October 2015

Great News! By Tim Hodson

In September, Great American Media Services — a business-to- business publisher and event management company based in Sparta, Michigan — acquired, GPN, Big Grower and our sister publication Lawn & Garden Retailer, as well as all of our industry-related events.

GPN, Lawn & Garden Retailer, Big Grower Executive Summit and the Plant Health Management Conference will join Great American Media Services’ portfolio of publications, Web properties and events.

“We’re very excited to introduce these industry-leading publications, events and top-notch team to our growing business,” says Matt McCallum, CEO of Great American Media Services.

“With a strong foundation already established in both the retail and agriculture industries, these new assets are the ideal complement to our existing publications and services. We look forward to creating exciting new opportunities among them for the benefit of the customers and the industries they serve,” McCallum adds.

With the extensive lineup of publications Great American Media Services provides in the specialty agriculture, fruit and vegetable and retail markets, our publications fit perfectly into Great American Media Services’ portfolio with our new sister titles like Vegetable Growers News, Produce Processing, Fruit Growers News and Spudman.

Even more great news is GPN’s entire editorial and sales team will continue in our roles. We are currently working to transition all of our data, production processes and websites to our new parent company to ensure a seamless transition and uninterrupted customer service to our readers, advertisers and event attendees. One thing that has changed is our contact information — and you can find all of that information in the box on the right-hand side of this page.

These are exciting times for all of us at GPN and Lawn & Garden Retailer and we are thrilled to be joining our new family. Stay tuned!

Intern of the Year Deadline Nears

Don’t forget, the deadline for students to apply for the 2016 GPN/Nexus Intern of the Year scholarship is almost here. All application materials need to be submitted to me at thodson@ greatamericanpublish.com by Oct. 21.

Turn to page 56 to learn more about the application requirements. P.S. To ensure delivery of all of our digital products as we migrate to our new platform, please be sure to add gpnwebmaster@greatamericanpublish.com to your address book or safe sender list.