Pro Bull Rider Magazine To Expand With Special Seventh Issue

Birmingham, AL — Grand View Media Group, publishers of Pro Bull Rider, the official magazine of the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), announces plans to print a special “Road To The Finals” issue this fall. The issue will be available to subscribers and on national newsstands in mid-September, just in time for the PBR’s World Finals in Las Vegas. This special bonus issue will increase Pro Bull Rider’s publication frequency from bi-monthly to seven times a year.

The commemorative issue will focus on the top 45 bull riders in the world, as well as the top bulls of the PBR. Designed to be a collectible piece, the issue will feature autograph spots for each rider and pull-out posters featuring fan-favorite riders and bulls. For advertising information, please contact Derrick Nawrocki, Publisher, 888-431-2877 ext. 3732; derrickn@grandviewmedia.com.

"We are very excited about expanding the frequency of the PBR magazine, especially through a special commemorative seventh issue like this one,” says Nawrocki. “This collector's issue will be a great avenue for growth of the PBR and the PBR fan base, and will serve as an excellent opportunity for all PBR sponsors, partners and supporters to send their message to bull riding fans at the height the season, just prior to the 2006 World Finals."

Grand View Media Group specializes in consumer and business-to-business magazines, as well as custom publishing services. The company joined EBSCO in 2002 and currently publishes 15 titles and three directories covering the outdoors and business-to-business markets. Grand View Media Group’s corporate headquarters are located in The Town of Mt Laurel in Birmingham, Alabama. The company also has offices located in Plymouth, Minnesota, and Clinton, New Jersey.

Grand View Media Group holds joint publishing ventures with some of the nation's most widely-recognized businesses and organizations, producing such magazine titles as Mossy Oak's Hunting the Country; Cabela's Outfitter Journal; Pro Bull Rider; Nation's Best Sports; Hunt Club Digest, the Official Publication of the Forest Landowners Association; and CVA's Blackpowder Guns & Hunting. The company's consumer titles developed and launched by Grand View Media Group include Whitetail Journal, Predator Xtreme, Southern Sporting Journal and Waterfowl & Retriever.

The Professional Bull Riders organization is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has more than 600 athletes competing in more than 100 PBR-sanctioned competitions. More than 104 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on NBC, OLN and a host of foreign networks across the globe. With over 500 hours of prime-time programming annually, PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air, in addition to attracting more than one million live event attendees each year with its multi-tiered event structure.