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Issue Date: April 29, 2013
SPECIAL REPORT:
2013 Top Innovators in Business Publishing
This marks the 10th year for Media Business' annual Top Innovators in Business Publishing Awards. During this time, we've honored more than 100 executives from large trade, small trade and general business media companies across six categories: CEO, top publishing executive, digital, events, audience development and production/technology. Honorees will be recognized at a luncheon June 13 at the Union League Club in New York. This year's honorees represent 10 media companies: Cygnus Business Media, e.Republic, Forbes Media, IDG Communications, McGraw-Hill Cos., New York Times Co., Penton Media, Sandow Media, Scranton Gillette Communications and UBM. Read more
Why Penton has started thinking of itself as a software company
With various technology-driven projects changing the way it does business, Penton Media is shifting from a traditional publishing mindset to a tech-forward one. Read more
In the News
NY Times Co. unveils growth strategies
On the heels of reporting first-quarter results, the New York Times Co. announced a series of strategic initiatives to spur revenue growth that will begin to be rolled out in the fourth quarter.
Total revenue decreased 2.0% to $465.9 million in the first quarter from $475.4 million in the first quarter of 2012. Circulation revenue increased 6.... Read more
Digital Directions
The Economist plans desktop app that mimics tablet experience
While most media companies are using the HTML5 standard to make websites designed for desk- and laptop devices equally accessible on mobile devices, The Economist is going in the other direction—creating a tabletlike experience for the traditional Web—with a Google Chrome app that it plans to debut in mid-May.
The free app... Read more
Expert Insight Sales & Marketing
Marketers focus content efforts on storytelling
Forbes Media tapped Tom Davis as its new CMO in April, promoting a former senior VP-sales and marketing who had a hand in building revenue across both print and digital properties. Davis has been an evangelist for the company's innovative digital model, including its BrandVoice platform—a marketing vehicle that allows premium advertisers to... Read more
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