Crain Communications promotes Christopher Crain, Chris Battaglia

Posted on: 06/04/13

Detroit—Crain Communications Inc. has named Christopher Crain exec VP-director of strategic operations. In his new role, Crain will implement the publishing company's CRM initiative to create a unified database for all 6 million registered users across its brands and titles.

Annual Conference focuses on b-to-b media company of the future

Posted on: 05/07/13

Publishing executives spent the lion's share of last week's American Business Media Annual Conference in Amelia Island, Fla., focusing on sustainable business models in a rapidly evolving environment. The consensus: The successful b-to-b media company of the future must produce timely, relevant...

Ten years' worth of great publishing ideas in action

Posted on: 04/29/13

Welcome to our 10th annual Top Innovators in Business Publishing special report. Once again, our editors have chosen a select group of leading executives who exemplify the best in our industry. They join a roster of more than 100 honorees since this feature debuted in 2004.In spotlighting these...

ABM's Grand Neal Award goes to IEEE Spectrum

Posted on: 03/13/13

IEEE Spectrum received American Business Media's Grand Neal Award at ABM's 59th Annual Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards ceremony in New York. The IEEE Media publication was recognized for its story, “A Shocking Truth,” which also gained individual first-place honors in...

ABM's Grand Neal Award goes to IEEE Spectrum

Posted on: 03/12/13

IEEE Spectrum received American Business Media's Grand Neal Award at ABM's 59th Annual Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards ceremony today in New York. The IEEE Media publication was recognized for its story, “A Shocking Truth,” which also gained individual first-place...

Call for nominations: Top Innovators

Posted on: 03/12/13

Media Business is seeking nominations for its 10th annual Top Innovators in Business Publishing Awards. The awards honor top CEOs, publishing executives, online executives, event executives, production executives and audience development executives at large, small and general-business publishing...

Media M&A on the rebound

Posted on: 02/13/13

Following a rebound year in 2012, the media M&A market saw a flurry of deal announcements in January, raising hopes for another big year. Buyers are especially on the lookout for acquisition targets with strong digital assets. The market for events is also robust. Another encouraging sign for this...

KC Crain named group publisher of Crain Communications' Automotive Group; Stein to succeed Brown as Automotive News publisher

Posted on: 02/07/13

Detroit—Crain Communications Inc. VP KC Crain has been named group publisher of the Automotive Group, which includes Automotive News, Automotive News Europe, Automobilwoche and Autoweek.Crain will continue as publisher of Autoweek and group publisher of Plastics News, European Plastics News,...

MediaTec Publishing buys Workforce Management from Crain Communications

Posted on: 01/07/13

Chicago--MediaTec Publishing, which focuses on the human capital management industry, announced Monday that it has acquired Workforce Management from Crain Communications Inc. Workforce Management is becoming part of MediaTec's Human Capital Media Group portfolio.

Media Business going all digital

Posted on: 11/02/12

Chances are you are just as likely to click on a story from one of our email newsletters as you are to pick up a printed copy of this magazine. In fact, you're as likely to be reading this column on our website as in our print edition. So next year, as the media world continues to become a digital...

The trend toward content marketing

Posted on: 10/05/12

We have all noticed the proliferation of content being disseminated by others in our niches. What is eye-opening is the rate at which content marketing is growing.Last month, BtoB released its first-ever research report on the topic— “Content Marketing: Ready for Prime...

Crain to consolidate and optimize brand databases

Posted on: 09/25/12

Crain Communications Inc. has contracted with database management company Omeda to consolidate its multiple customer databases into a corporatewide business-intelligence data set. The goal: to provide a unified view of Crain Communications' customers, their purchase histories and their website...

ABC releases list of top 25 business publications

Posted on: 08/29/12

Arlington Heights, Ill.—The Audit Bureau of Circulations has released a list of the top 25 U.S. business publications for the first half of the year. The list is based on total average paid circulation and qualified nonpaid print circulation. Topping the list are: International Fire Fighter...

Crain Communications invests in Internet Week New York

Posted on: 08/13/12

New York—Crain Communications Inc., which publishes BtoB, announced a strategic investment in Internet Week New York, a week-long festival celebrating Internet business and culture. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Internet Week, founded in 2008 in cooperation with the New York ...

'Crain's Chicago Business' looks to boost advertising, circulation with metered model

Posted on: 07/17/12

Crain's Chicago Business in June rolled out a metered subscription model for its ChicagoBusiness.com website. Under the new system, users are able to view up to 12 articles each month before they are asked to pay $59 for an annual subscription, according to CCB. (CCB is published by Crain...

AABP announces Editorial Excellence award winners

Posted on: 06/26/12

Milwaukee—The Alliance of Area Business Publications Saturday announced the winners of its Editorial Excellence Awards, which recognize excellence in journalism, photography and design by regional business publications. Crain's New York Business was named best newspaper: large tabloids. (Crain's...