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Mississippi Business Journal
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. The journal hosts the annual Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO in Jackson. It also holds numerous awards programs honoring the state's business and tech community, such as the "Top in Tech" list.[1] HistoryThe newspaper was established in 1979 by Joe Dove, former business editor of The Clarion-Ledger. He led the newspaper until 1984 when he sold it to Richard Roper, head of Downhome Publications and publisher of Mississippi Magazine.[2] Two years later Roper sold the publication to Rosa Lee Harden Jones.[3] Publisher Joe D. Joes became a part-owner in 1995 along with editor Buddy Bynum.[4] The group sold the journal in 2007 to the Dolan Media Company.[5] It was then acquired in 2012 by Journal Inc., parent company of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.[6] In June 2024, Journal Inc. sold the newspaper to Scott Coopwood.[7] References
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