American Business Media: The Center works with ABM to present the Advanced Leadership Forum for business-to-business magazine publishing executives.

Inland Press Association: The Center's faculty are on the advisory boards for the Inland Cost and Revenue Study and the Newspaper Industry Compensation Study, two of the premier data sources for operating information in the industry. The Center's Hervey Juris is the founding director of the Newspaper Industry Compensation Survey and continues to oversee the collection, analysis and presentation of the data.

Inter American Press Association: The Center's staff developed a Spanish language version of the Editorial Excellence Seminar complete with translations of key publications and presented the seminar in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. The Center also works with IAPA in presenting a two-week Executive Development Program.

Magazines Publishers of America: The Center works with the Magazine Publishers of America on a study about the experience of magazine readership.

National Association of Broadcasters: Each year, the Center works with NAB to develop an intensive Management Development seminar to serve the broadcast television industry.

National Association of Minority Media Executives: The Center presents the Leadership Development Institute at Northwestern and the McCormick Tribune Minority Fellows Program in association with NAMME.