BLOOMBERG'S AD CHIEF TO SHIFT TO DOW JONES

Trevor Fellows, Bloomberg’s head of media sales for the U.S. and U.K., is joining Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones & Co. to replace the retiring Michael Rooney, who is stepping down after a 35-year run at the company.

Lex Fenwick, CEO of Dow Jones, said Rooney will take a "well-deserved sabbatical" to travel the world with his wife.

In a staff memo, Fenwick praised Rooney as "one of the loudest cheerleaders for the Journal’s franchise."

The departing executive "built a strong sales team and laid the groundwork for our current and future growth," wrote Fenwick.

Fellows will report to Fenwick when he reports to Dow Jones in a few weeks.

MARIMOW AXED AT PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Bill Marimow, editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer for 18 months, was axed by publisher Robert Hall due to "philosophical differences" between the two men.   

"The decision to terminate Bill Marimow as editor of the Inquirer was made by me and associate publisher Mike Lorenca, which is within our authority to make such a decision," said Hall in a statement.

The move to let Marimow go was approved by five of the six directors/owners of Interstate General Media, which owns the paper and sister publication Daily News.

Marimow told the DN "we tried our hardest to produce excellent journalism under extreme difficult economic circumstances and I believe we’ve done a good job."

He will be paid until April 30.

Marimow had been teaching journalism at Arizona State University when he was offered his old editor job.

He joined the Inquirer in 1972 and took the editor slot in 2006, but was ousted by then publisher Greg Osberg.

Stan Wischonowski is the acting editor of the Inquirer. He also replaced Marimow as editor in 2010.