2017 Azbee Awards of Excellence
Category
Print > Company Profile > More Than $3 Million Revenue > Heartland
Awarded to
Vince Bond Jr., Hannah Lutz, Arlena Sawyers, Staff Reporters; James B. Treece, News Editor; Dave Guilford, News Editor; Steve Massie, Design Director
Entry details
A new gorilla
Issue date (if applicable): 8/8/2016
Publication name: Automotive News
Publishing company: Crain Communications Inc.
Website home page: autonews.com
Please describe the publication's mission and readership:
Automotive News serves automakers, suppliers and dealers. Our 57,000 paid subscribers are split roughly into thirds: dealers; automakers and suppliers; and others. Our mission is to be the primary source of industry news, data and insight for the industry’s decision makers. We provide our audience the information they need, in a timely manner and in the format that they desire. Automotive News (in weekly tabloid print, digital and e-newsletter formats), autonews.com, related magazines, our daily webcasts -- First Shift in the a.m. and AutoNews Now in the p.m. -- and our specialized e-newsletters are part of Crain Communications. Our website has 340,000 registered users and averages 2.2 million visits a month, with 1.3 million unique visitors. The vast majority of our articles are staff written. Our coverage includes regular monthly pages/departments: Production Line, Connected Car, Marketing, Finance & Insurance, Fixed Operations, and Remarketing. The first is devoted to supplier/technology news; the last three to key dealership profit centers. Industry executives pay up to $1,500 to attend our annual events, proof that they see value in those events. These include (with 2017 attendance): Automotive News World Congress (1,100+), L.A. and N.Y. marketing seminars (800+; 500+); Best Dealerships To Work For seminars and dinner (400), and PACE awards for supplier innovation (450).
Please describe the enterprising work that went into this entry and its significance or impact on readers:
Cox Enterprises has been active in the auto industry for decades through its Manheim unit, the nation’s largest wholesale used-car auction. But that was it. Then, a series of rapid-fire acquisitions this decade turned it into a massive player in the dealer-services industry. This profile of a giant-come-lately delved into the privately held company behind Cox Automotive, how the disparate parts work together and how the acquisitions line up with the company’s vision of the dealership of the future. Over three months, Automotive News’ retail team interviewed Cox Automotive senior executives, lower-ranking employees who had lived through the growth spurt, rivals and the dealers who are Cox’s customers. The resulting package helped dealers and dealerships understand the motivations and game plan of a company that says it wants to help dealers succeed – for a hefty sum, of course.
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A new gorilla
Category
Print > Company Profile > More Than $3 Million Revenue > Heartland
Description
Publication name:
Automotive News
Company:
Crain Communications Inc.
Winner Status
- Regional Silver Award
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