites | Benefits of family business | No-fault system disorderly → Read More
No time for inertia on new threat to Michigan's water
No time for inertia on new threat to Michigan's water → Read More
Mary Kramer on WJR: New angel investor group
Mary Kramer on WJR: New angel investor group | Lexus Velodrome at one year → Read More
Mary Kramer on WJR: Super Bowl pressbox institution Jerry Green
Mary Kramer on WJR: Super Bowl pressbox institution Jerry Green | Jack Roush an automotive Willy Wonka → Read More
Mary Kramer on WJR: Uncertainty for News, Free Press
Mary Kramer on WJR: Uncertainty for News, Free Press | Co-working businesses → Read More
Mary Kramer on WJR: Crain's newsmakers 2018
Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from the latest issue. → Read More
Mary Kramer on WJR: Crain's Newsmakers 2018
Mary Kramer on WJR: Crain's Newsmakers 2018 | Snyder's next act | $1 million gift to Mosaic Youth Theatre → Read More
Mary Kramer on WJR: New landlords in Eastern Market
Crain's Detroit Business Group Publisher Mary Kramer chats with Paul W. Smith on WJR AM 760 about stories from Crain's latest issue. Listen to the interview and then read the stories here: You can also listen to our podcasts by subscribing on iTunes or anywhere else you get your podcasts. → Read More