Crain Communications#Crain's Grand Rapids Business

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Gustavus Dedman "G.D." Crain Jr. ({{italics correction|né}} Gustavus Demetrious Crain Jr.; 1885–1973), previously the city editor of the Louisville Herald newspaper, founded Crain Publishing Company in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1916, publishing two papers: Class (which later became BtoB{{cite news| first=David| last=Klein| title=Growing up in the glow of technology| date=June 14, 2010| url=http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100614/FREE/306149995/0/HOLD&template=printart| work=BtoB Online| access-date=March 22, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103203346/http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100614%2FFREE%2F306149995%2F0%2FHOLD&template=printart| archive-date=November 3, 2013| url-status=dead}}) and Hospital Management (sold in 1952).[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1973/12/17/97460915.pdf "G.D. Crain Jr. Dies at 88; Published Advertising Age"], The New York Times, December 17, 1973. The staff moved to Chicago later in 1916.{{cite web| title=Crain Communications, Inc.| url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Crain-Communications-Inc-Company-History.html| publisher=Funding Universe| access-date=March 9, 2012}} Advertising Age was founded in 1930,

with Sidney R. Bernstein as its first editor. The company changed its name to Crain Communications in 1969.

G D. Crain died in 1973 and was succeeded by his widow, Gertrude Crain, who chaired the company until 1996. Under her watch, the company grew to have 27 newspapers and magazines.{{cite news |first=Robin |last=Pogrebin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/23/us/gertrude-crain-85-chairwoman-of-business-publishing-company.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514134709/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/23/us/gertrude-crain-85-chairwoman-of-business-publishing-company.html |archive-date=May 14, 2013 |title=Gertrude Crain, 85, Chairwoman Of Business Publishing Company |work=The New York Times |date=July 23, 1996}}{{cbignore}} She was replaced as chairperson by her son Keith Crain in 1997. Following his father's death, Rance Crain became president of Crain Communications in 1974.

{{As of|2012}}, Crain has approximately 30 business, trade and consumer publications and related web sites in North America, Europe and Asia, with over 850 employees in 14 locations spanning those continents.{{cite web |title=Crain Communications Inc. |url=http://www.hoovers.com/company/Crain_Communications_Inc/cchjti-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930155250/http://www.hoovers.com:80/company/Crain_Communications_Inc/cchjti-1.html |archive-date=September 30, 2010 |access-date=March 9, 2012 |publisher=Hoover's}}

In 2001 the company relocated its corporate headquarters to the Brewery Park complex on Gratiot Avenue in downtown Detroit, as part of a move to consolidate its Detroit-based employees into one facility.{{cite press release| title=Crain Communications To Move Its Corporate Headquarters| url=https://www.theautochannel.com/news/2001/01/15/012784.html| date=January 15, 2001| publisher=Crain Communications| via=The Auto Channel| access-date=June 28, 2020}}

{{Main|Advertising Age}}

Also known as Ad Age, Advertising Age was founded in 1930. It includes a weekly newspaper, a website, electronic newsletters, audio podcasts, and blogs. While owned by a Chicago-based publisher, Advertising Age is based in New York City. In 2013, Crain's BtoB magazine for business marketers was absorbed by Advertising Age.{{cite journal |last=Rondon |first=Michael |date=October 2, 2013 |title=BtoB Magazine Becomes Part of Ad Age |url=http://www.foliomag.com/2013/btob-magazine-becomes-part-ad-age/ |journal=Folio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065243/http://www.foliomag.com/2013/btob-magazine-becomes-part-ad-age/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=June 28, 2020}}{{cite magazine| title=Company Overview of Advertising Age| url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=13639161| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720072426/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=13639161| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 20, 2009| magazine=Bloomberg Businessweek| access-date=April 20, 2012}}

{{Main|Automotive News}}

Detroit-based Automotive News was founded in 1925 by Slocum Publishing, later bought by Crain Communications in 1971. The weekly magazine covers local automotive business news, including engineering, design, production and suppliers.{{cite web| title=Automotive News Articles| url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/archive/4309-automotive-news.html| work=Access My Library| publisher=Gale| access-date=April 20, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502045308/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/archive/4309-automotive-news.html| archive-date=May 2, 2012| url-status=dead}} The trade magazine also covers international automotive news with Automotive News Europe, Automobilwoche (a German magazine for automotive executives), and Automotive News China. The audience of Automotive News primarily consists of automobile dealers.{{cite web| title=Automotive News| url=http://www.highbeam.com/publications/automotive-news-p4309| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107174635/http://www.highbeam.com/publications/automotive-news-p4309| url-status=dead| archive-date=January 7, 2012| work=HighBeam Research| access-date=April 20, 2012}}

{{Main|Autoweek}}

Autoweek, originally a bi-weekly motorsports newsletter, was purchased by Crain Communications in 1977 and eventually became an auto enthusiast magazine in 1986.{{cite web| title=Crain Communications, Inc.| url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Crain-Communications-Inc-Company-History.html| work=Finding Universe| access-date=April 20, 2012}} The magazine covers vehicle reviews, trends, new products, racing, personalities, auto show coverage and more. Its website provides breaking news, spy photos, photo galleries, and podcasts.{{cite web| title=AutoWeek Magazine Names New Publisher, Publishing Director and Sales Manager| url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/AutoWeek+Magazine+Names+New+Publisher,+Publishing+Director+and+Sales...-a0160942625| website=The Free Library| access-date=April 20, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012061952/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/AutoWeek+Magazine+Names+New+Publisher,+Publishing+Director+and+Sales...-a0160942625| archive-date=October 12, 2013| url-status=dead}} The website is currently being managed by Hearst Communications under license of Crain Communications.

Crain's Cleveland Business is a weekly newspaper that provides local business news and information to Cleveland's business executives.{{cite web| title=Advertise With Us| url=https://www.crainscleveland.com/advertise| website=Crain's Cleveland Business}}

{{Main|Crain's Chicago Business}}

First published in 1978, Crain's Chicago Business is a weekly newspaper that provides local business news and information to Chicago's business executives. The publication's website has over 175,000 registered users, and print circulation is over 50,000.

Crain's Detroit Business serves Southeast Michigan's business community. Industry coverage includes health care, banking/finance, sports, manufacturing, government/public policy, technology, education, real estate, law, entrepreneurship, advertising/marketing, defense, services, retail, food, hospitality/tourism, life sciences, energy, and transportation. The magazine Detroit Monthly, founded in 1983 by Crain Communications,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/19961021/SUB/610210873/new-read-for-magazine-detroit-monthly-will-be-supple-ment-in-cdb|title=New Read for Magazine: Detroit Monthly Will Be Supplement in CDB|date=October 21, 1996|magazine=Crain's Detroit Business|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230529163918/https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/19961021/SUB/610210873/new-read-for-magazine-detroit-monthly-will-be-supple-ment-in-cdb|archive-date=May 29, 2023|url-status=dead}} absorbed the rival monthly magazine Metropolitan Detroit in 1987,{{cite web|url= https://apnews.com/article/87ea4ba3f0883154def5a3d21523fab0|title=Detroit Monthly Buys Rival; 3 Year Competition To End|date=October 27, 1987|website=Associated Press|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230529164305/https://apnews.com/article/87ea4ba3f0883154def5a3d21523fab0|archive-date=May 29, 2023|url-status=live}} and in 1996 ceased standalone publication and became a supplement within Crain's Detroit Business.

Crain's New York Business publishes daily and weekly digital and print editions of local business news. It provides news on each week's issues, top stories, advertising and marketing, banking, economy, education, health care, hospitality and tourism, human resources, media and entertainment, politics, real estate, restaurants, retail/apparel, small business, insider, health pulse, and corrections.{{cite web| title=Company Overview of Crain's New York Business| url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1543391| work=Bloomberg Businessweek| access-date=April 20, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313130240/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1543391| archive-date=March 13, 2011| url-status=dead}}

The Grand Rapids Business Journal was founded in September 1983 as a monthly spin-off of Grand Rapids Magazine. The publication became a weekly in January 1986. Its owner Gemini Media sold it to Crain in 2022.{{cite web |last=Van Wyk |first=Kayleigh |date=September 2022 |title=Media company acquires Business Journal |url=https://grbj.com/news/marketing-pr-advertising/media-company-acquires-business-journal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901160931/https://grbj.com/news/marketing-pr-advertising/media-company-acquires-business-journal/ |archive-date=September 1, 2022 |access-date=January 3, 2025 |website=Crain's Grand Rapids Business}} Crain also acquired MiBiz later that same year and merged the two to form Crain's Grand Rapids Business.{{cite web |date=21 December 2022 |title=Crain acquires MiBiz, will combine brands into Crain's Grand Rapids Business |url=https://grbj.com/news/marketing-pr-advertising/crain-acquires-mibiz-will-combine-brands-into-crains-grand-rapids-business/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230809215206/https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/marketing-pr-advertising/crain-acquires-mibiz-will-combine-brands-into-crains-grand-rapids-business/ |archive-date=August 9, 2023 |access-date=January 3, 2025 |website=Crain's Grand Rapids Business}}

Crain Communications acquired Modern Healthcare from McGraw-Hill in 1976. Modern Healthcare offers a twice monthly print magazine, website, daily e-newsletters ("Modern Healthcare AM," "Daily Dose," "Daily Finance," "COVID Coverage," and "Health IT Strategist"), and emails that report on healthcare business news and trends. Modern Healthcare news can be accessed through daily e-newsletters, email, social media channels and website.{{cite web| title=Modern Healthcare |url=http://www.insideview.com/directory/modern-healthcare| work=InsideView| access-date=April 20, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514034646/http://www.insideview.com/directory/modern-healthcare| archive-date=May 14, 2013| url-status=dead}}

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Founded in 1973, Pensions & Investments targets pension, portfolio, and investment management executives. It has a daily email newsletter with 23,000 subscribers.{{cite web| url=https://www.pionline.com/about| title=About Us| date=April 30, 2019| publisher=Pensions & Investments}}

Plastics News is a weekly, 46,000-circulation trade newspaper delivering global news to a primarily North American market. Founded by Crain Communications Inc. in Akron, Ohio, in 1989, it covers the business of the global plastics industry. The publication relocated to Crain's corporate headquarters in Detroit in 2013.{{cite web| url=https://www.plasticsnews.com/about-us| title=About Us| date=May 13, 2019| publisher=Plastics News}}

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