Free magazines aren't a new concept for the American populace; many well-known magazines offer free subscriptions to increase their readership or circulation numbers, therefore increasing the fees they charge advertisers. Free business magazines, however, are a bit of a different story. They are notoriously hard to find and even harder to nail down for any length of time. With this in mind, any list created here may be obsolete tomorrow - but it needn't be. Feel free to post your experiences with these (and other) free business magazines and the list will continue to evolve and grow as time goes on.
In the meantime, sign up as quickly as you can.
Free Business Magazines: General
- B2B (U.S. only)
- Business Expansion Journal (U.S. and Canada only)
- KM World (Content, Document and Knowledge Management) (U.S. only)
- PC Magazine (U.S. only)
- Purchasing (digital format to International subscribers; hard copy U.S. only)
Free Business Magazines: Arts and Nonprofit
- Apollo, Visual Arts (UK only; free trial only)
Free Business Magazines: Computing, Computers and the Internet
- CIO: Business Technology Leadership (U.S. only)
- CIO Decisions, for "mid-market" IT decision makers (U.S. and Canada only)
- CIO Insight (U.S. and Canada hard-copy, international digital subscription)
- CNET Digital Living (looks free Internationally but you may want to double check)
- Computing Canada
- Computer Dealer News (Canada only)
- Computer World Canada (Canada only)
- CRN, for IT-related business news (Canada and U.S. only)
- Custom Electronics Professionals (U.S. only)
- EDGE (Executives in a Digital Global Economy), for high-level executives wanting to learn how digital technology can improve their businesses (Canada only)
- EDN, for design engineers in the electronic industry (Canad and U.S. only)
- Electronic Business
- InfoWorld (need to fill out quick survey, looks like U.S. only)
- Internet Retailer (U.S. and Canada only)
- Internet Telephony (digital format free for International subscribers; hard copy free for U.S. subscribers only)
- Wimax Broadband Wireless (digital format free for International subscribers; hard copy free for U.S. subscribers only)
Free Business Magazines: Contracting, Building, Electronics
- Building Design + Construction (U.S.; Canadians can receive free electronic issues only)
- Cabling Business (U.S. only)
- Contracting Business (U.S. and Canada only)
- Equipment World for suppliers and servicers of the construction industry (U.S. only)
- Extreme How-To for Contractors and Handymen (4 free issues only, U.S. and Canada)
- Modern Woodworking Online (U.S. only)
- Professional Remodeler (U.S. only)
- Rural Builder (U.S. only)
Free Business Magazines: Finance, Accounting, Stocks, Bonds and Investments
- Abacus, the "accountant-centric magazine focused on small to mid-size accounting practice firms" (U.S. only)
- Accountants World Daily Newsletter (U.S. only)
- Accounting Today (U.S. only)
- The Deal, for "the players behind the deals" (U.S. only)
- Euromoney (selected International locations)
- Financial Week (U.S. only)
- Investment Advisor (U.S. only)
- Investors Chronicle (UK only; 4 free trial issues only)
- Latin Finance (select International locations)
- Money Week (UK only; 4 free trial issues only)
- Stocks, Futures and Options (U.S. only)
Free Business Magazines: Food and Beverage
- Food Arts (U.S. only)
- Food Product Design (U.S and Canada only)
- Natural Products Insider (International)
- Natural Products Marketplace (U.S only)
Free Business Magazines: Gardening and the Outdoors
- Garden Design (U.S. only)
- Landscape Construction (U.S. only)
- Landscape Care for the green industry and landscaping (U.S. only)
- Horiculture (U.S. only)
Free Business Magazines: Insurance and Brokering
- American Agent and Broker (U.S. only)
- Benefits Selling, for "brokers and agents selling group, voluntary and retirement products" (U.S. only)
- Boomer Market Advisor (U.S. only)
- Business Insurance (U.S. only; three month free trial)
- Insurance Conference Planner (U.S. only)
- Life Insurance Selling (U.S. only)
Free Business Magazines: Marketing and Communications
- Communications News (U.S. only)
- Chief Marketer Report (U.S. only)
- PR Week (U.S. only, 6 free editions)
- Promowear Magazine (U.S. and Canada only)
- Publishing Executive (U.S. and Canada only)
- Target Marketing (U.S. only)
Free Business Magazines: Miscellaneous
- Culture and Travel (U.S only)
- Customer Inter@ction Solutions for Inbound, Outbound and Customer Service Management (digital magazine free for International subscribers)
- Foreign Policy (U.S. only)
- Nurse Week (U.S. only)
- Nursery World, for child-oriented retailers (UK only; 4 free trial issues only)
- Packaging Digest (digital format free for International subscribers; hard copy free for U.S. subscribers only)
- Pet Style News, for pet store retailers (U.S. and Canada only)
- Sync, Gear and Gadgets (U.S. only; must register for free ezine to receive)
Free Business Magazines: Staffing, HR and Management
- Corporate Meetings and Incentives (U.S. only)
- Employee Benefit News (U.S. only)
- Employee Benefit News Canada (Canada only)
- Human Resource Executive (U.S. only; six month free trial)
