Brunico Communications is a Canadian magazine publishing company."Desktop tabloid publishing firm sports 2 publications and a profit". ''

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'', October 9, 1989. The company specializes primarily in online trade magazines serving media industries, including the magazines '' Playback'', ''Realscreen'', ''Kidscreen'' and ''

Strategy Strategy (from Greek στρατηγία ''stratēgia'', "art of troop leader; office of general, command, generalship") is a general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under conditions of uncertainty. In the sense of the "art ...

''. The company has also owned and operated the

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, one of the world's largest film and television industry conferences, since 2016. It also oversees the Kidscreen Awards, a ceremony which focuses on recognizing outstanding achievement in youth entertainment, including categories in Preschool, Children, and Young Adult programming in television and film.

History

The company was established by James Shenkman in 1986. Soon after unsuccessfully applying for a

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license for a radio station in

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, he identified a gap in Canadian coverage of media industries, and formed the company to launch ''Playback'', a magazine covering Canadian film and television production. In 1989, the company launched ''Strategy'', an advertising and business magazine, and in 1996, it launched ''KidScreen'', covering news in children's film and television. Other later titles included ''Boards'', devoted to advertising commercial production; ''Media in Canada'', covering general media industry news; and ''RealScreen'', devoted to documentary and non-fiction film and television. In 2010, the company stopped print publication of ''Playback'', transitioning it to an online-only magazine, and shut down ''Boards''. In 2016, Brunico acquired ''Marketing'', a title which had formerly competed with ''Strategy'', from

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. ''Marketing'' was merged with ''Strategy''.

''Kidscreen'' and The Kidscreen Awards

''Kidscreen'' is an international magazine devoted to engaging the global children's entertainment industry. They publish a quarterly printed magazine and an industry news site, and also host the annual Kidscreen Summit, a conference gathering industry and journalism professionals. The Kidscreen Awards take place during the Kidscreen Summit, an event dedicated to honoring achievements in television and film for children and young adults, recognizing outstanding programming in a range of categories from across the entertainment industry.

''Realscreen'' and The Realscreen Awards

''Realscreen'' is "the only international magazine devoted exclusively to the non-fiction film and television industries", publishes a quarterly printed magazine, hosts a website which includes breaking news and industry information, and runs the annual Realscreen Summit. The Realscreen Awards take place during the Realscreen Summit, presenting awards to unscripted and non-fiction film media in a range of categories.

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*{{official, https://www.brunico.com/ Magazine publishing companies of Canada Publishing companies established in 1986 Companies based in Toronto 1986 establishments in Ontario