Mississippi Business Journal
Encyclopedia
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.
. 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.
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.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
, located in Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...
.
Each issue contains news coverage relating to the Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
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
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
and economic development
Economic development
Economic development generally refers to the sustained, concerted actions of policymakers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area...
to banking and law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
.
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-LedgerThe Clarion-Ledger
The Clarion-Ledger is the Pulitzer Prize winning daily newspaper of Jackson, Mississippi. It is the second oldest company in the state of Mississippi and is one of only a few newspapers in the nation that continues to circulate statewide...
. 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 HeraldThe Sun Herald
The Sun Herald is a U.S. newspaper based in Biloxi, Mississippi, that serves readers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It is owned by The McClatchy Company, one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States....
in Biloxi
Biloxi, Mississippi
Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the United States. The 2010 census recorded the population as 44,054. Along with Gulfport, Biloxi is a county seat of Harrison County....
and managing editor for the Delta Democrat Times
Delta Democrat Times
The Delta Democrat Times is a daily newspaper that has been published in Greenville, Mississippi, United States since 1938, when Hodding Carter merged his Delta Star, which he started in 1936, with the Democrat Times, which had been in publication since 1868...
in Greenville
Greenville, Mississippi
Greenville is a city in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 48,633 at the 2000 census, but according to the 2009 census bureau estimates, it has since declined to 42,764, making it the eighth-largest city in the state. It is the county seat of Washington...
and Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal is the largest daily newspaper in northeast Mississippi. It was first published in 1872. In 1934 it was taken over by George Mclean, a proponent of leftist social policies. It is based in Tupelo, Mississippi and owned by Journal, Inc...
in Tupelo
Tupelo, Mississippi
Tupelo is the largest city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. It is the seventh largest city in the state of Mississippi, smaller than Meridian, and larger than Greenville. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city's population was 34,211...
, 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.