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| Parent company | Hour Media |
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| Status | Active |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Founder | John H. Zwarensteyn |
| Headquarters location | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Publication types | Magazines |
| Nonfiction topics | Family, business, golf |
| Official website | www |
Gemini Media was founded in 1979 by John H. Zwarensteyn in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1] The company's offices are located at 549 Ottawa Avenue NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503.
Zwarensteyn had published Grand Rapids Magazine as a staff member of the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce during the 1970s and purchased the publication when the chamber decided to sell it in 1979.[2]
In 1980 he bought out his partners and formed Gemini Publications. In 1983, Grand Rapids Magazine began to take on more of a consumer focus as Gemini began publishing the Grand Rapids Business Journal—first as a monthly business-to-business newspaper—then in 1986, as a weekly.
The Gemini Publications list of titles includes:
On September 1, 2018, Gemini Publications was acquired by Hour Media of Detroit, Michigan. The new name of the company is Gemini Media LLC.[3][1] In 2022, Crain Communications acquired the Grand Rapids Business Journal from Gemini.[4]