Penny is the Chief Content Officer for Melara Enterprises and Executive Editor of Baton Rouge Business Report. She has a passion for journalism that makes a difference, epic photography, engaging graphic design and platforms that provide new opportunities for storytelling. She is a national award-winning writer and editor with over three decades of experience in metro markets, including Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas and Baton Rouge. She manages the editorial team for Melara Enterprises that produces 225, inRegister, 10/12 Industry Report and Baton Rouge Business Report.

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COVER STORY ... 43   PUBLISHER'S VIEW 6 Xxxxxxxx   STARTUP 8 The Big Story 10 Digital Business Report 12 Zoom 14 The...

TOP 100-CONTENTS/Cover Story Top 100

CONTENTS How the list comes together ... 44 Index of the Top 100 private companies ......

Baton Rouge attorney David Rubin named trustee in Thinkstream case

David Rubin, a shareholder in the Baton Rouge firm Kantrow Spaht Weaver & Blitzer,...

INBOX

  GOING BANKRUPT As a shareholder, I'm so disappointed in Barry Bellue ("Troubled empire," July 7). We...

REFLECTIONS/The One who crowns

“Bless the Lord, O my soul (mind, will and emotion) … and forget none...

TOP 100-List Toppers

No. 1 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Health insurance $3,136,034,000   No. 8 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers Restaurant chain $447,947,000   No....

Troubled software firm Thinkstream agrees to bankruptcy

Thinkstream—a Baton Rouge software firm forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy by creditors owed millions...

TOP 100-Breakdown/Breaking it down

Top 100 private companies revenue by industry   2015 TOTAL REVENUE: 2014 TOTAL REVENUE: 21583363791 19705681995 (Percent...

Publisher: Welcome Miss USA and guests

Last year’s Miss USA pageant was a big success for the Capital City, bringing...