San Diego Business Journal

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San Diego Business Journal
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Type Weekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)California Business Journals
Publisher Huntley Paton;
Armon Mills (publisher emeritus)
EditorReo Carr [1]
Managing editorTony Quesada [1]
Founded1980
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersSan Diego Business Journal
4909 Murphy Canyon Rd., Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92123
Circulation 15,610
ISSN 8750-6890
Website sdbj.com

The San Diego Business Journal (SDBJ) is a weekly newspaper in San Diego, California covering local business news. The San Diego Business Journal examines the economic news, demographics, and lifestyle profiles of San Diego, as well as the San Diego economy. [2] The company also has a daily newsletter sent out via email which covers news updates.

Contents

Regular departments include Up Front, highlighting stories featuring San Diego businesses and their decision-makers; Media & Technology, focusing on changes and innovations in the businesses that serve these fields; Small Business, profiling growing small businesses; Investment and Finance, where San Diego’s public companies are profiled and analyzed; and The List, which ranks the top businesses in any given industry, including but not limited to: Largest Private Companies, Fastest-Growing Private Companies, Highest Paid Executives, Highest Revenue Generators, Permanent Placement Services List, etc. Each of these surveys is then compiled into the San Diego Business Journal's resource – the annual Book of Lists. [2]

Reo Carr is the executive editor of the San Diego Business Journal. [2]

History

The San Diego Business Journal was established in 1980. In 1986, American City Business Journals acquired the SDBJ with the purchase of Scripps Howard Business Journals. [3] In 1988, ACBJ sold the Los Angeles and San Diego Business Journals to a group led by Kansas City developer Larry Bridges. [4] [5]

Armon Mills was named publisher in 2004. In August 2016, Huntley Paton was announced as the new publisher and president of the journal, effective September 1, 2016. Barbara Chodos is currently the President & Publisher and George Lurie is Editor in Chief - 2021. [6]

Circulation

Tabloid: Weekly
Year Established: 1980
Audit: ABC, 2004
Total Circulation: 15,610; Qualified Paid: 8,517
Qualified Nonpaid: n/a; Non-Qualified: 7,093

Regional editions

It has regional editions in Orange County, the San Fernando Valley, and Los Angeles

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 San Diego Business Journal - newspaper in San Diego, California USA covering local business news
  3. Two Companies Merging Business Journal Divisions
  4. Investor Group to Buy L.A., San Diego Business Journals
  5. Business Publisher Resigns to Head Australian Venture
  6. Jensen, Nels (August 21, 2016). "Huntley Paton Named Publisher of San Diego Business Journal". San Diego Business Journal. Retrieved 22 August 2016.