Obituary: Bernie Knill

By Warren HerschASBPE President As more trade magazines focus limited resources on realizing a Web-first or platform agnostic strategy, B2B editors are finding it harder to dedicate time to in-depth investigative reporting and to championing positions that can … read more

Retirement Lures Vern Henry Away

Advanstar Communications corporate editorial director Vern Henry accepting the ASBPE Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001 Advanstar Communications’ Corporate Editorial Director Vernon Henry retired Tuesday. “…Vern created and led Advanstar’s Editorial Audit & Review program, which became the industry … read more

TABPI Twitterfest

By Paul Heney Last October, TABPI, ASBPE’s international partner organization, launched a creative new way to use Twitter. Deemed TABPI Twitterfest, this two-day event brought together a multitude of B2B editors from the U.S., the U.K., South Africa, … read more

FREE Design Challenge

By Paul Heney I’m pleased to announce the launch of TABPI’s third Design Challenge, a free competition that we launched in 2008. The Challenge is meant to reward graphic creativity in the B2B industry, as well as serve … read more

Tabbie Awards Call for Entries

By Paul J. Heney We’ve been hearing about the global economy for years now, and it’s true that for many of our publications, international growth is a reality. The other side of this is that we have to … read more

Expert Source Solicitation Strategies

By Barbara Horwitz-Bennett Now, with more resources at our fingertips than ever, the sometimes painful process of soliciting expert sources for that article… due yesterday, has become so much easier, and often quite interesting! Drawing from my ongoing … read more