Mississippi Business Journal

Name

Mississippi Business Journal

Website

https://msbusiness.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mississippi Business Journal is a privately held statewide weekly business publication founded in 1978 and headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, providing news, analysis, and coverage of Mississippi's business industry to the state's business community.

Ownership category

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Product category

Business News and Media

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312), Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Finance & Industry Trade Magazines (MPAJAEAM)

Keywords

• Business news
• Weekly publication
• Business journalism
• Mississippi business
• Business analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Jackson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Mississippi Business Journal is a statewide weekly publication that delivers news, analysis, and reporting on the business industry in Mississippi. It produces original editorial content covering companies, industries, economic trends, and business leaders across the state.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mississippi Business Journal (Weekly Publication) Statewide weekly publication delivering news and analysis from the Mississippi business industry, covering companies, industries, and economic trends for business professionals, executives, and advertisers across Mississippi.

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Technology focussed No

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Broad incumbents

• American City Business Journals: Operates a network of more than 40 regional business journals across the U.S., including Mississippi's sister publications. Directly comparable as a multi-market business trade publication group with similar weekly cadence and B2B advertiser focus, though it operates at much greater scale.
• Business Journals Inc. Parent organization of American City Business Journals and the regional business journal model that includes Mississippi Business Journal-style titles. Comparable as the structural peer in regional business journalism publishing.
• Bloomberg News: Global business and financial news organization covering companies and markets in Mississippi and across the U.S. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for the same executive and institutional business readership in the state.
• Forbes: National business news and media brand covering regional business topics. Comparable as a broad business-news incumbent whose regional and state-level reporting competes with Mississippi Business Journal for executive readers and national advertisers evaluating Mississippi market exposure.

Regional players

• Mississippi Today: A nonprofit digital news outlet covering Mississippi, including business and policy. Comparable as a Mississippi-focused news organization competing for the same state-level business audience and advertiser dollars, but with a digital-native and nonprofit model.
• Mississippi Free Press: A Mississippi-based digital news outlet covering state policy, business, and civic affairs. Comparable as a regional news competitor for Mississippi executive readership, though operating under a nonprofit, digital-first model.
• The Mississippi Clarion-Ledger: Mississippi's largest daily newspaper, based in Jackson. Comparable as a Mississippi-headquartered news outlet competing for state-level business advertising and reader attention, though it covers general news rather than specializing in business.

Direct peers

• New Orleans CityBusiness: A weekly regional business journal covering greater New Orleans and Louisiana. Closely comparable as a Gulf South regional business trade publication with a similar B2B advertiser focus, weekly cadence, and small editorial team structure.
• Birmingham Business Journal: A weekly regional business journal published by American City Business Journals covering the Birmingham, Alabama market. One of the closest direct peers in format, audience, and business model to Mississippi Business Journal, serving a neighboring Southeastern business community.
• Memphis Business Journal: A weekly regional business journal covering Memphis and the Mid-South, adjacent to Mississippi. Highly comparable in format, audience, and business model to Mississippi Business Journal.

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