Crain Communications

American media company
Organization business Q1138758
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Summary

Crain Communications is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (667 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crain Communications was a member of Verband Deutscher Zeitschriftenverleger[3].
  • Crain Communications is in the country of United States[4].
  • Crain Communications is in the country of US[5].
  • Crain Communications's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Crain Communications's headquarters location is recorded as Detroit[7].
  • Crain Communications's headquarters location is recorded as Louisville[8].
  • Crain Communications's Commons category is recorded as Crain Communications[9].
  • Crain Communications's industry is recorded as news[10].
  • 1916 marks the founding of Crain Communications[11].
  • Crain Communications's official website is recorded as http://www.crain.com/[12].
  • Crain Communications's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/crain-communications-inc-history/[13].
  • Crain Communications's described at URL is recorded as https://f-list.cleancreatives.org/agency/crain-communications/[14].
  • Crain Communications's product or material produced is recorded as Ad Age[15].
  • Crain Communications's legal form is recorded as AZUK[16].
  • Crain Communications's P14750 is recorded as 61C1-A9E0-66CA-04DF-C2EF[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800TVLAGEKTRBHF29[18]

  • Registered legal name: Crain Communications, INC.[19]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-IL[20]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[21]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): AZUK[22]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[23]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[24]

  • LEI first registered: 2019-03-04[25]

  • LEI last updated: 2021-03-05[26]

  • LEI next renewal: 2021-03-04[27]

  • Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[28]

  • Registration authority: RA000608[29]

  • Authority entity ID: 20865024[30]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[31]

Body

Founding

1916 marks the founding of Crain Communications[11].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Detroit[7], a city in the United States[32], in United States[33], founded in 1701[34], headquartered in Detroit[35] and Louisville[8], a city in the United States[36], in United States[37], founded in 1778[38].

Industry

Crain Communications's industry is recorded as news[10].

Ownership

Crain Communications's product or material produced is recorded as Ad Age[15].

Why It Matters

Crain Communications ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (667 views/month).[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [21] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [22] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [25] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [26] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [27] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · 本日晴天 · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cinii research id → 1981993809662890272
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  2. 25d ago · Sadads · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/crain-commu, https://f-list.cleancreatives.org/agency/crain-communication
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  3. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Viaf cluster id → 139527415
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007441327105171
    P14750 → 61C1-A9E0-66CA-04DF-C2EF
    Nla trove people id → 1063418
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  4. 15w ago · Animalparty · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facebook username → CrainCommunicationsInc
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  5. 21w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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