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WilmingtonBiz (Opinion)

U.S. local business-oriented, pro-growth (center-right on economic issues)

Owned byGreater Wilmington Business Journal, which runs WilmingtonBiz, is a unit of SAJ Media LLC. Sources reviewed list Rob Kaiser and Robert Preville as co-owners as of 2013, and I could not confirm whether that is still the case. It is a privately held local company, not part of a national chain.
FundingMostly advertising and sponsorships, plus event revenue from the WilmingtonBiz Conference & Expo, Power Breakfast Series, Coastal Entrepreneur Awards and Health Care Heroes. The business journal also sells print subscriptions and paid research or reports. I did not find a public breakdown of its finances.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

The Greater Wilmington Business Journal was founded in 2000 as a bi-weekly print title, and its website became WilmingtonBiz.com. Rob Kaiser bought it in 2007, and in 2013 Robert Preville bought half of the parent company, SAJ Media LLC, which also published Wilma magazine. The outlet now describes itself as the Wilmington region's home page for business, with daily online coverage, a print journal, and events. Its opinion pieces are often written by local business owners, developers and economic-development figures. Recent topics include transportation projects such as the Eastwood overpass, technology-sector growth, and local challenges tied to rapid regional growth. These pieces tend to favor economic development, infrastructure investment and business-friendly policy, which fits the outlet's business audience and event sponsors. I found no notable controversies or sustained partisan editorializing. Its events and coverage involve the local business community it also reports on, so readers should know it is closely tied to the interests of its advertisers and audience. I could not verify the current ownership or detailed finances from sources reviewed.

Sources

  1. About WilmingtonBiz
  2. Business Journal, Wilma under new ownership deal (WilmingtonBiz, 2013)
  3. North Carolina biz journal has new part owner (TalkingBizNews)
  4. OPINION: Wilmington's economic future depends on transportation projects like Eastwood overpass
  5. OPINION: Can Wilmington become the Silicon Valley of the East Coast?

Profile compiled 2026-11-06; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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