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| Editor-in-Chief | Michael Gossie |
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| Categories | Business magazine |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Company | AZ Big Media |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Website | azbigmedia |
| ISSN | 1946-9152 |
Arizona Business Magazine, based inPhoenix, Arizona, is a monthlybusinessmagazinepublished by AZ Big Media. It covers a wide range of topics regarding the Arizona business scene, aimed at high-levelcorporate executives andbusiness owners.
Arizona Business Magazine began in 1985, whenpublisher named Michael Atkinson purchased a 2-year-oldpublication calledArizona Office Guide to Phoenix, aquarterly controlled circulation magazine of 7,000 that focused solely on the Phoenix office market.
In 1986, the publication’s name was changed toArizona Business & Development Magazine.[1] It also broadened itscommercial real estate focus and increased circulation to 20,000.
The publication's name was changed to Arizona Business Magazine in 1988. The publication expanded its readership to 25,000 as it started to cover the entire Arizona business industry. Additionally, Arizona Business Magazine switched to a bimonthly publication schedule.
Arizona Business Magazine also introduced specialsupplements. In partnership with area business organizations,Arizona Business Magazine publishes special sections within its pages onassociation groups, their work and their members.Arizona Business Magazinere-prints copies of the supplements with their own covers free of charge to each association.
In February 2008,Arizona Business Magazine became a monthly publication schedule to boost itsmarket share and distribution. Since then, the magazine has featured stories on such Arizona-based companies asU.S. Airways,Shamrock Foods,Dial Corp. andAVNET. The magazine has also addressed key economic issues in Arizona, including thesub-prime collapse, thecredit crunch,international trade andsustainability. It has also covered Arizona’simmigration issue.
The list of Arizona business and community leaders profiled in the magazine includesIntelChairmanCraig Barrett, formerNBAPhoenix SunsownerJerry Colangelo,Bashas' Family of Stores Chairman Eddie Basha Jr., as well asGov.Janet Napolitano and formerCongressmanJ.D. Hayworth. Experts fromArizona State University'sW.P. Carey School of Business arequoted within the pages ofArizona Business Magazine.
Despite the changes, the supplements remain an important part ofArizona Business Magazine. Organizationsfeatured in the supplements include the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Valley Forward,East Valley Partnership, the Arizona Hospital & Healthcare Association, and the Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The magazine later returned to a bimonthly publication schedule.
The top leadership at AZ Big Media consists of: