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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | BridgeTower Media |
| Publisher | Ali Jabbour |
| Editor | Regina Jankowski[1] |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Headquarters | 2150 Smithtown Ave, Ste 7 Ronkonkoma, NY 11779[2] |
| Circulation | 9,000 (as of 2020) |
| ISSN | 0894-4806 |
| Website | libn |
Long Island Business News (LIBN) is a weekly business journal based inRonkonkoma, New York. Launched in 1953 as theLong Island Commercial Review, LIBN covers business, government, legal, nonprofit and health care issues inLong Island's two counties,Nassau County andSuffolk 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.
In 1953 newspaper reporter Arthur Hug and the husband-and-wife team of Peg and John Whitmore launchedLong Island Commercial Review. Hug had been a reporter at theNassau Daily Review-Star, the leading newspaper on Long Island in the 1930s. Several years later, he accepted an offer to write forNewsday. Hug also served as a copy editor forWorld 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. TheCommercial Review was known as the official publication of theLong Island Association, but it always remained independent.
In July 2023, Long Island Business News won nine top journalism awards from thePress Club of Long Island and theFair Media Council.[3]