Wisconsin biz magazine names new publisher

Media executive Dave Neill has been named publisher of In Business magazine, which is based in Madison, Wisconsin. A story on its website states, “Neill, a native of Detroit, Michigan, comes to In Business from DNC Media LLC in Spring Hill, Tennessee, a consulting and media management firm he started in 2016. ‘I’m very excited […]

Florida Trend promotes Keller to executive editor

Florida Trend magazine has promoted Amy Keller to executive editor. She has been managing editor and associate editor of the business magazine, which she joined in 2019. Keller earlier worked for Florida Trend from 2005 to 2014. She also spent a decade as a reporter at Roll Call. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Ohio […]

New tech publication Digital Frontier is launching

Digital Frontier, a tech-focused publication, is launching this month. Based in London and launching with a team of 20, Digital Frontier will cover stories on the future of business, finance and culture. Digital Frontier will start with a website, daily newsletter and two weekly podcasts. Its print magazine will hit newsstands later this year, and […]

BridgeTower Media acquires ColoradoBiz

BridgeTower Media, which operates business publications across the country, had acquired ColoradoBiz for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 1973, ColoradoBiz is the largest business publication in Colorado. It has a monthly print magazine and a website. “Business is booming in Colorado, and we see an opportunity to accelerate growth in ColoradoBiz through this acquisition by leveraging […]

Twin Cities Business editor Kaplan focused on expanding its readership

Rachel Hutton of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis profiles Ali Kaplan, the editor of Twin Cities Business. Hutton writes, “Kaplan’s role at Mpls.St.Paul led to her current one leading Twin Cities Business (the two magazines are owned by the same company). She’s the magazine’s first female editor, covering a male-dominated community. (In Minnesota, roughly 20% of executive […]

D CEO seeks an associate editor

D CEO, named the country’s best regional business magazine for the past three consecutive years, is looking for an associate editor. The right candidate will be a mix of engaging storyteller, detail-oriented multi-tasker, and industrious team player. You’re curious about the region’s business community and the innovative leaders who keep it humming. You’re collaborative and enjoy brainstorming ideas, but also […]

Why biz journalist Matters made a career switch

Roben Farzad of “Full Disclosure” interviewed Craig Matters, former managing editor Money and former executive editor at Fortune, on leaving business journalism to become a high school teacher in Vermont. “Journalism was definitely a calling for a long time,” said Matters. “But a the business really declined and I felt like I couldn’t do the work I […]

Alliance of Area Business Publishers names editorial winners

THE ALLIANCE OF AREA BUSINESS PUBLISHERS 2023 EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS LIST OF WINNERS  DESIGN CATEGORIES 1.  Best Cover – Magazine Bronze: Twin Cities Business; “Regaining Altitude”; Mike Novak, Mike Norseng A beautiful combination of typography and visual sets apart this non-traditional approach to a cover. The layered image and negative space drive the eye to […]

The end of the print computer magazine

Harry McCracken writes on Technologizer about the end of printed computer magazines. McCracken writes, “Pretending that the internet didn’t exist sounds like a preposterous strategy for keeping a print magazine alive, but it somehow worked. Maximum PC and MacLife survived—scrawny, but with a pulse—until 2023. Their final issues were 98-page weaklings that cost $9.99 apiece and seem to have a […]

Business NH Magazine is sold

Business NH Magazine has been sold for an undisclosed amount to a group that includes its editor in chief. Granite Media Group, the new owners, is comprised of Matthew J. Mowry, who has served as editor of Business NH Magazine for 22 years; Christine Carignan, a 16-year veteran of the magazine, serving as its creative director; […]