San Diego Business Journal

The San Diego Business Journal (SDBJ) is a weekly newspaper in San Diego, California covering local business news. The San Diego Business Journal covers economic news, demographics, and lifestyle profiles of San Diego. The company also has a daily newsletter sent out via email which covers news updates.

Regular departments include Up Front (highlighting stories featuring San Diego businesses and their decision-makers); Media & Technology (focusing on changes and innovations in the businesses that serve these fields); Small Business (profiling growing small businesses); Investment and Finance, (profiling and analyzing San Diego’s public companies); and The List (ranking the top businesses in any given industry). Top businesses in the industry include, but are not limited to: Largest Private Companies, Fastest-Growing Private Companies, Highest Paid Executives, Highest Revenue Generators, Permanent Placement Services List, etc. Each of these surveys is then compiled into the San Diego Business Journal's resource – the annual Book of Lists.

Reo Carr is the executive editor of the journal.

History
The San Diego Business Journal was established in 1980. In 1986, American City Business Journals acquired the SDBJ with the purchase of Scripps Howard Business Journals. In 1988, ACBJ sold the Los Angeles and San Diego Business Journals to a group led by Kansas City developer Larry Bridges.

Armon Mills was named publisher in 2004. In August 2016, Huntley Paton was announced as the new publisher and president of the journal, effective September 1, 2016. Barbara Chodos is currently the President & Publisher and George Lurie is Editor in Chief - 2021.

Circulation
Tabloid: Weekly

Year Established: 1980

Audit: ABC, 2004

Total Circulation: 15,610; Qualified Paid: 8,517

Qualified Nonpaid: n/a; Non-Qualified: 7,093

Regional editions
It has regional editions in Orange County, the San Fernando Valley, and Los Angeles


 * San Diego Business Journal
 * San Fernando Business Journal
 * Orange County Business Journal
 * Los Angeles Business Journal