Journal of Business

The Journal was launched in February 1986 and primarily serves the Spokane/Coeur dAlene market area. It publishes bi-weekly, 26 times a year, and has an average distribution of about 15,000 copies. Unlike many business journals across the country, the Journal of Business is not part of a chain. Rather, it is owned and operated independently in Spokane. Started by Spokane entrepreneurs, it in recent years has been owned by a subsidiary of Cowles Publishing Co., of Spokane, which also owns The Spokesman-Review daily newspaper, though the two newspapers are operated separately and compete in the marketplace. The Journals comprehensive coverage of business news in the Inland Northwest has earned it hundreds of awards for writing and design, including Best Newspaper of its size in North America by the Association of Area Business Publications, and first place for General Excellence among non-daily newspapers from the Society of Professional Journalists. It also has been named Media...