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Celebrating a 25th Anniversary - Pittsburgh Point Magazine
June, 2006

The year was 1981. And it must have been a very good year. As with every year, businesses were starting up and some were winding up.

That year, locally, The Pittsburgh Business Times began. The other day, I noticed that ISLANDS, another publication that I subscribe to, also began that year.

This year marks the 25th Anniversary of Pittsburgh Point magazine. Many businesses have come and gone in the span of the last twenty-five years. Some survived when nobody thought they would while other seemingly strong businesses that some thought would last forever didn’t.

For a quarter of a century now, we’ve been giving directions to area visitors, tourists, and out-of-towners here in Pittsburgh and the area. Our job, as it were, and still is I might add, is to share with our readers the fine shopping, restaurants & hotels, arts, sports, history, and attractions to be found in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania.

We’re proud to have guided and informed our readers along the way. And hopefully done away with some misconceptions… while opening up to everyone just some of what Pittsburgh has to offer.

Yes, Pittsburgh, as many have found, can be a wonderful destination.

Across the page are a select few of previous Point magazine covers from over the years. Included is the very first cover from 1981.

This month, we’re very happy to have the HARD ROCK CAFE at Station Square on the cover, continuing the parade and tradition of fine Pittsburgh Point magazine covers.

A. Robert Scott
Publisher/Owner

Milwaukee travel magazine launches podcast
05/10/2006
Source: BizTimes Daily

KEY Milwaukee Magazine, the leading visitor guide in Milwaukee, today announced it has launched the first travel podcast to promote tourism events in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin.

The new monthly podcast is available at www.keymilwaukee.com/podcast/index.html. The audio podcasts are formatted for Windows media, mp3 and iPod.

"Traffic on our Web site, KeyMilwaukee.com, is rising dramatically, indicating a significant audience for information that can be accessed before visitors arrive," said Beth Stafford, publisher of KEY Milwaukee and KeyMilwaukee.com. "It's an exciting extension of our magazine aimed at better serving leisure and business travelers coming to Milwaukee. We want to make our coverage of activities as extensive as possible through KEY Milwaukee, KeyMilwaukee.com and now our travel podcasts."

The podcast features the voice of Patti Genko, a long-time Milwaukee radio personality and founder of Patti Genko Communications in Brookfield.

Roger Stafford, chief operating officer of KEY Milwaukee Magazine, Inc., said, "We're very pleased that Patti Genko, a widely known personality on Milwaukee radio, will be the voice of KEY Milwaukee."

Also assisting in the program are Comstar LLC of Waukesha and Interactive Marketing Technologies of Phoenix, Arizona.

KEY Milwaukee Magazine, which is the only monthly visitor guide in the Milwaukee, has an average monthly distribution of 35,000 copies. The magazine is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Roger Stafford also is president of Key Magazines Inc., a group of independently owned visitor guides throughout the nation that publishes more than 2 million digest-sized copies each month. Additional information is available at www.keymilwaukee.com.