Atlanta Business Journal

What Atlanta Business Journal does

Atlanta Business Journal was a regional business news publication serving the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area, originally established in 1980. It functioned as a local affiliate within the broader American City Business Journals network, covering local business news, obituaries, classifieds, and magazine-style content for the Atlanta market. The publication's primary digital presence was the atlbusinessjournal.com domain.

As of the most recent source data, the publication appears to be non-operational. The atlbusinessjournal.com domain has expired and is currently listed for sale on GoDaddy Auctions, with the site displaying only a parked landing page. No current operational data is available — no revenue, no active management team, no employee count beyond a stated 5, no products or services, no partnerships, and no technology stack are documented. The source material indicates the firm has effectively shut down, with no evidence of continued publishing, digital subscriptions, or advertising operations.

Name

Atlanta Business Journal

Website

https://atlbusinessjournal.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Closed

Short description

Atlanta Business Journal was a regional business news publication serving the Atlanta, Georgia market, founded in 1980. The publication is now non-operational, with its domain expired and listed for sale on GoDaddy Auctions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business News & Publications

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Financial & Trade News Publishers (MPAJADAC)

Keywords

• Business journalism
• Local business news
• Regional business publication
• Business intelligence media
• Trade publication

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

The Atlanta Business Journal was a regional business news publication covering Atlanta, Georgia's business community. Its core offering centered on a weekly newspaper and associated digital content (news articles, obituaries, classifieds, magazine content) providing local business intelligence, executive news, and industry coverage for the Atlanta metropolitan market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Atlanta Business Journal (Weekly Newspaper) Weekly regional business newspaper providing local business news, executive coverage, industry analysis, and market intelligence for the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area. Targeted at local business professionals, executives, and companies.
• Atlanta Business Journal Digital Website Online publication companion to the weekly newspaper, providing digital access to Atlanta-area business news, obituaries, classifieds, and magazine content. Targeted at Atlanta metro business readers and advertisers.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• American City Business Journals: ACBJ is the parent network that historically published dozens of regional U.S. business journals including the Atlanta Business Journal, operating the largest U.S. portfolio of metro business news titles. Directly comparable business model (subscription, display advertising, executive events, Book of Lists).

Direct peers

• Boston Business Journal: Another ACBJ-affiliated regional business journal covering the Boston metro. Operates the same weekly print + digital subscription, advertising, and events model targeting local executives — a near-clone of the Atlanta title's offering.
• Houston Business Journal: ACBJ-affiliated regional business journal covering the Houston metro. Identical operating model — weekly print edition, digital subscription, executive events, Book of Lists — and historically a sister title within the same parent network.
• Charlotte Business Journal: ACBJ-affiliated regional business journal covering the Charlotte metro in the Carolinas — the closest geographic peer in the Southeastern U.S., serving a comparable mid-sized Southeast business hub with the same subscription and events mix.
• South Florida Business Journal: ACBJ-affiliated regional business journal covering South Florida. Same network, same product mix (weekly print, digital, events, rankings), competing in a similarly large, executive-dense metro — a near-perfect operational peer.
• Crain's Chicago Business: Independent regional business publication covering Chicago with weekly print, digital subscription, and executive events. Operates the same metro business-news model as the Atlanta Business Journal outside the ACBJ network.
• Crain's New York Business: Independent regional business title covering New York City, with the same weekly print + digital subscription + executive events model targeting metro executives — directly comparable to a regional business journal like Atlanta Business Journal.
• Dallas Business Journal: ACBJ-affiliated regional business journal covering the Dallas-Fort Worth metro. Same product mix and parent network as Atlanta Business Journal, serving another large Southern business hub.
• Philadelphia Business Journal: ACBJ-affiliated regional business journal covering the Philadelphia metro. Same network, same subscription and events model, providing a directly comparable operational template.
• Washington Business Journal: ACBJ-affiliated regional business journal covering the Washington, D.C. metro. Closest peer to the Atlanta title in terms of editorial positioning (business, government, real estate coverage) and monetization model.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights2 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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