North Carolina-based Publisher Expands into Lucrative South Florida Market

Business Leader Media announced today that it has acquired South Florida CEO magazine, the leading business-to-business magazine in the Miami-Dade, Broward, and Fort Lauderdale metropolitan markets. In conjunction with the acquisition, South Florida CEO magazine will change its name to South Florida Business Leader.

Founded in 1998, South Florida CEO has a circulation of over 35,000 readers, with strong corporate pass-along distribution. Business Leader Media publishes monthly business magazines in major North Carolina business hubs, as well as a number of regional quarterly and annual business publications. The company also publishes several national newsstand magazines that reach small-business owners and business professionals.

Mark Mellman, a Miami native and current executive with Business Leader Media, will become Publisher of South Florida Business Leader and Vivian Fried, who has been with South Florida CEO for six years, will assume the role of Associate Publisher.

“We are excited to extend our presence to South Florida,” said Mellman. “We look forward to continuing the great coverage of businesses, business people and business events that South Florida CEO magazine has provided the community over the last 10 years, and to enhancing it by adding the resource guide component that makes Business Leader products unique among the genre.”

About Business Leader Media:

Business Leader Media is the #1 way to own this market. Founded in 1989, Business Leader’s publications, Web sites and events are the #1 place for business profiles, business news, leadership profiles, and topical business resources. The company publishes monthly business magazines in Charlotte, the Raleigh Research Triangle, and the greater Greensboro/Winston-Salem area, and South Florida, as well as nationally through newsstand distribution.

For more information, visit www.businessleadermedia.com.

Contacts

Business Leader Media, Raleigh
Mark Mellman, 919-872-7077
Mark {at} BusinessLeader(.)com