Why business news weeklies get into holding events
In an ideal world, a business would only have to do one thing very well to ensure a steady source of revenue. The news business doesn’t work that way. At Richmond BizSense, a daily business news website I started six years ago, we have built a stable business supported by digital advertising. But where we […]
Kentucky biz newspaper editor is laid off
Business Lexington editor Tom Martin was laid off Tuesday as part of a “strategy change” at the weekly newspaper. Rich Copley of the Lexington Herald-Leader writes, “Martin, 63, said he couldn’t say much about the matter because of a confidentiality agreement. He did say, ‘Macroeconomics finally came to visit a small independent publication, and it […]
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 […]
