''NorthBay biz'' is a four color
business-to-business
Business-to-business (B2B or, in some countries, BtoB) is a situation where one business makes a commercial transaction with another. This typically occurs when:
* A business is sourcing materials for their production process for output (e.g., a ...
magazine covering
Napa,
Marin and
Sonoma counties. It was started in 1975 as ''Sonoma Business'' magazine.
It is headquartered in
Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa ( Spanish for " Saint Rose") is a city and the county seat of Sonoma County, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area in California. Its estimated 2019 population was 178,127. It is the largest city in California's Wine Country and ...
.
The owners of the magazine were Joni and Norman Rosinski and John Dennis from June 2000 to November 2017.
They renamed the magazine following their acquisition in 2000.
The magazine publishes 16 times a year. 12 monthly issues and 4 bonus issues: a special wine issue, The
NorthBay biz 500 (a complete listing of the
top 500 companies in the
North Bay) and a "Best of" issue (a readers poll of the best businesses in the North Bay). It was acquired by Amaturo Sonoma Media Group in November 2017.
The February 2021 issue contained an inflammatory "guest column" by Sandy Metzger (a contributor to the magazine) titled "Is Systemic Oppression Real?" that members of the North Bay community described as "toxic and unbelievably offensive", "a racist diatribe", and "giving white supremacy a platform".
References
External links
NorthBay Biz HistoryIssues available through the Sonoma County Library
1975 establishments in California
Business magazines published in the United States
Local interest magazines published in the United States
Listings magazines
Magazines established in 1975
Magazines published in the San Francisco Bay Area
Mass media in Santa Rosa, California
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