Brevard Business News

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Brevard Business News
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s)Adrienne B. Roth
PublisherBrevard Business News Inc.
EditorKen Datzman
Founded1981
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters4300 Fortune Place
Suite D
Melbourne, Florida
Circulation 10,000 weekly
Sister newspapersBrevard Business News is an independent publication
ISSN 0889-5104
OCLC number 13920007
Website brevardbusinessnews.com

Brevard Business News is a weekly newspaper in Melbourne, Florida, United States covering business news and trends for the Space Coast region of Central Florida. [1] Coverage also includes non-profit organizations and educational institutions, health, technology and commerce, and other issues at the local and national level. [2]

It publishes every Monday. [3] By 1987, circulation reached 10,000. [4]

History

Fred Krupski started Brevard Business News with a partner in 1981 and served as its president and publisher. [5] [6] Krupski, a Native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, worked in journalism for several years and helped start the Orlando daily before founding the Brevard Business News. [7] During its early years, it was published bi-monthly, but changed to weekly. [8] [9] The office was originally located in Cocoa but moved to Melbourne. Ken Datzman served as the editor. [10]

Adrienne B. Roth purchased it in 1986. Krupski continued reporting on business issues and eventually founded the News Observer in Titusville, Florida, where he served as the publisher. [11] [12]

In 1988, Central Brevard Women's Network awarded Brevard Business News with the Eleanor Outstanding Achievement Award for making "significant contributions to women's issues, interests and financial welfare." [13] In 2002, the Melbourne-Palm Bay Area Chamber of Commerce recognized Brevard Business News for contributions in media to the "public and the business community" at the 17th-annual Business Achievement Awards. [14]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Business, Management and Industry - Publications - United States of America", Benn's Media - Volume 3, Benn Business Information Services, 2000, page 446.
  2. ↑ "Brevard Business News", everythingbrevard.com. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  3. ↑ Darth, Del; Marth, Marty and Marth, Nancy. Marth's 1999 Florida Guide, Swanee River Press, page 44. ISBN   9781885034120
  4. ↑ Baker, Elizabeth. "Publication solicitors said to use threats in name of law enforcers", Florida Today, March 1, 1987, page 1B.
  5. ↑ Mathers, Sandra. "She Mastered World Of Weekly Newspapers", Orlando Sentinel , April 18, 1997. Retrieved on May 26, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Business Progressions", Orlando Sentinel, May 10, 1987 page 8.
  7. ↑ "Fred Krupski obituary", Florida Today , June 05, 2008.
  8. ↑ Kassack, Cheryl. "Capsules", Florida Today, March 2, 1985, page 8C.
  9. ↑ Burr, Louise. "14 newspapers keeping residents informed", Florida Today, October 20, 1985, page 2N.
  10. ↑ "Media: Newspapers", Florida Today, April 26, 1987, page 10K.
  11. ↑ Rose, Allen. "Brevard At Large", Brevard Weekly of the Orlando Sentinel, December 14, 2008, page D-1.
  12. ↑ "Portfolio", Brevard Weekly of the Orlando Sentinel, May 10, 1987, page 8.
  13. ↑ Lindsey, Hanna Lea. "Women's network awards advocates", Florida Today, October 9, 1988, page 1F.
  14. ↑ Blake, Scott. "Businesses awarded for achievement", Florida Today, October 11, 2002, pages 1C-2C.

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