TelevisionWeek

Crain Communications Inc. It was founded in 1982 as Electronic Media and published under that title until 2003; the print magazine ceased publication in 2009. The corporate and circulation departments were based at Crain's headquarters in Detroit, with the editorial department in Los Angeles. It was considered a "formidable competitor" to Broadcasting & Cable, the leading trade publication covering the industry.^[1]

Advertising Age in May 1982 and became its own publication later that year under the name Electronic Media. It covered the broadcasting business more broadly; the moniker was chosen to be flexible depending on the development of the industry.^[2] Lee Goldberg, one of its former reporters, noted that it was heavy on coverage of the broadcast syndication market, which also generated much of its advertising.^[3] With the retitling as TelevisionWeek, it sought to be a general magazine for television executives, noting that its competitors were either too focused on regulatory matters, catered to cable, or primarily covered film.^[4]