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Processing Magazine

Processing Magazine is a monthly trade magazine that covers process manufacturing. It serves manufacturers of food and kindred products, textiles, industrial chemicals, plastic materials, synthetic resins, petroleum, natural gas and pharmaceuticals. In June 2013, it had a circulation of 70,599 copies. It was established in 1987 by Putman Publishing Company and was acquired by Grand View Media Group in 2005. Grand View Media Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of EBSCO Industries, Inc. The magazine has its headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Article summary

Processing Magazine is a monthly trade magazine that covers process manufacturing. It serves manufacturers of food and kindred products, textiles, industrial chemicals, plastic materials, synthetic resins, petroleum, natural gas and pharmaceuticals. In June 2013, it had a circulation of 70,599 copies. It was established in 1987 by Putman Publishing Company and was acquired by Grand View Media Group in 2005. Grand View Media Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of EBSCO Industries, Inc. The magazine has its headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 1987 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1987". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357638215

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.