North Coast Media, LLC

Marty Whitford

Marty Whitford
Publisher

Award-winning journalist Marty Whitford joined the company in 2004. He has served North Coast Media brands in edit and sales capacities. Whitford was appointed Publisher and Corporate Editorial Director in 2012. In 2021, he was promoted to Vice President of Content. Whitford graduated from Kent State University’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication in 1993. Prior to that, he served a four-year stint in the U.S. Navy. Whitford brings with him 30 years of experience in B2B integrated media.

Steve Galperin

Steve Galperin
Vice President of Finance & Operations

Steve Galperin has more than 10 years of B2B experience, including mergers & acquisition expertise, and works with all areas of the business to execute growth strategies. A graduate of John Carroll University with a bachelor’s degree in finance and minor in economics, he specializes in maximizing integrated media company profits.

Kevin Stoltman

Kevin Stoltman
President & CEO

In his 20 years of B2B sales and management experience, Kevin Stoltman has specialized in devising winning strategies for advertising partners while inspiring his employees to do the same. Kevin founded North Coast Media in 2012 after serving as vice president of sales and marketing for the industrial and specialty group of Questex Media Group. Six of the nine iconic brands now owned by NCM have been under Kevin’s leadership for more than 15 years. Prior to joining Questex, Kevin spent five years in sales roles for Meister Publishing’s nursery and specialty ag publications. Kevin has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Toledo.

Golfdom editor monitors affordable golf case study

The effort to raise the number of players at America’s public golf courses has a new champion in Golfdom Editor-in-Chief Seth Jones. Jones is assisting Michael Chaplinsky, the president / founder of Turf Feeding Systems, in a long-term study of municipal golf courses and their visitors.

The focus of the study is sustainable golf, which Chaplinsky says is less about “bird houses and flowers” and more about “reducing costs and water use.” Lower costs to operate help keep public courses in business.

Three public golf courses will be part of the research, starting with Boiling Springs Golf Course in Woodward, Oklahoma, where superintendent Jeff Wagner was the first to sign on to the study.

Golfdom will publish the results of the case studies next year in a summary report story.

Read: Turf Feeding Systems, a Texas Company, Launched Affordable Golf Program to Bring Golfers Back into the Game

Golfdom wins industry-leading 16 awards from Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association

CLEVELAND, Ohio — May 22, 2015 — North Coast Media is pleased to announce Golfdom continues to be recognized for its outstanding editorial and design leadership by the Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA), which this year held its annual awards ceremony in Milwaukee. Golfdom earned an industry-leading 16 awards including one “best in show” Gardner Award for new media, seven first place awards and eight merit awards. Sister publication Landscape Management (LM) nabbed 15 awards. North Coast Media once again led all publishing companies that competed for TOCA awards in the golf and landscape markets with 31 total awards.

Golfdom won TOCA awards for:

First Place

Photography, Video, Multimedia, Best single photo – Use of stock art, “The Golfdom Report,” Pete Seltzer
Photography, Video, Multimedia, Best print magazine cover, “The Golfdom Report,” Pete Seltzer
New Media, Blogs, “The Golfdom Daily,” Seth Jones
Writing, Editorial/Opinion Piece – commercial publications, “The dangerous art of speaking your mind,” Seth Jones
Writing, Column – commercial publications, “A post-Open reminder that freedom isn’t free,” Seth Jones
Writing, Series of columns by regular department columnist – commercial publications, “Keeping up with the Jones,” Seth Jones
Writing, General feature article – commercial publications, “Jimmy the Kid,” Seth Jones

Merit

Photography, Video, Multimedia, Portrait/Personality (photo of individual or group of individuals), “Driven to distraction,” Leah Nash
Photography, Video, Multimedia, Best single photo – created by a TOCA member or freelancer commissioned by a TOCA member, “Golf’s got 99 problems, but is the big cup one?,” Sarah Nader
Design, Single page design, editorial – printed magazines, “The 19th Hole,” Pete Seltzer
Writing, Column – commercial publications, “Those guys,” Matt Neff
Writing, Column – commercial publications, “Are you ready for some Fantasy Greenkeeping?,” Matt Neff
Writing, Product information article – commercial publications, “What’s the next big idea at GIE+Expo?,” Seth Jones
Writing, General feature article – commercial publications, “True romance,” Seth Jones
Writing, Series – two or more articles defined as series – commercial publications, “Winterkill in the crosshairs; Working undercover,” Sam Bauer, Brian Horgan, Ph.D., Lindsay Hoffman, Ph.D.

The Gardner Award was awarded in the new media category to Golfdom’s blog, “The Golfdom Daily.” This is the fourth year in a row Golfdom‘s blog has won the first place TOCA award in the New Media, Publishing category.

Golfdom also demonstrated that it has the best columnists in the industry, winning three of the four individual column-writing TOCAs awarded, and a first place series award for “Keeping up with the Jones,” the monthly column written by Golfdom’s editor-in-chief, Seth Jones.

“The results of the 2015 TOCA awards reaffirmed that our publications, Golfdom and Landscape Management, are at the top of their respective markets,” said Kevin Stoltman, president and CEO of North Coast Media. “I’m confident Golfdom and Landscape Management will continue to impress TOCA judges — and most important, our readers and marketing partners — for decades to come.”

Landscape Management earns 15 awards from Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association

CLEVELAND, Ohio — May 12, 2015 — North Coast Media is pleased to announce Landscape Management (LM) continues to be recognized for its outstanding editorial excellence and design by the Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA) earning 14 honors and one Gardner Award at TOCA’s annual awards ceremony held in Milwaukee on May 7. These results continue LM‘s eight-year run of winning more awards than its competing publications and more awards than any industry publication in the 26-year history of TOCA.

LM‘s sister publication Golfdom reaped a total of 16 awards: 15 TOCA awards and one Gardner Award. North Coast Media once again led all publishing companies that competed for TOCA awards in the golf and landscape markets with 31 awards.

LM‘s 15 honors included:

Gardner (Best of Show)

Design, Two-plus page design, editorial – printed magazines, “Big Picture November 2014,” Tracie Martinez

First Place

Single page design, editorial – printed magazines, “Backstory November 2014,” Tracie Martinez
Design, Two-plus page design, editorial – printed magazines, “Big Picture November 2014,” Tracie Martinez
Design, Overall magazine design – printed magazines, “Landscape Management: December 2014,” Tracie Martinez
Design, Overall company web design – electronic publishing, “LandscapeManagement.net,” Jesse Malcmacher, Bethany Chambers, Pete Seltzer
Design, Overall media kit design, “Landscape Management 2015 Media Planner,” Bill Roddy, Michelle Mitchell, Bobbi Ware
Special Projects, Best single issue, “Landscape Management: December 2014,” Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Tracie Martinez
Special Projects, Writing for special projects, “LM150,” Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer
New Media, Podcasts, “Landscape Live!”, Jody Shilan
New Media, Websites, “LandscapeManagement.net,” Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Allison Barwacz, Bethany Chambers, Jesse Malcmacher
New Media, Innovative use of social media, “Landscape Management social media strategy,” Marisa Palmieri, Sarah Pfledderer, Allison Barwacz
Writing, General feature article – commercial publications, “Same tree, different branches,” Marisa Palmieri

Merit

Photography, Video, Multimedia, Best single photo – Use of stock art, “LM October 2014 Cover Photo,” Tracie Martinez
Design, Cover page design – printed magazines, “LM October 2014 Cover,” Tracie Martinez
Special Projects, Writing for special projects, “LM Industry Pulse,” Marisa Palmieri

“This recognition validates the hard work of our editorial and digital teams,” said Kevin Stoltman, president and CEO of North Coast Media. “They are committed to providing readers the content they need on all media platforms they’re using. We put a strong emphasis on our digital offerings last year and it was very rewarding to see our website, blog, podcast and social media initiatives being honored as among the best.”