''Providence Business News'', nicknamed ''PBN'', is a bi-weekly business newspaper focusing on the economy in

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and Bristol County, Massachusetts. The newspaper was founded in March 1986 by Robert C. Bergenheim, who at the time was also publisher of the ''

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'', and published its first issue that May. His son, Roger C. Bergenheim, has been the paper’s publisher for much of its history. At the time it began, ''Providence Business News'' was one of three business publications in Rhode Island, the other two being ''Business Fortnightly of Rhode Island'' and ''Ocean State Business'', both biweekly magazines. ''Business Fortnightly'' ceased publication in June 1986, and ''Ocean State Business'' closed up shop in 1990. In 1987, Bergenheim sold his company, P&L Publications Inc., to MCP Inc. of Minneapolis, but retained part ownership in ''Providence Business News''. Roger Bergenheim succeeded him as publisher of the Boston paper in 1988 and for a time David C. Dunbar, an advertising executive at ''Providence Business News'', took over as that newspaper’s publisher, before Bergenheim returned to the post. The paper was redesigned in 2004 by Creative Circle Media Consulting of Providence.

Prizes and awards

PBN was named ''2020 Newspaper of the Year'' by the New England Newspaper and Press Association at the organization’s 2020 fall conference.

References

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External links

PBN.com - ''Providence Business News''''Providence Business News'' on The Alliance of Area Business Publications
Newspapers published in Rhode Island Business newspapers published in the United States Weekly newspapers published in the United States Mass media in Providence, Rhode Island