The Budapest Business Journal or BBJ is a biweekly business magazine published in Hungary. It is the largest, oldest and a leading publication in its category in the country.[1][2]
| Categories | Business magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| Publisher | Absolute Media |
| First issue | 1 November 1992 |
| Country | Hungary |
| Based in | Budapest |
| Language | English |
| Website | Budapest Business Journal |
History and profile
editThe BBJ was launched in November 1992 as a weekly.[3][4] The magazine, based in Budapest, was converted into biweekly later.[5] It was founded by a US-owned company headed by Stephen A. O'Connor, an American media entrepreneur.[6][7] Mike Stone was also its founder.[8]
The publisher is Absolut Media Kft.[9] It was originally published by New World Publishing[10] which also published the Warsaw Business Journal in Poland and the Prague Business Journal in Czechoslovakia (and later the Czech Republic) until January 2004.[11][12]
As its title implies, the BBJ exclusively focuses on business news and related analysis, targeting business professionals.[13] In addition, it provides detailed industry and company information.[14] The magazine publishes rankings of Hungarian companies each year in a separate publication called The Book of Lists.[15]
The BBJ was one of the independent publications and provided investigative reports in the late 1990s.[16] In 2002, the BBJ had a circulation of 8,700 copies.[10]
The BBJ has a website which is one of the leading business information websites in the country. As of 15 May 2013, the Alexa rank of the website was 858437.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Info about BBJ". Dig.do. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ Mark M. Nelson (Fall 1999). "Business reporting in Eastern Europe". Media Studies Journal.
- ^ Budapest Business Journal LexisNexis. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Budapest Business Journal". Publicitas. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ Budapest Business Journal Website Drops Subscription to Budapest Business Journal Archived 27 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Pestiside. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Stephen A. O'Connor". American Media Institute. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ Adrian Phillips; Jo Scotchmer (2004). Budapest. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-84162-110-4.
- ^ Csűrös Csanád (18 March 2013). "You have to learn to adjust your sails". REsource. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "BBJ". Absolute Media. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ a b Media Landscape of South East Europe 2002 (PDF). Sofia: ACCESS-Sofia Foundation. 2003.
- ^ Our Portfolio Archived 26 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Opus8. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ Prague Business Journal Shuts Down Generation Expat. 12 January 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ Budapest Business Journal Wideweb. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ Oksana Newman, ed. (2007). Online Business Sourcebook. Munich: K.G. Saur Verlag. p. 152. ISBN 978-3-598-44038-0.
- ^ "BBJ Ranks Hunnect Ltd the 3rd Largest LSP in Hungary". Hunnect. 14 February 2013. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ Rita M. Csapo-Sweet; Ildiko Kaposi (Spring 1999). "Mass Media in Post-Communist Hungary". International Communications Bulletin. 34 (1–2).