Posted on: Saturday, March 8, 2003

Star-Bulletin publisher resigns

By Dan Nakaso
Advertiser Staff Writer

Don Kendall, president and publisher of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and president of MidWeek, will return to British Columbia, saying he and his wife want to be closer to their five grown children.

Kendall's resignation is effective March 29. Kendall came to Hawai'i in November 2000 as David Black negotiated the purchase of the Star-Bulletin and Midweek.

"Don brought more than management expertise to the job," Black said. "He and Teresa brought heart. They cared about saving the Star-Bulletin and improving MidWeek. They cared about the staff and they cared about using the papers to help the community."

Kendall worked as a reporter and editor and started his own newspaper in 1988, which he and his partners sold to Black's Black Press. Before coming to Hawai'i, Kendall was vice president of Cariboo Press, a subsidiary of Black Press.

He is a director of the Hawai'i Publishers Association, a member of the Blood Bank of Hawai'i board of trustees and a member of The 200 Club.

"Our decision is strictly personal," Kendall said. "We love Hawai'i but after 2 1/2 years here, we want to be closer to our family."

Black yesterday named Frank Teskey, vice president of Black's Cariboo Press chain of newspapers, to succeed Kendall. Cariboo Press consists of 27 weekly, biweekly and triweekly community newspapers.

He has held senior management positions with Canadian publications such as The Globe and Mail, The Montreal Gazette and The Winnipeg Free Press; has been publisher of The Globe and Mail regional and national magazines and publisher of a weekly business journal.

"Frank Teskey is one of the best newspapermen I know," Black said. "Don and I look forward to introducing him to our friends in Honolulu."