Snyder Named Crain Communications Vice President

DETROIT, June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At today's Crain Communications Board of Directors meeting, David Snyder, publisher of Crain's Chicago Business, was named a vice president of Crain Communications Inc.  

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Mr. Snyder, 49, joined Crain's in 1983 as a researcher in the Washington bureau. He moved to Chicago in 1984 and spent the next four years as a reporter covering consumer products and food companies. He held a series of editing positions before he was named editor of the paper in 1993.   Under his leadership as editor, Crain's won numerous national and local journalism awards. He was named general manager/Interactive in 2000, and directed a major relaunch of Crain's website, ChicagoBusiness.com.

In 2004, he became associate publisher, taking on expanded management duties for Crain's print, online and event operations.  Mr. Snyder became publisher in September 2010.

"David's a great example of someone who has worked his way through the ranks at Crain and continued to break the mold in every position he has held," said Rance Crain, president.  "His enthusiasm for multiple platforms of news and content delivery is a wonderful model for all our employees at our many brands."

ABOUT CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS

Founded in 1916, Crain Communications Inc is one of the largest privately-owned business publishers in the U.S. with 27 business, trade and consumer publications and related websites in North America, Europe and China. As an authoritative source of vital news and information to industry leaders and consumers worldwide, each of the company's newspapers, magazines and Web sites have become required reading including Pensions & Investments, Advertising Age, Automotive News, AutoWeek, Business Insurance, Modern Healthcare, InvestmentNews and business weeklies in Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and  New York.   The company's website is www.crain.com.

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