Rance crain biography

American magazine publisher (founded )

Crain Communications Inc is an American publishing conglomerate based in Detroit, United States, with 13 foreign subsidiaries.^[3]

History

Gustavus Dedman "G.D." Crain Jr.

(né Gustavus Demetrious Crain Jr.; –), previously the city editor of the Louisville Herald newspaper, founded Crain Publishing Company in Louisville, Kentucky, in , publishing two papers: Class (which later became BtoB^[4]) and Hospital Management (sold in ).^[5] The staff moved to Chicago later in ^[6]Advertising Age was founded in , with Sidney R.

Bernstein as its first editor.^[5] The company changed its name to Crain Communications in ^[6]

G D. Crain died in and was succeeded by his widow, Gertrude Crain, who chaired the company until Under her watch, the company grew to have 27 newspapers and magazines.^[7] She was replaced as chairperson by her son Keith Crain in