Automotive News is a weekly newspaper written for 65,000 automotive retailers, suppliers and manufacturers. It is based in Detroit and owned by Crain Communications Inc. The brand has a team of more than 50 editors and reporters worldwide.

History

Automotive News was founded in 1925 by Slocum Publishing. Crain Communications purchased it in 1971. Automotive News Europe began in 1996 and Automotive News China in 2006. Today, both offer online publications and Automotive News Europe has four executive print editions planned for 2011. Since 2009, Automotive News Brasil has been published under a license agreement in Sao Paulo

São Paulo

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The company is headquartered at 1155 Gratiot Avenue in downtown Detroit

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

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Management and ownership

Keith E. Crain is editor-in-chief of Automotive News and chairman of the board of Crain Communications. Peter Brown is the publisher and editorial director, and Jason Stein is the editor.

Annual events

The brand hosts several annual events including:

• Automotive News World Congress
• Automotive News PACE Award
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• Automotive News LA Marketing Seminar
• Automotive News Europe Congress.

The Automotive News Green Car Conference and Exhibition and the Automotive News Manufacturing Conference are held every second year.

External links

• Crain Communications, Inc.
• Automotive News homepage