trade publications
Specialized professional periodicals
Trade publications are periodicals aimed at professionals in a specific industry rather than the general public.
They cover news, trends, and technical developments relevant to practitioners: Variety for entertainment, Publishers Weekly for books, Aviation Week for aerospace.
Unlike academic journals, trade publications emphasize practical industry information over original research.
- newslettersPeriodic subscriber communications
- magazinesPeriodic illustrated publications
- bulletinsBrief public announcements
- classified adsBrief paid notices
- case studiesDetailed analyses of instances
sector · product catalogs · media kit · ad revenue · niche · white papers · B2B · journals · job boards · editorial · press releases · specialized · subscription models · annuals · industry insider · subscribers · print run · byline
- mediatelevision, mass media, news, broadcasting, video
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- B2B marketingbrochures, white papers, case studies, product launches
- Business MediaFinancial Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Reuters, Bloomberg
- digital publicationse-books, ebooks, e-magazines, e-newspapers, e-journals
- directoriesphone book, phone books, white pages, phone directory, business directory
trade publicationsmainstream media
Dominant news establishment
popular press · lifestyle magazines · mass media · popular magazines · tabloids
trade publicationsacademic journals
Publications for peer-reviewed research
peer-reviewed journals · scientific journals · research journals