Orange County Business Journal
# Orange County Business Journal

The Orange County Business Journal is a weekly print and online newspaper covering business in Orange County, California.

## Content

The Orange County Business Journal covers information on various industries, including the technology, medical device, aerospace, defense, surfwear, real estate, and finance sector.

### Special publications

The editorial department of the Orange County Business Journal publishes reference lists within the paper, including their lists of top firms in Orange County, the most influential business people in the county, and a list of the wealthiest people. At the end of each year, the Business Journal publishes their Book of Lists, a compilation of the lists that have run during the year.

The Orange County Business Journal also publishes special reports and advertising supplements. The special reports, lists and supplements are all located within the pages of the paper.

## Affiliations

The Orange County Business Journal is owned by CBJ, L.P., which also owns the Los Angeles Business Journal, San Diego Business Journal, and the San Fernando Business Journal.

## History

In 1978, Marsha Feldman (later Marengo) started the paper as the Business Community Journal. In 1980, she changed the name to the Orange County Business Journal. The paper was bought over by its current owner: CBJ, L.P. Publisher Richard Reisman and Editor Rick Reiff, now the paper’s executive editor and a Pulitzer Prize recipient, joined soon after, leading a period of rapid growth for the paper.

In 2000, Michael Lyster, the paper’s former technology reporter, returned from Investor Business Daily to become the editor of the Orange County Business Journal. Jerry Sullivan replaced Lyster until spring 2017, when he was replaced by Pete Weitzner, who ran the broadcast-journalism program at Chapman University since 1997. Weitzner was the 2012 Sky Dunlop winner, an honor given by the Orange County Press Club for lifetime service to journalism and the community. Hannah Mitchell is the Orange County Business Journal's managing editor.

