Lessiter Publications acquires three farm titles.Lessiter Publications, publisher of the 1972-founded No-Till Farmer and American Farriers Journal, recently acquired the assets of Farm Equipment magazine, the Farm Catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. , and the Ag Industry Watch newsletter from Cygnus Business Media Cygnus Business Media is an American magazine publisher, internet information developer, exposition management provider and custom marketing services company. It was founded in 1966 with the initial acquisition of Photo Trade News, a magazine founded in 1937 which continues to , Fort Atkinson Fort Atkinson is the name of three locations in the United States:
"Farm Equipment will be a focal point focal point n. See focus. of our growing ag portfolio," said Lessiter Publications president Frank Lessiter. "This is a great opportunity for us and we plan to use all of our vital resources to grow and further develop the magazine for dealers, the annual Catalog for high income farmers, the monthly newsletter for ag machinery suppliers and the market as a whole." His son, Mike Lessiter, will oversee the newly acquired titles. Previously the editor-publisher of two Illinois-based manufacturing equipment and business magazines, he joined Lessiter Publications last October as executive vice president.* "Frank Lessiter approached Cygnus about the possibility of purchasing these properties for his growing ag portfolio," said Cygnus Publishing president Rich Reiff. "We are certain they will both mature and grow within the Lessiter group of agricultural publications." Longtime Farm Equipment vice president Jim Rank will help with the transition, mainly in advertising. In addition to its ag publications, Lessiter hosts the National No-Tillage Conference, currently in its 13th year, and the International Hoof-Care Summit. Newsletters for coaches, too In an operation that's become much more than a sideline sideline See on the sidelines. , Lessiter Publications also publishes two newsletters for coaches. * Winning Hoops, "An X's and O's newsletter for coaches at every level of competition, from grade school to the pros." * Grid Iron Strategies, "The complete resource for football coaches at every level of competition, from grade school to the pros." P.O. Box 624, Brookfield, WI 53008, 262-782-4480, fax 262-782-1252, www.lesspub.com * Mike Lessiter's working for another publisher before joining his father's newsletter business reminds us of a remark Austin Kiplinger once made about his own son, Knight, currently the head of Kiplinger Washington Editors. Austin's words were to the effect that, "I had another publisher pay him to learn the publishing business before he joined our family business." Similarly, Mark Ragan covered Congress, the White House and national political campaigns for Copley News Service, States News Service, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Newsday, the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Union-Tribune and Insight Magazine before joining his father's company, Lawrence Ragan Communications Inc. Mark is now publisher and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the company.--Ed. |
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