Boston Business Journal

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Type Weekly newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) American City Business Journals
PublisherCarolyn M. Jones
EditorDoug Banks
Founded1981
Headquarters70 Franklin St
8th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts
United States
Circulation 20,496(as of 2022) [1]
ISSN 0746-4975
Website bizjournals.com/boston

The Boston Business Journal is a weekly, business-oriented newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts. It is published by the American City Business Journals.

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History

The newspaper was founded by Robert Bergenheim and launched its first issue on March 2, 1981. The newspaper was originally named "P&L The Boston Business Journal" ("P&L" stood for profit and loss). However, "P&L" was later dropped from the name. Bergenheim was a former publisher of the Boston Herald. Before that, he was an editor at The Christian Science Monitor . [2]

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References

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  2. Stickgold, Emma (10 June 2010). "Robert Bergenheim; founded Boston Business Journal". The Boston Globe . Retrieved 26 June 2010.