Canadian Business Press to become a foundation, concentrating on awards program

The Canadian Business Press, Canada's oldest business-to-business publishing trade organization, has decided to relinquish being a member-driven organization in favour of a foundation that will ensure the future of the CBP's most important asset, the Kenneth R. Wilson awards (KRWs).In a press release, the organization reported the unanimous decision taken by members at a special meeting.John Kerr

Kenneth R. Wilson b2b awards nominations announced

The nominees for the 57th annual Kenneth R. Wilson (KRW) Awards nominations, honouring  business-to-business publications, have been announced by the Canadian Business Press (CBP) and Magazines Canada. Three magazines are finalists for Magazine of the Year:  
Alberta Oil 
CAmagazine and  
Up Here Business
There were more than 600 individual entries nationwide, 174 submissions from 62 different

Rogers b2b publishing boss John Milne chuffed about new revenue stream

John Milne, the senior vice-president of business and professional publishing At Rogers Publishing, says his division has had great success with a new "fourth" revenue stream. He writes in a column in min, the media industry newsletterAt Rogers Publishing Limited in Toronto, the Business & Professional Publishing Group has been nurturing a fourth revenue stream over the past six years: research.

Alberta Oil wins Magazine of the Year at the KRW business mag awards

Alberta Oil magazine is the first winner of the newly instituted Magazine of the Year award at the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards (KRWs), given in recognition of Canada's best business press journalism. The award is given to the publication that displays overall excellence in content and design and that most consistently mirrors its mandate/mission and most effectively engages and serves the needs of

Reed Business Information shuts down 23 b2b titles in U.S.

After nine months of trying to sell them, Reed Business Information's U.S. division has closed down 23 business-to-business titles, according to a story in Folio:. While it was able to sell Publishers Weekly and to hold on to such titles as Variety, the publisher has shut down 26 titles since January.

Business media summits announced by Magazines Canada

Magazines Canada is taking a couple of major strides in serving its new b2b constituency with a series of "Business Media Summits" to be held in October. As will be recalled, this year Magazines Canada began not only to accept, but welcome, trade publications into membership and the new summits are tailored to business media professionals. The two events, one in Toronto, one in Montreal, will

U.S. b2b publishers take significant hit on trade shows & events business

U.S. b2b publishers, like others in print, are feeling the recession both in depressed ad pages and revenue, but also in what had been a growing and hopeful part of their business -- trade shows and events.According to a story from MediaDaily News, trade association American Business Media reported Monday that trade show revenues declined 18.6% during the first half of 2009: down 20.1% during

Major British b2b publisher to charge for most of its content, starting this fall

A major British b2b publisher is going to charge users for access to "significant parts" of its websites, starting this fall. Emap Inform's CEO Simon Middleboe told the Press Gazette that the company would be moving back towards a pay-for-content model. There will still be some free access content, but much less."We are in the process of building all the bits of technology in Abacus [Emap's

Traditional controlled b2b publishing is dead, magazines congress told

The controlled circulation business magazine is dead. That was the blunt message conveyed to an audience at the World Magazines Congress in London this week, according to a story in Press Gazette. Tim Weller, the chief executive of the business information group Incisive Media said "In the years to come we will be charging in some way shape or form for all of our content. I don't think the

B2B's diminished share is apparently moving more and more online

A report by an international research consultancy seems to confirm what is widely believed in the industry -- that there is a rapid change happening in business-to-business (trade) media, with a shrinking share of advertising dollars also shifting online.According to the research, by Outsell Inc., as reported in a story in MediaDaily News, not only has the b2b share of print revenue declined in

KRW Awards finalists announced

The top 10 finalists in the 12 categories of the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards for business-to-business publications, have been announced by the Canadian Business Press (CBP). The awards themselves will be given June 1 in a ceremony at the John Bassett Theatre in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Early bird tickets are available until May 1 at $85 for a CBP member and $100 for a non-member. Master

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.

Magazines Canada joins American Business Media as international member

Here's a curiosity: American Business Media has welcomed Magazines Canada as an international member, one of nine new members announced in a posting on its website. The curious part is that ABM -- the major U.S. association for b2b print and online publications -- sought out MagsCan. This is despite the alliance between ABM and Canadian Business Press (CBP) which has made little secret of its

CLB Media closes four b2b titles

CLB Media which, a few years ago, was on an acquisition tear last week closed four titles, according to a posting in mastheadonline. The four titles were:Advanced Manufacturing (9 years old, now included as a branded section in another CLB title Manufacturing Automation).Green Business (launched with some fanfare last year, but apparently a victim of advertisers no longer as enamoured of

Magazines Canada ranks swell by 37 titles, including Rogers stable of b2b titles

Magazines Canada just got substantially bigger, with the approval for membership of 37 magazines, the most ever welcomed at one time. This includes 7 consumer magazines and 29 to its new business media category. The new business media membership is largely made up of Rogers Publishing trade magazines that decamped from the Canadian Business Press to join Magazines Canada after the organization

U.S. b2b revenue down 6% in first half

Business to business revenue in the U.S. was down 6 per cent in the first half of 2008. And even trade show revenue, which had been growing as a proportion of over all revenue for the sector, was down 1 per cent. 20 of the 21 b2b categories reported declines in pages. This according to a story in Folio:Gordon Hughes, the president and CEO of American Business Media said: “Considering the current