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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
News & Analysis
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Costly Medicine: Sarbanes-Oxley Changing Corporate Life
BNET
- 2003-08-08
Over the years, Sarbanes-Oxley Act has proved to be an important formula for inducing transparency in the corporate sector. However, it is also proving to be a costly affair for companies that comply with the provisions of the Act. The Act requires companies to maintain financial reports depicting their expenses....
Expenses Soar Under Sarbanes-Oxley Act
BNET
- 2003-06-27
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires both CEOs and CFOs of public companies to annually certify the accuracy of their financial statements. The Act also states that the accounting procedures must be documented according to strict framework of the Act. The rule applies to most public companies regardless of their size....
Dealing With Details Crucial To Life With Sarbanes-Oxley
BNET
- 2003-05-09
From the executive summary: ‘Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act establishes protections for whistleblowers that are employees who report incidents of fraud and theft occurring in the organization. Specifically, companies or individual officers may not discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or in any other manner discriminate against an employee who...
Accounting Firms Say Implications Of Sarbanes-Oxley Still Unfolding
BNET
- 2003-03-28
From the executive summary: ‘Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires great diligence on the part of every corporation to ensure that their accounting practices are correct and their statements to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the public are accurate. The Act also requires an independent audit committee to oversee the aforesaid activity....
New law brings huge changes to corporate finances
BNET
- 2003-01-01
This article is about the heightened scrutiny which is dictated by the federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed in July as part of the fallout of financial scandals at Enron Corp. and WorldCom Inc. Under the act, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer must personally certify that all financial statements...
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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 |
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Whitney Shaw named president and CEO of American City Business Journals
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