Metro San Diego Communications Inc.

Metro San Diego Communications Inc. is the parent company of a media enterprise in San Diego County, California.

Publications and websites

The company's flagship publication is San Diego Metropolitan magazine, a 20,050 monthly business magazine. It also owns the North Park News, a 12,500 circulation monthly newspaper serving the greater North Park community (Zip code 92104) and Uptown-Examiner, a twice-weekly newspaper that focuses on running fictitious business and legal statements along with news of interest to small business owners. The company's primary online site features material published in the monthly business magazine plus a Daily Business Report that is e-mailed to subscribers, the Reel Story movie reviews and business and event calendars. A specialty publications division serves the annual report and directory markets.

Management

Gary Shaw is the publisher and principal owner for all Metro San Diego Communications Inc. publications. Tim McClain is the executive editor for all Metro San Diego Communications Inc. publications. Shaw and McClain are no longer there.

San Diego Metropolitan special issues

• Future Visions: An economic outlook issue published each January.
• Top Builders: A February feature that and list that looks at the top home builders in terms of units constructed the previous year.
• Ranking The Banks. A May feature and list ranking regional banks by Return on Average Assets.
• TWIN Awards: A June media partnership with the YWCA of San Diego County to honor San Diego professional women and their employers. This is the longest running women business recognition event in the region.
• 40 Under 40 Awards: A September event founded in 1999 to honor business, civic and nonprofit leaders under the age of 40 for their accomplishments. All of the honorees are profiled in the magazine.
• San Diego 92101: A special edition published each October that focuses on the redevelopment of downtown San Diego.
• Ranking The Credit Unions: A November feature and list that ranks regional credit unions by Return on Average Assets.
• Metro Movers To Watch: A December special section that singles out business and civic leaders for what they are expected to accomplish in the coming year.

San Diego Metropolitan History

San Diego Metropolitan was founded in 1986 by Sean Patrick Reily, a former account executive with an Orange County magazine. The publication started as a downtown-only newsprint magazine and then was expanded to include three editions serving the downtown, Mission Valley and Golden Triangle markets.

In 1995 Reily condensed the publications back to a single magazine with separate sections for each of the three areas. In July 1996, Reily sold the magazine to Gary Shaw, a long-time San Diego journalist and former editor of the San Diego Daily Transcript. Metro San Diego Communications Inc. was the corporation created to purchase the magazine and subsequent publications. Shaw brought on as his editor, and eventually minority partner, Tim McClain who had served as his managing editor at the Daily Transcript. John Davies, a prominent San Diego attorney, later bought a minority interest in the publication. Shaw introduced glossy pages and converted the magazine from a "pink" publication targeted at consumers and front-office workers to a business-lifestyle magazine. Covers were changed from featuring artwork to photographs of business, civic and non-profit leaders. It is one of the few major print publications in San Diego still 100 percent owned by local residents.

References

External Links

• ttp://www.sandiegometro.com San Diego Metropolitan's main site]
• Daily Business Report
• Reel Story
• Media kit
• San Diego Daily Transcript