Crain Communications Inc.
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Crain Communications Inc publishes a variety of trade newspapers. These include some city-based business newspapers, such as Crain's Cleveland Business, Crain's Chicago Business, Crain's Detroit Business, and Crain's New York Business, and Crain's Monterey and Crain's Mexico in Spanish. These weeklies follow the same formula, including finance, manufacturing, health care, real estate, technology, and government sections, as well as an "in-depth" section. In addition to newspaper production, the editors maintain Internet versions of these paper and offer e-mail news briefs free of charge.
Other periodicals produced by Crain Communications include Advertising Age, BtoB, Creativity, Automobilwoche (in German), Automotive News, Automotive News Europe, AutoWeek, American Coin-Op, American Drycleaner, American Laundry News, Business Insurance, Business Insurance Europe, European Rubber Journal, Financial Week, Investment News, Modern Healthcare, Pensions & Investments, PlasticsNews, RCR Wireless News, Rubber & Plastics News, Television Week, Tire Business, Urethanes Technology, Waste News, and Workforce Management. All have web sites as well.
[edit] History
Crain Communications started modestly in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1916, with only three staff members publishing two papers, Class (which later became BtoB) and Hospital Management (later sold). The staff moved to Chicago later in 1916. It currently boasts over 1,000 employees in 19 locations.
By the late 1950s, the company provided life and medical insurance plans and pensions for its employees.
[edit] Management and ownership
Rance E. Crain is currently the company president and is editor-in-chief for multiple publications, including Advertising Age. Keith Crain is chairman of the board and is the publisher for many of the publications. Other Crains are on the board as well.
