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by Jim Tarbox
Rat Rod publisher to discuss his surprising success.
Stale,
stagnant, afraid to change? Innovation in the magazine market is not dead! That’s the word from Steve Thaemert Jr.—editor of Rat Rod magazine and winner of the 2012
MMPA Innovator Award—who will present his thoughts in a dialog with Greenspring
Publications’ circulation director Tim Morgan on March 13 at the Good Sam
offices in Plymouth as…
by Jim Tarbox, photo by Kelsey Houle
Hedlund
accepts Hedley Donovan Award at MMPA gala.
“Out
of the ashes …” and all that, you know. Minnesota magazine icon, Steve Hedlund,
certainly does know, and his phoenix-like career as an industry innovator has
garnered him the highest of accolades from his peers: the 2012 Hedley Donovan
award for lifetime achievement. In the wake of that presentation at this year’s MMPA
Excellence Awards Gala in…
by Sherry Shifflet, Swirlwind Media; photo by Kelsy Houle
Publisher
redirects credit to staff in accepting 2012 award. Twin Cities Business (TCB) publisher Shelly Elmore accepted MMPA’s
2012 Magazine of the Year award on behalf of the entire magazine staff and, at
one point, had them all stand to be recognized by the crowd. “This award really
goes to them,” Elmore said. “Not a day goes by that I’m not wowed by their talents
or by their dedication to what our…
