THURSDAY, JUNE 30 2008

2008 Gerald Loeb Award Winners Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management

NEW YORK -- Journalists from across the nation gathered tonight at New York City's Cipriani 42nd Street for the 2008 Gerald Loeb Awards Banquet. The Loeb Awards are among the highest honors in journalism, recognizing the work of journalists whose contributions illuminate the world of business, finance and the economy for readers and viewers around the world.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 2008

Fast Company Featured in MIN

AT "FAST COMPANY," THE "DEPRESSION" CAME THREE YEARS AGO.
It was on May 24, 2005, that Fast Company went on life support after it and Inc. were the unwanted parts of Bertelsmann's Gruner + Jahr USA dissolution. (Family Circle/Fitness/Parents and the since-folded Child were acquired by Meredith Corp.) Chicago-based ceo Joe Mansueto was the white knight in spending $35 million for the magazines that June, but while the small-business-targeted Inc.'s future was assured, FC's was in doubt as its value had dropped markedly from the circa-$350 million that then-G+J USA president Dan Brewster paid Mort Zuckerman for it in December 2000.

MONDAY, MAY 26 2008

Fast Company Featured in MediaWeek

Planet Green has partnered with GM and Fast Company for its launch

MONDAY, MAY 19 2008

Fast Company names Chicago 'City of the Year'

(Crain's) - Fast Company Magazine has named Chicago its first U.S. City of the Year, lauding the Windy City's "ability to take what was and figure out what could be."

THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008

Fast Company Named to AdWeek's 2008 Hot List

Fast Company magazine 2007 Ad Page/Revenue/Newsstand Growth
Over last two years Fast Company, under new ownership, has taken the lead in reinventing the business category with a mix of cutting edge visuals, award-winning feature writing and "cool" cache. As many business titles struggle with the downward slide in print advertising, Fast Company has been bucking the trend with increasing ad sales, revenue and newsstand sales in 2007. Please see below for specific achievements in each.