Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07

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to the sources Of information.
The United States News and
World Report. headed by David
Lawrence. Is q big business It
employees about 200 persons here
and 100 elsewhere. It has more
than doubled its circulation since
the war. and advertising reve-
nue. last year was put at more
than $8.5 million by q trade
organization.
The Nations Business, Is the
United States Chamber Of Com
merce publication. and the OPP
Grafton Is estimated at about
So million q year. The chamber
also gets out the weekly, WASH
ington Report. printed here, and
with q circulation Of about TO-
900.
Changing Times. the Kiplinger
magazine. is another major
publication. Started in 1947, it
now has a circulation Of about
100000 It Is printed IN Day.
ton. Other Kiplinger publica-
tons printed here. are news let
tiers, one published weekly and
three others published fortnight-
". The organization has about
225 employees.
There are several unusual
publishing houses here. One is
the Army Times Publishing Co.,
with editorial and business of
fees here and printing Offices in
various places around the world.
It even gets out the Air Force
Daily, printed in the London
Times plant and having q cir
culation OF around $4,000 for
Air Force men and other Arneri-
cans stationedNn Great Britain.
There are weekly Army Times,
Air Force Times and Navy
Times. They are printed in
Philadelphia. Matrices are then
flown to San Diego. Tokyo and
Frankfurt. Germany. At these
subsidiary Offices editions are
put out for the West Coast and
Alaska. the Far East and Eu-
rope. Some pages Of the basic
issue are used and new pages
are added for the special areas.
There are also veterans edi-
tons for Army and Air Force
men and q Guard-Reserve edi-
ton.
The company employees about
$50 here and about ESQ In other
parts of the world.
BNA an Unusual Business.
Another unusual publishing
house is known Familiarity in
press galleries and pressrooms
as "BNA." It is the Bureau Of
National Affairs. It gets out
Informative reports for business
and professional people and
others.
There is a Daily Report for
Executives, a Daily Labor Re-
port. q weekly Report on the
Business Outlook. q United
States Law Week and other re-
ports. including one on inter-
national trade for $3.50 q year.
It is not unusual for Govern
ment agencies, which produce
much Of the material BNA re-
ports, to subscribe to the pub
lication carrying 1t.
BNA was organized by Mr..
Lawrence. In 1947. he sold it
to q group Of employees, and 1t
| is now entirely employe-owned.
There are 265 full-time workers.
210 in Washington. The edi-
torial staff numbers 80. The
output Of the various reports
runs to q total Of about 131. 800
q month.
It may come as q surprise that
the American Automobile Asso-
citation estimates it is one Of the
10 largest publishers in the
country. Last year it published
and sold about 8 million books
/ travel guides and directories OF
accommodations for motorists
It also sold 7.250,000 road maps
1 and so million trip maps. The
maps are printed by TYPOGRAPHY
here: the books are printed In
Brooklyn. It also gets out q
I monthly magazine. the American
Motorist circulation 139. 000).
printed in Pennsylvania.
One of the most completely
equipped printing and publishing
houses in the area has been
established by q religious organ
| ization. It Is the Seventh-eay
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