Call Lance at:
(501) 372-1443, ext. 217

Email Lance at:
lturner@abpg.com

Follow Lance on:

Visit Lance at:
www.lanceturner.com

Lance covers:
Media & Marketing, Retail, Technology, Public Companies

Lance Turner

Interactive Editor

send Lance news tips >

Lance Turner has been with Arkansas Business since 1999 and has been Interactive Editor since 2000. Turner oversees content for ABPG sites, including ArkansasBusiness.com, where he edits the Daily Report enewsletter.

He appears regularly on CBS affiliate KTHV-TV, Channel 11, providing business news reports on "Today's THV This Morning." He is also a panelist on AETN's weekly public affairs program, "Arkansas Week."

Last 10 Articles & Blog Posts

Here Are Some of the Golfers You'll See at Alotian Club's Western Amateur Tournament

4 days ago –

The Alotian Club has revealed the names of the some of the golfers scheduled to play in next month's Western Amateur tournament. read more >

Gannett Nearly Doubles TV Portfolio with $2B Deal for Belo

5 days ago –

Gannett Co., which owns KTHV-TV, Channel 11, in Little Rock and the Baxter Bulletin in Mountain Home, announced Thursday that's buying Belo Corp. of Dallas in a $2.2 billion deal that includes $175 million of debt. read more >

Apollo Tyres to Buy Cooper Tire & Rubber in $2.5 Billion Deal

6 days ago –

Apollo Tyres Ltd of India says it is buying Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. in an all-cash deal worth about $2.5 billion. Charles Nickerson of Texarkana Chamber of Commerce says the deal appears to be a positive one for the city's Cooper plant. read more >

Simon Property Group Names Lisa Meyer General Manager of McCain Mall

1 week ago –

Simon Property Group of Indianapolis announces that it has named Lisa Meyer general manager of McCain Mall in North Little Rock. read more >

Video: Martha Shoffner, UALR, ASU & More in the Arkansas Business Week in Review

1 week ago –

Today in the Arkansas Business Week in Review on THV 11 News: Martha Shoffner's legal woes multiply, UALR announces a new high-tech center, ASU studies adding a new medical school in Jonesboro and much more. read more >

McKibbon Hotel Group to Mark Opening of Residence Inn in Little Rock

2 weeks ago –

McKibbon Hotel Group Inc. will mark the opening of its third hotel in Little Rock, the Residence Inn by Marriott Little Rock Downtown, on Friday. The hotel will hold its first "associate celebration" at 1:15 p.m. It will welcome its first guests that afternoon. read more >

THV 11 Video: Horizon Foods Poultry Plant Closes, 200 Jobless

2 weeks ago –

THV 11 News reports on the sudden closure this week of the Horizon Foods poultry plant in Pine Bluff, which is leaving 200 people out of work. read more >

KATV: Long-Time General Manager Dale Nicholson Has Died

2 weeks ago –

Dale Nicholson, who presided over one of Arkansas' most influential television stations for 25 years as general manager, died Saturday. He was 74. Bob Steel, KATV's news director from 1994-2001, called him "a terrific individual" and "a great broadcaster." Includes video. read more >

Protesters Hit Bentonville Ahead of Wal-Mart's Annual Meeting

2 weeks ago –

As Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville prepares for its annual meeting on Friday, protesters gather in northwest Arkansas to criticize the retailer's wages and labor practices. read more >

Tyson Foods Buys Mexican Food Maker Circle Foods of California

2 weeks ago –

Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale acquired the assets of Circle Foods LLC, a producer of frozen and refrigerated handheld Mexican foods, uncooked tortillas and Indian flatbreads. read more >