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April 20, 2023 | Serving Press and State Since 1873

Tireless Arkansas Business advertising exec Bonnie Jacoby continues to thrive in Arkansas news industry after 32 years

By Wesley Brown

Arkansas Business Publishing Group (ABPG), parent company of Arkansas Business, the state’s business news standard founded at the beginning of the burgeoning Internet Age, will celebrate its 40th anniversary in the upcoming year.

Bonnie Jacoby, vice president sales and training at Arkansas Business, has managed the publication’s online and print advertising operations for nearly 33 of those 40 years.

Founded by retired CEO and 2020 Arkansas Business Hall of Fame inductee

Olivia Farrell, the Little Rock publishing group has grown from its start as a single weekly business newspaper to a statewide niche publishing company with over 30