Ocala Business Journal shuts down

Richard Anguiano, the editor of the Ocala Business Journal in Florida, writes Thursday about the paper’s closing after four years. Anguiano writes, “Above all, I cannot thank enough, you, the readers, who invited me to your businesses, your trade shows, the meetings of your professional organizations. You shared story tips, a friendly lunch now and […]

American City Business Journals gives back 5% pay cut from 2009

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE American City Business Journals, the owners of 40 business weekly newspapers across the country, announced internally Thursday that the 5 percent pay cut for employees it made in 2009 will be given back at the beginning of 2011. Journalists and other staffers will receive the 5 percent back as long as […]

ACBJ launching mobile apps for its biz papers

Charlotte-based American City Business Journals announced Tuesday that it is launching mobile applications for all 42 of its business publications. The St. Louis Business Journal is the first paper to launch its free mobile application for Android, Blackberry and iPhone devices. Other markets are scheduled to launch by the first quarter of 2011. “We are […]

Buying into the South Carolina business news market

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Fred Russell, the managing director of Richmond-based Virginia Capital Partners, now controls a huge chunk of South Carolina business news. Last week, Virginia Capital purchased the Charleston Regional Business Journal, GSA Business, the Columbia Regional Business Report and SCBIZ magazine for an undisclosed amount. The South Carolina business publications had been […]

South Carolina biz publications sold to private investment group

Charleston Regional Business Journal, GSA Business, the Columbia Regional Business Report and SCBIZ magazine have been sold to a private investment group, according to a story on the Charleston paper’s Web site. All four publications are located in South Carolina. All had been owned by Brown Publishing, which had gone through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy […]

Blue Ridge Business Journal shuts down

The Roanoke Times announced Wednesday that it will cease publication of the Blue Ridge Business Journal, a twice-monthly business news publication, this month and redirect its resources toward enhancing the newspaper’s Sunday Business news section. Jenny Kincaid Boone writes, “The journal, a stand-alone publication mailed to subscribers for free, was integrated into the newsrooms’ operations […]

Raleigh biz paper names new publisher

Bryan Hamilton has been named the new publisher of the Triangle Business Journal, according to a story Tuesday on the American City Business Journals’ paper’s site. The story states, “Hamilton, who has served as TBJ’s director of marketing and circulation for the past three years, succeeds Charlene Grunwaldt, who has served as TBJ’s publisher since […]

You can go home again

Longtime Atlanta business journalist Andy Peters, who worked for the Atlanta Business Chronicle for six months back in 1998, is returning to the paper. Peters has been hired by the American City Business Journals paper to cover the banking, finance and legal beats. His first day will be Dec. 6, according to editor David Allison, […]

Biz journals a solid performer

Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York writes about the Newhouse media operations and notes that its American City Business Journals operation is perhaps the most solid operator in the company. Flamm writes, “The American City Business Journals unit, which Donald Newhouse bought in 1995 for about $270 million, accounts for a more stable corner of […]

Dallas Biz Journal publisher resigns

Lisa Bormaster, the publisher of the Dallas Business Journal, has resigned, effective Dec. 1. A story on the paper’s site states, “A new Dallas publisher will be named soon, said Whitney Shaw, president and chief executive officer of American City Business Journals, which owns the Dallas Business Journal. “Bormaster is considering career opportunities with ACBJ […]