About Us
History of the Mississippi Journal
The Mississippi Business Journal has operated under five ownership alignments since it was founded in 1978.
Joe Dove, onetime business editor of the Clarion-Ledger, started the weekly statewide business publication in 1978, publishing the first issue of the Journal in 1979.
He led the newspaper until 1984 when he sold it to Richard Roper, head of Downhome Publications and publisher of Mississippi Magazine. Two years later, Roper sold the publication to Rosa Lee Harden Jones, who along with her husband Kevin, managed the paper for nearly a decade.
Longtime CPA Joe Jones, no relation to Rosa Lee and Kevin, became publisher in 1995, heading an ownership team that also included Rosa Lee Jones and veteran editor Buddy Bynum.
Dolan Media Co., based in Minneapolis, purchased the paper in March 2007 as part of its New Orleans Publishing Group (NOPG).
Other communities served by Dolan business and legal publications are Baltimore, Boise, Boston, Charlotte, Colorado Springs, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Long Island, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Portland, Rochester, St. Louis and St. Paul.
The Mississippi Business Journal moved from its Galaxie Drive location in March 2009 to its current site in downtown Jackson at 200 North Congress Street, Suite 400.
It produces a daily web-site, a weekly newspaper, the Book of Lists, NEXT! A Guide to Life After High School, Delta NEXT!, Construction Mississippi quarterly, Meetings, Conventions and Tourism, the Office Guide and hosts events honoring the 50 Leading Businesswomen in Mississippi, the Top 40 (people) Under (age) 40, the 50 Best Places to Work in Mississippi and the Fast(est) growing Forty companies in Mississippi.
The Journal also hosts the annual Mississippi Business and Technology EXPO each January.
James P. Dolan is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Dolan Media Group and chairman of the board. Scott J. Pollei is executive vice president and chief operating officer; Vicki Duncomb, vice president and chief financial officer; Mark W.C. Stodder, executive vice president, business information’ and David Trott, chairman and chief executive officer of National Default Exchange (NDex).
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The Mississippi Business Journal and NOPG, LLC, Are affiliates of Dolan Media Company: James P. Dolan, Chief Executive Officer and President; Scott J. Pollei, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Mark Stodder, Vice President Newspapers.
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