Magazine award winners named

Computerworld and SC Magazine took top honors as the 2010 winners of the annual Magazine of the Year competition. The contest is part of the annual Azbee Awards of Excellence sponsored by the American Society of Business Publication Editors. A panel of judges selects 10 finalists in categories for publications with revenues of $2 million […]

Biz magazines outperform industry in second quarter

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 14 business magazines published in the United States outperformed the overall magazine industry in the second quarter in terms of advertising revenue and ad pages. The financial and business magazines reported ad revenue of $328.1 million in the second three months of the year, up 11.3 percent from the same […]

Oregon Business launches real-time news stream

Oregon Business has launched the first online real-time stream dedicated to business news on its website, OregonBusiness.com. The service will deliver statewide business and economic information in real time, editor Robin Doussard said. Oregon Business is the nation’s first business publication and first magazine to use Nozzl Media’s proprietary real-time streaming technology. News content for BUSINESS NEWS NOW will […]

Florida Trend named top regional biz magazine

Florida Trend has been named the nation’s best regional business magazine by the Alliance of Area Business Publications. The Associated Press reports, “The magazine won the ‘Gold Award’ in the AABP’s annual competition. It also won eight other awards including, best cover for its February 2009 issue; best feature and best overall design. “The annual […]

iPad sales robust for Wired

Wired has sold close to 73,000 iPad downloads — almost as many copies as the magazine sells on the newsstand — in the past nine days, which has boosted its advertising, reports Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York Business. Flamm reports, “July’s ad pages will be up 28% and August’s more than 50%, according to […]

Settlement reached in magazine dispute

A court battle between the co-founders of a Western Maryland business magazine has finally been settled, writes Chris Huntemann of the Gaithersburg Gazette. Huntemann writes, “Harby Tran of Frederick originally filed a petition in July of last year to dissolve Smart Company Magazine LLC of Hagerstown. The defendant, co-founder RidgeRunner Publishing LLC of Hagerstown, countersued […]

Cape Cod biz journalist resigns

Cape Cod media figure Glenn Ritt has stepped down from his position as co-publisher and contributing editor of Cape & Plymouth Business magazine, writes Sarah Shemkus of the Cape Cod Times. Shemkus writes, “Johnson, Ritt and Viamari founded Cape Business magazine in 2004. They later added Plymouth County Business to the company’s lineup. In September […]

Lane Report focuses on Kentucky business

Ed Lane, the founder and publisher of the Lane Report, a monthly buisness magazine in Kentucky, talked to Mark Green of the magazine’s staff about its founding on the 25th anniversary of the publication. Here is an excerpt: MG: How did it become a monthly publication? EL: American City Business Journals started Business First of […]

Consumer Reports releases paid mobile service

David Kaplan of PaidContent.org reports that Consumer Reports has released a paid mobile service that offers its take on products and services. Kaplan writes, “The new service is free to the roughly 3.2 million ConsumerReports.org subs who paid the $26 annual fee (or at least the $5.95 single month charge). Non-subs can sign up for […]

Florida biz magazine to cease publishing

The Maddux Business Report, a monthly business magazine in the Tampa Bay area, will publish its last edition with the June issue, according to a story in the Tampa Tribune. Michael Sasso writes, “Carlen Maddux, president and owner of the St. Petersburg-based magazine, said the downturn in advertising has hit the publication hard. Its cash […]