CRN (magazine)
{{Short description|American computer trade magazine}}
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| image_caption = Cover of the June 2023 issue
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| founded = 1982
| firstdate = {{Start date|1982|6|7}}
| company = The Channel Company
| country = United States
| based = Westborough, Massachusetts
| language = English
| website = {{URL|www.crn.com}}
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CRN is an American computer publication. It was first launched as Computer Retail Week on June 7, 1982, as a magazine targeted to computer resellers.{{cite web |last=candid8 |first=Rajesh |title=Time is Money: Streamline Your Business Operations with Hardware reseller Solutions |url=https://candid8.us/computer-hardware-resellers/ |access-date=January 2, 2024 |work=candid8}} It soon after was renamed Computer Reseller News.
History and profile
Originally launched in 1982 and published by CMP Media of Manhasset, New York, United States, CRN was subsequently purchased by London-based United Business Media (UBM) as part of the $920 million acquisition of CMP. Computer Reseller News later changed its name to the acronym CRN and is still published today by franchise publishers in a number of other countries including Australia, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, India, Poland, Russia,{{Cite web |url=https://www.crn.ru/publication/ |title=About CRN Russian Edition |access-date=2017-01-15 |archive-date=2017-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116175951/https://www.crn.ru/publication/ |url-status=dead }} the United Kingdom, and the United States. The Australian CRN is published by nextmedia,{{Cite web|url=http://www.crn.com.au/|title=CRN Australia - Connecting the Australian Channel|website=CRN Australia|access-date=2018-12-25}} the UK version of CRN was published by Incisive Media for some years after it acquired VNU Business Publications UK in 2007[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2803926/Incisive-to-buy-VNU-Business-Publications.html Incisive to buy VNU Business Publications], The Daily Telegraph, February 6, 2007 and the U.S. version is published by The Channel Company which acquired UBM Channel under management buyout from UBM in 2013.[http://www.foliomag.com/2013/ubm-channel-undergoes-management-buyout UBM Channel Undergoes Management Buyout] Folio Magazine
The headquarters of the magazine is in Westborough, Massachusetts.{{cite news|title=How to Pitch CRN Magazine (Formerly Computer Reseller News)|url=https://www.marketingsherpa.com/article/interview/how-to-pitch-crn-magazine|access-date=December 27, 2015|work=Marketing Sherpa|date=July 12, 2002}} In 2009 CRN's U.S. version was recognized as a leading advertising medium for the IT industry by B2B's Media Power 50 ranking, which called it the "unrivaled leader in covering the channel".{{cite web|url=http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090504/FREE/904309966/1109/FREE|title=Media Power 50: Information Technology | B2B Aa Free (no Sub Or Reg Required)|work=Btob online|date=May 4, 2009|access-date=September 20, 2013|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053815/http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20090504%2FFREE%2F904309966%2F1109%2FFREE|url-status=dead}}
In January 2012, the UK version of CRN launched the CRN Sales and Marketing Awards. These awards recognise and reward the achievements of high-achieving information and communications technology companies.{{cite web|url=http://events.channelweb.co.uk/sma/static/home|title=CRN Sales & Marketing Awards 2013|work=Channelweb|date=June 19, 2013|access-date=September 20, 2013|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053420/http://events.channelweb.co.uk/sma/static/home|url-status=dead}}
In April 2022, The Channel Company acquired CRN UK, Computing, and Channel Partner Insight from Incisive Media. This deal reunited the UK and US edition of CRN under common ownership.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-06 |title=EagleTree Backed Companies, Arc and The Channel Company, Acquire Incisive Media |url=https://www.incisivemedia.com/eagletree-backed-companies-arc-and-the-channel-company-acquire-incisive-media/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Incisive Media |language=en-US |type=Press release}}
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External links
- [https://www.crn.com/ CRN US site]
- [https://www.channelweb.co.uk/ CRN UK site]
- [https://www.crn.com.au/ CRN Australia site]
- [https://www.crn.pl/ CRN Poland site]
Category:1982 establishments in Massachusetts
Category:Computer magazines published in the United States
Category:Magazines established in 1982