Providence Business News , nicknamed PBN , is a bi-weekly business newspaper focusing on the economy in Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts .
8-1102: The newspaper was founded in March 1986 by Robert C. Bergenheim, who at the time was also publisher of the Boston Business Journal , and published its first issue that May. His son, Roger C. Bergenheim, has been the paper’s publisher for much of its history. At the time it began, Providence Business News was one of three business publications in Rhode Island, the other two being Business Fortnightly of Rhode Island and Ocean State Business , both biweekly magazines. Business Fortnightly ceased publication in June 1986, and Ocean State Business closed up shop in 1990. In 1987, Bergenheim sold his company, P&L Publications Inc., to MCP Inc. of Minneapolis, but retained part ownership in Providence Business News . Roger Bergenheim succeeded him as publisher of
16-483: A subscription business model . The bizjournals.com website, using the overarching online title The Business Journal , contains local business news from various cities in the United States, along with an archive that contains more than 5 million business news articles published since 1996. As of August 2021, it receives over 3.6 million readers each week. The company was founded in 1982 by Mike Russell with
24-565: Is an American newspaper publisher based in Charlotte, North Carolina . ACBJ publishes The Business Journals , which contains local business news for 44 markets in the United States with each market's edition named for that market, and also publishes Hemmings Motor News and Inside Lacrosse . The company is owned by Advance Publications . The company receives revenue from display advertising and classified advertising in its weekly newspaper and online advertising on its website and from
32-692: The Boston paper in 1988 and for a time David C. Dunbar, an advertising executive at Providence Business News , took over as that newspaper’s publisher, before Bergenheim returned to the post. The paper was redesigned in 2004 by Creative Circle Media Consulting of Providence. PBN was named 2020 Newspaper of the Year by the New England Newspaper and Press Association at the organization’s 2020 fall conference. American City Business Journals American City Business Journals, Inc. ( ACBJ )
40-532: The company partnered with Microsoft to provide content for bcentral.com. In 2007, the company acquired Inside Lacrosse . In 2012, sister company Condé Nast redirected Portfolio.com to the startups page of ACBJ. In 2020, the company launched a book publishing partnership. The publication publishes the following annual awards for each city: As of 2023 , American City Business Journals (ACBJ) publishes print copies of 44 different newspapers, addressing business news in 44 different cities, generally under
48-423: The company's chairman and chief executive officer for 20 years until his death in 2009. Under Shaw's leadership, the company moved its headquarters from Kansas City, Missouri , to Charlotte, North Carolina , and greatly increased the number of its publications. In 1995, the company was acquired by Advance Publications for US$ 258.8 million (equivalent to $ 472.8 million in 2023). In 2001,
56-598: The launch of the Kansas City Business Journal . In 1985, the company became a public company via an initial public offering and was traded as an over the counter stock . In 1986, the company acquired the full complement of publications from Business Journal Publications, including the St. Louis Business Journal , and several other business journals and legal publications. In 1986, Mike Russel acquired ten city business newspapers, in six states and
64-489: The national capital, from the Scripps-Howard Business Journals division of Scripps-Howard Newspapers : Phoenix (Arizona); Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco (California); Atlanta (Georgia); Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston (Texas); Seattle (Washington); as well as Washington, D.C. and a South Florida edition combining Miami/Fort Lauderdale. Ray Shaw joined the company in 1989 and served as
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