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I recently received a notice in the mail informing me that the magazine that you own and which I've subscibed too for years was changing the agreement I had with them. They were also trying to short change my subscription by two years which is good until 12/03/13 and saying they were only obligated for 3 more issues. When I called their customer assistance number for a explaination or a refund the line has been busy for going on a week. No wonder the Better Business Bureau gives you low marks for your customer satisfaction. You guys are terrible and I would hope no one else goes through what I have.

The Business Journals to Take More Than 40 Newspapers Mobile With Handmark

-- November 30, 2010 -- The Business Journals today announced a partnership with Handmark to launch mobile applications for their 42 Business Journal website properties. The Business Journals, a division of American City Business Journals, is the premier media solutions platform for companies strategically targeting business decision makers. Handmark is the leading mobile app partner for publishers and media brands.

The Business Journals serves over 10 million business decision makers via 42 websites, 64 publications, and over 700 annual industry leading events. Handmark will develop separate mobile applications for each of the website markets, with St. Louis as the first market to launch their mobile application. Other markets are scheduled to launch by Q1 2011.

The mobile applications will provide Business Journal readers instant access to all the latest news and information from their bizjournals.com digital platform, including top stories, events and more, with the ability to view news by industry. Subscribers to the print edition can now easily access premium stories from their mobile device as well.

Each application will be available as a free download for mobile customers using any iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android devices, as well as tablets such as the iPad and the Galaxy Tab.

The Business Journals Redesigns Leading Digital Network

-- October 25, 2010 -- The Business Journals, a division of American City Business Journals (ACBJ), today launched its redesigned digital properties, showcasing a new look, added features and an enhanced user interface to give the network's visitors faster, easier and more robust access to the local, regional and national business news that is most relevant to the small to mid-sized business (SMB) audience. The new redesigned sites can be found here: www.bizjournals.com.

The redesigns were implemented simultaneously across The Business Journals' 41 business weeklies around the country. Highlights of the redesign include the ability to customize the reader experience, streamlined site navigation, clearer distinctions between free and premium content, and the formation of a new Personal User Bar that allows users to manage print and online subscriptions, news alerts and event tickets all in one place.

"The new sites and features give readers a more personalized and social connection to our targeted content while making it easier for them to interact with the resources and offerings they are most interested in," said Whitney Shaw, CEO of ACBJ. "News is a constantly moving target, and our redesigned sites make it easier and more intuitive for readers to dive in and stay current, as well as go deeper into the trends and related news that can help them be more competitive and successful. We will continue to add new features and capabilities on a regular basis."

The Business Journals Creates CityBizNetwork

-- August 10, 2010 -- The Business Journals today announced the creation of the first national digital platform reaching the coveted and elusive professional business spender. Called CityBizNetwork, the premium platform enables media buyers - for the first time - to coordinate advertising and engagement campaigns across 125+ targeted Web sites aimed at this important advertising demographic. CityBizNetwork combines online assets from leading business media, local chambers of commerce and local professional organizations to create an aggregate reach of some 15 million business spenders in more than 75 DMAs.

CityBizNetwork offers two ways to engage with the professional business end user: traditional site-served ads as well as methodical targeting within the audience. It has already attracted blue chip advertisers like Allstate, which selected a partnership with CityBizNetwork to increase awareness of Allstate's turnkey small business ownership opportunities. Recovery from the current economic climate is focused on small business growth and Allstate is using CityBizNetwork to reach its audience of educated business owners.

"We believe today's employment landscape provides a tremendous opportunity for professionals at all levels to take ownership of their career," said Jeff Hoffman, strategic deployment leader for Allstate's Southwest region. "The CityBizNetwork audience has strong business sense and understands the type of agency owner we're looking for at Allstate - someone who sees a business opportunity and has the drive to take advantage."

CityBizNetwork is rapidly adding new publishers and intends to increase its reach to 200 business sites and 25 million professionals over the next 12 months.

"We built this platform very thoughtfully over the past year with the intention of strategically focusing on our traditional strength of delivering a highly engaged professional audience," said Tim Bradbury, president of new media at American City Business Journals. "We are giving national business-to-business marketers the reach they've never had before while providing business publishers and local organizations an opportunity to better maximize the revenue potential of their online assets."

I have 32+ subscriptions with American City business journals. I love the journals but have the fact that I cann't submit one payment ONCE a year to cover all charges. Instead I get 32 renewal requests all year long. I've tried and tried and argued for months.......no luck!!!!

Can I get Huntley Patens contact information, I would like to email or call him. We use to work together in Dallas.