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Allured Business Media is a family owned print media company located in Carol Stream, Illinois.〔Dan Culloton, ("Publishing family still smells success more than 70 years later." ) ''Daily Herald'', April 8, 1998 .〕 The company, which changed its name from Allured Publishing Corporation in 2008, publishes several magazines and websites focused on specific industries and distributes various e-newsletters to accompany these publications. ==Origins of the Business== Earl R. Allured started ''The Manufacturing Confectioner'' magazine in 1921. After a few months, he needed experienced editorial and production help and hired Prudence M. Walker. Shortly thereafter, they were married. In the next five years, three sons-James, Stanley and Allen-were born. When the Great Depression hit in 1929, the business struggled, and in 1931, Earl died, leaving Prudence to take charge. For the next 18 years, she managed the company, gradually building on its foundation as a technical magazine with broad international readership. She traveled extensively to get editorial material and sell advertising. She soon became the best known woman in the confectionery industry. She also gained honors in publishing, becoming the first female director of the American Business Press Association, a vice president and director of the Chicago Business Press, and president of the Women's Advertising Club of Chicago. Her sons, Stan, Jim and Al, joined the company in February 1949, June 1949 and June 1950, respectively. They purchased ''The American Perfumer'' magazine in March 1960, which doubled the size of the company, and also resulted in the formation of Allured Publishing Corporation. Stan concentrated on the new magazine, becoming publisher in October 1962. During the 1960s and 1970s, significant changes took place. Jim died suddenly in 1961; Prudence, after enjoying having her sons, and later her granddaughters, in business with her, retired in the early 1970s and died in 1976. The next generation of Allureds had arrived when Stan's daughter, Nancy, joined the company in November 1972. Another daughter, Jean, joined the company six months later in May, 1973 (and left in November 1994). Stan's wife Betty Lou joined the company in February 1976 and their third daughter, Janet Allured Ludwig, joined in February 1981. It soon became clear that the two magazines had unique and sometimes incompatible needs. With a friendly parting of the ways in 1976, Al became sole owner of The Manufacturing Confectioner Publishing Company and still publishes ''The Manufacturing Confectioner'' in Glen Rock, New Jersey. Stan became sole owner of Allured Publishing Corporation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Allured Business Media」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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