Sacramento biz journal launches new home page

The Sacramento Business Journal, an American City Business Journals paper, has launched a new home page. Editor Jack Robinson writes, “The site redesign reflects our increasing emphasis on publishing the news you need as it happens, all day long. Much of the page will be dominated by the newest stories — including many exclusives about […]

Sacramento biz journal hires new reporter

The Sacramento Business Journal has hired Christopher Arns as a reporter. Jack Robinson, the editor of the paper, writes, “Christopher Arns joined the paper on Monday as our first Capitol reporter. His mission: to find out what California’s massive state government is doing for — and to — business interests. “He’ll get under the dome […]

Denver Biz Journal starts energy newsletter

The Denver Business Journal has started a weekly email newsletter called Energy Inc. that will be sent out every Tuesday. A story on its website states, “Energy Inc. is powered by the DBJ and its award-winning energy reporter, Cathy Proctor. It has everything you need to know about the energy industry. “In one package, you […]

ACBJ paper strikes content-sharing deal with TV station

Columbus Business First, a paper in the Ameican City Business Journals chain, and WCMH-TV have agreed to a content-sharing partnership for local and business news on-air, online and in print. Doug Buchanan, managing editor of Business First, writes, “Beginning Friday, Business First Publisher Don DePerro will appear weekly on NBC4 Today during the 6 a.m. hour, […]

Colorado biz journal names new editor

Jerd Smith has been named editor of the North Colorado Business Report, reports Steve Lynn of the paper. Lynn writes, “Smith has worked as a business editor and reporter for the Rocky Mountain News, Denver Business Journal and Boulder Daily Camera. “Smith is excited to lead coverage of Northern Colorado business news at a time when […]

Honolulu biz paper celebrates 50th anniversary

James George, managing editor of the Pacific Business News, writes about the 50th anniversary of the business newspaper now owned by American City Business Journals. George writes, “Mason was not a journalist. He was a businessman and a government bureaucrat who once headed what is now the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. […]

Biz weekly readership grows

The reach of the Triangle Business Journal has gone from 30,000 per month a decade ago to 236,000 now, said editor Sougata Mukherjee in a presentation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday. “They are very dedicated followers,” said Mukherjee at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. “We are not […]

Phoenix biz weekly starts online daily health care section

The Phoenix Business Journal has launched Health Care Daily, a section on its website designed to be a destination for health care news in Arizona. Digital editor Adam Kress writes, “Health Care Daily, which went live today, will provide breaking news and in-depth reporting on the Arizona health care sector, with an eye toward the national […]

A tumultuous change in business journalism

Henry Dubroff, the founder and editor of the Pacific Coast Business Times, writes about the dramatic changes in business journalism in the past five years in the wake of judging Loeb Awards earlier this week. Dubroff writes, “In financial journalism, it seems the future belongs more and more to the specialists. I know I’ve written […]

Sacramento Biz Journal hires real estate reporter

Ben van der Meer has been hired by the Sacramento Business Journal to cover real estate. Editor Jack Robinson writes, “Ben most recently was a staff writer at the Appeal-Democrat in Marysville. He also has worked as a business reporter at the Modesto Bee and for an ambitious but ill-fated Sacramento political news website called […]