Categories | Business magazine |
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Frequency | Biweekly |
Publisher | Absolute Media |
First issue | 1 November 1992 |
Country | Hungary |
Based in | Budapest |
Language | English |
Website | Budapest Business Journal |
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]
The 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]