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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.7B
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American City metropolitan business newspapers reach 4 million readers each week with exclusive, in-depth coverage of their business communities. The loyalty of these readers testifies to American City's commitment to top-quality journalism, unexcelled service for advertisers and readers, and active business community involvement. American City also operates the City Business Journal Network, a national advertising representative firm, and Biz Books, marketer of hundreds of business book titles. In addition to its business newspapers, American City operates Street & Smith's Sports Group, which publishes motorsports periodicals, SportsBusiness Journal, Sports Business Daily, and five sports annuals. American City is the nation's leading publisher of NASCAR publications which include NASCAR Scene and SceneDaily.com. American City also publishes specialty publications, which include a high-tech business newspaper, a law journal, and Hemmings Motor News, the "bible" of the collector-car hobby. American City is a unit of Advance Publications Inc., which also operates Conde Nast Magazines, , Parade magazine, Fairchild Publications, the Golf Digest companies, Newhouse Newspapers and cable television interests.
Chief Executive Officer
Whitney R. ShawNumber of Employees 2,000
Contact Information
120 W Morehead Street
Suite 400
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-1844
(704) 973-1000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Periodical Publishers: 511120
Recent Events
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Olivieri takes ACBJ post
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Whitney Shaw named president and CEO of American City Business Journals
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HB7: Workers' Compensation Relief for Insurers, Employers
BNET
- 2005-10-07
Texas employers pay the third highest workers' compensation insurance rates in the nation, state officials say. It's no surprise, then, that the percentage of employers who purchase the coverage has declined throughout the years. The Texas Department of Insurance reports that about 62 percent of employers now carry it. Business...
Does Your Business Have Adequate Commercial Property Insurance?
BNET
- 2005-04-01
At a bare minimum, businesses need to insure their properties and their inventory, and they should secure workers' compensation insurance if there are employees. Even businesses that rent their buildings need to insure the space so that, in the event of a fire, flood or other disaster, the contents of...
REITs Provide Steady Flow of Cash for Developments
BNET
- 2004-12-10
REITs operate like a publicly traded company, except they are interested in income-generating properties and not products or services. In fact, to qualify as a REIT, they must distribute at least 90 percent of taxable income to shareholders annually. REITs fall between long-term bonds and high-growth stocks. Like any investment,...
Terrorism Worries Pushing Insurance Premiums Higher
BNET
- 2004-12-10
CSC Associates LP, the partnership between Cousins Properties Inc. and C&S Premises that owns Midtown's Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta, paid $834,000 in 2003 for insurance coverage of the Southeast's tallest edifice, according to Cousins' annual filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That is up from $653,000 in...
Outsourcing Corporate Real Estate Services Is Valuable Tool
BNET
- 2004-10-22
From the executive summary: ‘In today's business and political environment, concepts like offshoring and outsourcing are highly controversial and often confused. Outsourcing is inherent to many information technology, human resources, and financial services platforms, whereby companies seek to buy the services variably. It is only in the past few years...
Intuition Often Is Your Best Weapon In Business
BNET
- 2004-09-24
From the executive summary: ‘The people who work in the areas of organizational development and social psychology tend to place a substantial amount of credence on emotional intelligence when, in fact, intuitive intelligence is a critical success factor for any business person. Having an intuitive experience is like having a...
Problems, Problems Everywhere
BNET
- 2004-09-17
A crisis can strike at any time and place. Bankruptcy is also a type of crisis, which when strikes can bring even well qualified people on the road. Experts say that that there are various factors that can trigger bankruptcy. The reason of bankruptcy can range from shortage of finances,...
HR Outsourcing: Your Firm's Sensitive Data Could Be At Risk
BNET
- 2004-07-30
From the executive summary: ‘As employers increasingly use business-process outsourcers to perform functions formerly performed by in-house staff, the risks to the privacy and security of employee data grow. Companies should seek to reap the benefits of outsourcing while minimizing the risks of privacy violations and security breaches. Experts suggest...
Successful Outsourcing Strategies
BNET
- 2004-07-30
From the executive summary: ‘The technological world has been taken over by overseas outsourcing. In such a scenario most companies have to come up with some clever strategies to remain successful. The new opportunity represent another aspect of the next phase of overseas outsourcing, the turning of the offshore tide...
Better or Worse: REITs Have Put Their Stamp on Nashville
BNET
- 2004-05-14
REITs and institutional investors have changed the real estate game in Nashville for all players. Whether that's a positive or negative depends on who is being asked, but most firms agree Nashville isn't the city it was 10 years ago. With professional sports teams and more residents than ever, Nashville...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitney R. Shaw | Chief Executive Officer |
| Tim Bradbury | President, New Media |
| Ed Baker | Chief Marketing Officer |
| Alan Ives | Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing |
| Thomas C. Wood | Vice President |
| Kirk A. Shaw | Director, Operations Services |
| Wedge Abels | Director, Financial Reporting & Technology |
| Nancy Salem | Editor, Business Weekly |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| American City Business Journals, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| American City Business Journals, Inc. | Vice President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| American City Business Journals, Inc. | President, New Media | Current |
| American City Business Journals, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Generate Inc. | Board Observer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| American City Business Journals, Inc. | Chief Marketing Officer | Current |
| Atlanta Business Chronicle | Publisher | Current |
| Eagle Star Awards Gala | Publisher, Atlanta Business Chronicle | Current |
| American-Israel Chamber of Commerce | Board of Directors | Current |
| Georgia State University | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| American City Business Journals, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| American City Business Journals, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| American City Business Journals, Inc. | Director, Operations Services | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| American City Business Journals, Inc. | Director, Financial Reporting & Technology | Current |
| American City Business Journals, Inc. | Director, Finance Serv | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| American City Business Journals, Inc. | Editor, Business Weekly | Current |
Executive News
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Whitney Shaw named president and CEO of American City Business Journals
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