Crain's Detroit Business Magazine: Where All Local Business Should Get Their News!

I am not a huge newspaper reader, nor do I read about businesses very much, but for the past few years at my new job my boss has gotten a subscription to Crain's Detroit Business Magazine and each week the paper makes its way around the office and eventually ends up on my desk. Now that I've read at least 20 of these, I've found quite a bit of interesting stuff! Here's a few of the things I've learned/features I've seen in the Magazine.

Crain's Online
This newspaper is also available online http://www.crainsdetroit.com/, however on that website you cannot read all the articles, only some of them. But if you want a taste of the paper before you subscribe, then visit the site and you'll get a pretty good idea.

It's Local!
Before I go into the details of the magazine, the best part about it is that it is LOCAL! When I read about the businesses and entrepreneurs, it is all about people and places that I've shopped at, driven by or heard about before. It's nice to see who in your local area is giving a lot, or what businesses are earning the most money. It may even be interesting for those who used to live in the area and have since moved. See what's going on all around the Detroit Metro area!

Regular Issues
The regular issues vary somewhat, but here or some things you'll find.

1. This Just In: On the front of most every issue there is a yellow box explaining the newest business, or most recent business transaction. For example "City of Pontiac to sell Phoenix Plaza to county" Here you can read a short 2-3 paragraph article, and turn the page for even more Just In's.

2. Just like a newspaper, there is the beginning's of 2 or 3 articles to show you what this issue is all about. "Drug War" is on the front of one, but it's not about crime and drugs... instead it is about the world's biggest selling drug, Lipitor, which was created in Ann Arbor. Pretty interesting title! It got my attention.