The ''Ottawa Business Journal'' (OBJ) is a regional business publication serving Canada's

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. In addition to a digital website, obj.ca, Ottawa Business Journal boasts a quarterly newspaper with a circulation of 10,000 copies, specialty magazines and regular podcasts. Founded in 1995, it is owned by Great River Media The current publisher is Michael Curran.

History

The ''Ottawa Business Journal'' was founded in 1995 by

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. Until Recently it was owned by Transcontinental Inc. On August 18, 2010, Michael Curran (publisher of OBJ since 2002),

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columnist, radio host at

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and a co-founder of OBJ), and Donna Neil (a former OBJ manager) took over ownership.

Site statistics

On April 17, 2013, Alexa.com had ranked Ottawabusinessjournal.com as the 6,775th visited site in Canada. On October 30, 2015, Alexa.com ranked Ottawabusinessjournal.com as the 14,707th visited site in Canada.

New platform

On December 14, 2009, the ''Ottawa Business Journal'' moved its website to Transcontinental's United Newspaper Information System (UNIS) platform. The old archives, message boards and polls could not be immediately transferred and as a result are no longer available to the public.

References

External links

''Ottawa Business Journal''
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