Crain Communications Inc.
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| Crains Communications Inc | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Founded | 1916 |
| Headquarters | Detroit, Michigan |
| Industry | Newspapers, periodicals |
| Products | Crain's Cleveland Business, Crain's Chicago Business, Crain's Detroit Business, Crain's New York Business, and Crain's Manchester Business |
| Employees | 1,000 |
| Website | Crain Communications Inc website |
Crain Communications Inc is a major publishing conglomerate based in Detroit, Michigan. The company publishes a variety of trade newspapers, including 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 Manchester Business. 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 papers and offer e-mail news briefs free of charge.
Crain also produces a number of major industry/trade periodicals, including Advertising Age, TelevisionWeek, 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, Plastics News, RCR Wireless News, Rubber & Plastics News, 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.
The company is now headquartered at 1155 Gratiot Avenue in downtown Detroit.
By the late 1950s, the company provided life and medical insurance plans and pensions for its employees.
The company recently launched Crain's Manchester Business in Manchester, UK.
[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.
