The ''Orange County Business Journal'' is a weekly print and online newspaper covering business in

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Content

The ''Orange County Business Journal'' covers information on various industries, including the

technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...

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real estate Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more general ...

, and

finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

sector.

Special publications

The editorial department of the ''Orange County Business Journal'' publishes reference lists within the paper, including their lists of top firms in Orange County, the most influential business people in the county, and a list of the wealthiest people. At the end of each year, the Business Journal publishes their Book of Lists, a compilation of the lists that have run during the year. The ''Orange County Business Journal'' also publishes special reports and advertising supplements. The special reports, lists and supplements are all located within the pages of the paper.

Affiliations

The ''Orange County Business Journal'' is owned by CBJ, L.P., which also owns the ''

'', ''

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History

In 1978, Marsha Feldman (later Marengo) started the paper as the ''Business Community Journal''. In 1980, she changed the name to the ''Orange County Business Journal''. The paper was bought over by its current owner: CBJ, L.P. Publisher Richard Reisman and Editor

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, now the paper’s executive editor and a

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recipient, joined soon after, leading a period of rapid growth for the paper. In 2000, Michael Lyster, the paper’s former technology reporter, returned from ''Investor Business Daily'' to become the editor of the ''Orange County Business Journal''. Jerry Sullivan replaced Lyster until spring 2017, when he was replaced by Pete Weitzner, who ran the broadcast-journalism program at Chapman University since 1997.Roush, Chris. (June 5, 2017).
Professor hired as Orange County Biz Journal editor
, ''Talking Biz News''. Retrieved January 18, 2018. Weitzner was the 2012 Sky Dunlop winner, an honor given by the Orange County Press Club for lifetime service to journalism and the community. Hannah Mitchell is the ''Orange County Business Journal's'' managing editor.Roderick, Kevin (February 25, 2013)
Bunch of moves at the LA Daily Journal
LA Observed. Retrieved January 18, 2018.

References

Chapman University Center for Economic Research, Chapman University, 2006 Chapman University Economic Forecast/College of Business and Economics Cal State FullertonEDD Labor Market Division, California Department of Finance, US Bureau of the Census
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External links

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