ABOUT US

PALM BEACH MEDIA GROUP

Palm Beach Media Group is a recognized leader within the Florida publishing industry. The company produces 42 magazines and 12 websites in the luxury market. Recognized for editorial, design, and production excellence, PBMG magazines and digital products deliver engaging content to affluent, sophisticated audiences across Florida and beyond. Titles include flagship luxury-lifestyle monthlies Palm Beach Illustrated (established 1952) and Naples Illustrated (established 1998), Vero Beach, Aventura, Jupiter, Stuart, Tallahassee, and Emerald Coast as well as leading design publication Florida Design (established 1990) and its affiliated titles; Florida Design Miami Edition, Florida Design Naples Edition, and Florida Design Sarasota Edition. PBMG also publishes a number of titles spanning the gamut of lifestyle interests from philanthropy and business to the arts and visitors’ information. Click here for the full list of proprietary titles.

Palm Beach Media Group’s custom content studio produces quality publications and branded content for clients throughout Florida. The company’s contract publications include Art & Culture (Cultural Council for Palm Beach County); Pinnacle (Jupiter Medical Center Foundation); Advances (Tampa General Hospital); 5^th Avenue South (Naples’ 5^th Avenue Business Improvement District); Waypoints (Naples Yacht Club); Naples on the Gulf (Naples Chamber of Commerce); WaterSound Lifestyle (St. Joe Corporation); Tallahasee Visitor’s Guide (Tallahassee Visitors Bureau), and Club Braman (Braman Motorcars). Click here for more information on PBMG’s custom publications.

The corporation was founded by the late Ronald J. Woods, a former Michigan industrialist and Florida resident. After his purchase of Palm Beach Media Group in 1991, Mr. Woods invested heavily in the firm, bringing in extensive business and publishing talent and upgrading both facilities and staff. The results placed Palm Beach Media Group—a profitable and fast-growing privately held corporation—firmly on the publishing map.

In 2017 Palm Beach Media Group was acquired by Hour Media Group LLC. Hour Media Group is a Michigan-based multimedia company which publishes 70 magazines and custom titles, 22 consumer websites, and 32 shows and events throughout the United States. The company is recognized as an influential publisher of city/regional and custom publications, including the marquee titles Hour Detroit, Minnesota Monthly, Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis Monthly. The company has offices in Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Minnesota, and Alabama, with over 200 employees across the country.

Palm Beach Media Group is an active member and supporter of many civic, arts, and charitable organizations. These include the Collier Building Industry Association, Worth Avenue Association, Children’s Home Society, Jupiter Medical Center Foundation, South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, Historical Society of Palm Beach County, Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, Palm Beach Police Foundation, American Heart Association Palm Beach, Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County and Collier County, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, The Education Foundation of Collier County–Champions for Learning, Community Foundation of Collier County, Naples Botanical Garden, the Immokalee Foundation, NCH Healthcare Foundation, Humane Society Naples, Garden of Hope and Courage, Naples Historical Society, The League Club, David Lawrence Center, and United Arts Council.