''Long Island Business News'' (LIBN) is a weekly business journal based in
Ronkonkoma, New York. Launched in 1953 as the Long Island Commercial Review, LIBN covers business, government, legal, nonprofit and health care issues in
Long Island
Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United States and the 18 ...
's two counties,
Nassau County and
Suffolk County.
In addition to the weekly paper, LIBN maintains a Web site featuring news and several business blogs. The company also publishes lists of Long Island companies as well as several issue-centered books such as its annual Green Guide and 40 Under 40 Awards guide.
History
In 1953 newspaper reporter Arthur Hug and the husband-and-wife team of Peg and John Whitmore launched ''Long Island Commercial Review''. Hug had been a reporter at the ''Nassau Daily Review-Star'', the leading newspaper on Long Island in the 1930s. Several years later, he accepted an offer to write for ''
Newsday
''Newsday'' is an American daily newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area. The slogan of the newspaper is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI", and fo ...
''. Hug also served as a copy editor for ''
World Telegram & Sun'' shortly before it folded.
The Hug and Whitmore team published the first paper on September 14, 1953. An issue sold for 15 cents, and a yearly subscription cost $5. The ''Commercial Review'' was known as the official publication of the
Long Island Association
The Long Island Association (LIA) is the leading business organization in the Long Island region. The LIA's members are small and large businesses, technology and manufacturing companies, universities, financial service firms, banks, credit unions ...
, but it always remained independent.
References
*http://www.libn.com/article.htm?articleID=30925
*http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4189
*https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/nyregion/li-work-long-island-business-news-50-years-of-change.html
*http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/32/1885/4532
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070817014618/http://www.bizpubs.org/pubDetail.asp?id=79
*http://www.pcli.org
*http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/nyregion/li-work-long-island-business-news-50-years-of-change.html
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110318050942/http://www.liwa.org/newsandevents/event.phtml?ID=751
*http://libn.com/contact-us/
External links
''Long Island Business News''
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Business newspapers published in the United States
Newspapers established in 1953
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