Ed Baker, Chief Marketing Officer The NETWORK of City Business Journals and American City Business Journals Ed Baker has been Publisher of the Atlanta Business Chronicle for the past 17 years. In addition to his local publisher responsibilities, Baker is Chief Marketing Officer for American City Business Journals (ACBJ), the corporate parent of the Chronicle and 41 other business journals in major markets around the country. As Chief Marketing Officer, Baker oversees marketing by The NETWORK of City Business Journals, the national advertising representative firm of ACBJ, and is directly involved in ACBJ's corporate research efforts, technology advancement and new product development. As a publisher of a local Business Journal, a group publisher for several regional publications and as ACBJ's Chief Marketing Officer, Baker has extensive experience in working directly with fast growing small businesses throughout the country. Prior to joining the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Baker worked for 11 years in senior management at two of the nation's premier advertising agencies—J. Walter Thompson and DMB&B in Los Angeles and Atlanta. Baker's agency achievements include winning two Effie and four Clio awards while working with companies such as The Weather Channel, Dunlop Corporation, Bell South, Sprint, Kawasaki, Six Flags and Westclox/Seth Thomas.