Magazines Canada grows by 45 new member magazines, including two b2b groups

Forty-five business-to-business and trade publications are joining Magazines Canada. Moving over from the Canadian Business Press (CBP) are 14 titles published by CLB Media Inc., 26 titles published by Annex Printing and Publishing Inc. Five independent titles have also been approved for membership.  This move of two well-known multi-title companies is an extension of Magazines Canada's recent

Canadian Business Press calls for federal fairness in funding

The Canadian Business Press, which represents about 119 b2b, trade and farm titles published by 46 companies, has asked the federal government to completely overhaul its support to the Canadian magazine industry to ensure that the business and trade press gets its fair share of funding. In its 2009 pre-budget submission to the Commons' standing budget committee on finance, the CBP

New Canadian Business Press board elected

The Canadian Business Press elected its new board last week at Magazines University. Masthead reports that the new chair is John Kerr, CEO of Toronto-based Kerrwil Publications Ltd. He succeeds Alex Papanou, vice-president of the Business Information Group, who remains on the board as past chair.New members of the board are:Meredith Birchall–Spencer, editor, Human Resources Professionals

Canadian Business Press publishes digital directory of members

It's a definite sign of the times that the new Canadian Business Press directory is published digitally. Working with Texterity, the Guide to Business and Professional Publications provides thumbnails of all CBPs 156 publications; the directory is searchable and contains live links to the various individual publication and publishing company websites.

Still time to enter KRW awards

The extended entry deadline for the Kenneth R. Wilson awards, the awards program for Canada's business-to-business magazine sector, is Friday, February 13. The KRWs (as the competition is most often known) is open to all open to all business, trade, professional and farm print and online publications and recognizes editorial and design achievement. Five winners in each of the 20 categories

Canada Wide's Legge steps down from Canadian Business Press board

Not quite 6 months after joining the board of the Canadian Business Press, Peter Legge has stepped down as a director, according to a notice on the CBP website. Legge, who is chairman of Canada Wide Media in Vancouver, is being replaced by Mark Vreugdehnil, publisher with Newcom Business Media of Toronto. Newcom publishes Today's Trucking, Highway Star, Plumbing & HVAC and Logistics.

Canadian Business Press buys the Magazine University name

Canadian Business Press (CBP), the service and lobbying group for many of Canada's trade publications has purchased the rights to the name Magazines University from North Island Publishing along with an associated web property. The deal means that CBP will continue running the annual Mags U event (and, possibly some sort of trade show) that had previously been co-produced with North Island's

Canadian Business Press cuts membership deal with its American counterpart

The Canadian Business Press, representing about 42 publishing companies and about 170 trade magazines, has cut a deal with its American counterpart, American Business Media, to give members non-voting access to all the resources of the U.S. association. The arrangement became effective June 5.ABM has about 300 members companies, representing about 5,000 print and online publications. CBP members