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TMG Tops the Charts with 19 CPC Pearl Awards

Vanessa Voltolina — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:50:09 -0500

NEW YORK—TMG (formerly The Magazine Group) received the most Pearl Awards—19 in total—here Thursday night at the Custom Publishing Council's annual Pearl Awards. Awards included best Web feature or article, best Web publication, best overall editorial (less than 50,000), and best tie in with Corporate Integrated Marketing.

Making the Case

Dan Trombetto — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:51:03 -0400

Defining the mission and serving the dual goals of information provider and fundraiser are a challenge for any association magazine.

2009 Association Publishing Survey

Dan Trombetto — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:40:20 -0400

As for-profit publishers re-assess their business model (and the role of print within it), so are association publishers reviewing their role in the overall context of the parent organization and how they’re best reaching the membership.

American Business Media Partnership Spells Member Discounts

Vanessa Voltolina — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:04:49 -0400

Trade magazine association American Business Media today announced a partnership with Integrated Media Cooperative (IMC) which will lead to discounted products for ABM members and, it hopes, will act as a membership driver.

IEEE to Manage Copy Production, Marketing of IBM Journals

Jason Fell — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:05:17 -0400

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, publisher of IEEE Spectrum magazine, has agreed to take over production of IBM’s online Journal of Research and Development, beginning in 2010. In addition, an archive containing all of the papers ever published in IBM’s journals will be accessible on IEEE’s Xplore digital library.

ABA Journal Kicks Off Legal Rebels Tour

Matt Kinsman — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:43:58 -0400

While acknowledging that the terms "legal" and "rebel" are usually an oxymoron, ABA Journal publisher and editor Edward Adams thinks his magazine's four-month Legal Rebels program will not only put the legal profession in a new light, but also ABA Journal's parent organization, the American Bar Association.

Consumer Reports Avoids Layoff Threat

Jason Fell — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:22:52 -0400

The Consumers Union has reached a tentative agreement with the Newspaper Guild of New York that avoids having to make the layoffs that loomed more than a week ago.

Consumer Reports Negotiating Cuts with Union

Jason Fell — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:52:08 -0400

Consumer Reports, which is operated by the non-profit Consumers Union, is in a management-versus-union battle to produce $1.8 million in cost savings—or undergo a round of layoffs.

American Business Media Cuts Staff, Looks to ‘New Strategic Plan’

Jason Fell — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:12:11 -0400

American Business Media has reduced its workforce again. Since the beginning of the year, ABM has been forced to trim its staff by about 40 percent, according to president and CEO Gordon Hughes. The most recent cuts include Hughes’ assistant, video editor Mark Flythe and business development executive vice president Nick Ferrari.

SNAP to Change Name

Jason Fell — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:20:37 -0400

The Society of National Association Publications announced today that the group, over the next 12 months, will change its name to Association Media and Publishing.