Why ACBJ is expanding into Cleveland

Jon Wile, the vice president of content at American City Business Journals, writes about the company’s expansion into Cleveland with the Cleveland Business Journal.

Wile writes, “I’ve been asked repeatedly, ‘Why Cleveland? Why now?’ The answer is simple: The need for local business intelligence in Cleveland and the surrounding region has never been greater, nor has it been more scarce. We plan to solve that.

“American City Business Journals — the parent company of CBJ — is the expert at delivering local business intelligence.

“We run business journals in 43 other cities across the country. We have hundreds of reporters and nearly 40 years of experience doing this. Our paid readership is growing at a breakneck pace due to the stories, resources and advice we’ve provided during these uncertain economic times.

“Our mission is crystal clear: To help our readers grow their businesses, advance their careers and simplify their professional lives with a suite of B2B products, anchored by our deep local news reporting.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.