Mississippi Business Journal

Mississippi Business Journal

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Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner	The Dolan Company
Publisher	Alan Turner
Editor	Ross Reily
Founded	1979
Language	English
Headquarters	Jackson, Mississippi
Circulation	5,000
Official website	[1]

The Mississippi Business Journal is a statewide weekly business newspaper, located in Jackson, Mississippi.

Each issue contains news coverage relating to the Mississippi business world along with regular opinion and freelance columns. Issues are sold statewide and feature a special list that accompanies that week's editorial focus, issues ranging from health care and economic development to banking and law.

Other editorial products include, the annual Book of Lists, Mississippi 100 private companies list, and NEXT! A Guide to Life After High School.

Pulse, an issue focusing on health and wellness in Mississippi, was launched in 2010.

MBJ hosts the annual Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO in Jackson as well as numerous awards programs honoring the state's business community.

Early History

The newspaper was established by Joe Dove, former business editor of The Clarion-Ledger. He led the newspaper until 1984 when he sold it to Richard Roper, head of Downhome Publications and publisher of the Mississippi Magazine. Two years later, Roper sold the publication to Rosa Lee Harden Jones, who along with her husband Kevin, managed the paper for nearly a decade. Buddy Bynum and Joe Jones, were hired as publisher and editor in 1995.

The Dolan Company

The Dolan Company, purchased the paper in 2007 as part of its New Orleans Publishing Group. In 2008, Ross Reily, former sports editor for the Sun Herald in Biloxi and managing editor for the Delta Democrat Times in Greenville and Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo, was named managing editor.

In 2009, Dolan veteran Alan Turner was named publisher. In 2010, MBJ relaunched its official website including an Internet video channel.

External links

• Official website