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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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Emotional Intelligence Often Crucial To The Team's Results
BNET
- 2004-04-30
From the executive summary: ‘Today's business reality requires leaders at every level who are both smart and socially intelligent. Research shows that individuals who are most effective possess high degrees of both Intelligent Quotient and Emotional Quotient EQ. Now the findings are being applied to organizations, and the results are...
Firms See Development Cycle Shortened
BNET
- 2003-12-05
From the executive summary: ‘While some companies continue the tradition of giant new product releases followed by upgrade cycles, the pattern at most software companies are more likely to be perpetual permutation. The software companies involve teams of developers, product managers, and marketers on an endless runaway train of product...
Leadership Development Leads To Employee Retention
BNET
- 2003-01-17
From the executive summary: ‘Most people agree that salary, career growth, benefits, and job fit are leading reasons employees stay or leave an organization. But, if one asks employees what it would take to improve employee retention, they cite manager-related behaviors. They want more involvement in decision making, more appreciation,...
Leaders Play Key Role In Keeping Organizational Culture From Being Moldy
BNET
- 2002-08-23
From the executive summary: ‘Culture develops over time. Formal and informal systems, management behavior, and symbolic actions endorsed explicitly or implicitly translate into water cooler protocols, meeting etiquette, and dress codes. Some offices communicate by formal memos. Others decide even the weightiest of issues through casual chitchat in the hallway....
Coaches Step Up To The Plate To Help Team Leaders
BNET
- 2002-07-05
From the executive summary: ‘In sports, the coach looks out for the team. In business, the CEO is the coach, but everyone including the person who is supposed to know it all can use some objective advice and support. In such a situation, a business coach steps up to the...
When The Boss Says Work, Work, Work
BNET
- 2001-12-14
Too much work and too little time are the two most common causes of stress in the workplace. And too often it is because the boss is a workaholic who expects his/her team members to be perfect. However, too much workload can make people dull and take away their sheen....
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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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