American City Business Journals
American newspaper chain based in Charlotte, North Carolina, owned by Advance Publications
American City Business Journals, Inc. (ACBJ) is an American newspaper publisher based in Charlotte, North Carolina. ACBJ publishes The Business Journals, which contain local business news for 44 markets in the United States, with each edition named after its respective market. The company also publishes Hemmings Motor News and Inside Lacrosse. Owned by Advance Publications, ACBJ receives revenue from weekly print display and classified advertisements, digital advertising, and a subscription business model.
The bizjournals.com website, using the overarching online title The Business Journal, contains local business news from various cities in the United States, along with an archive that contains more than 5 million business news articles published since 1996. As of August 2021, it received over 3.6 million readers each week.
History
American City Business Journals, Inc. was founded in 1982 by Mike K. Russell with the launch of the Kansas City Business Journal. Three years later the business became a public company via an initial public offering and was traded as an over the counter stock.
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