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Welcome to BedTimes Magazine. The business journal for the sleep products industry.
Published by the International Sleep Products Association, based in Alexandria, Virginia, BedTimes is a news magazine covering the global mattress and bedding industries.
BedTimes delivers news, information and feature stories to help industry members grow their businesses. Continuously published since 1917, each month the print and digital editions of the publication reach thousands of dedicated readers around the world.
BedTimes focuses on the topics that matter most to mattress manufacturers and their suppliers—new products, manufacturing innovations, market trends, legislative/regulatory updates and more.
BedTimes is available as a monthly print magazine, as a digital edition that lives forever in a web archive, and as BedTimesMagazine.com, a search-optimized Google News site with an article archive that dates to 2018.
BedTimes is the business journal for the sleep products industry.
Editorial Staff
Beth English
Editorial DirectorBeth English is editorial director of BedTimes and Sleep Savvy magazines.
She is a seasoned communications professional and editor, and joined the ISPA publications staff from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she served as associate director of editorial services. During her 15-year career with the university, she worked as editor of UNCG Magazine and UNCG Research magazine, which garnered numerous regional and national awards during her tenure.
A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and of UNCG with a master’s in liberal studies, she worked as a reporter for several North Carolina newspapers and as public information officer with the Asheboro City Schools before joining UNCG. Beth is based in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Phone: 336-955-4367
Email: [email protected]
Kathryn Greene
Senior EditorKathryn Greene is senior editor of BedTimes and Sleep Savvy magazines and writes features for both publications, covers tradeshows and creates video content.
Greene graduated from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and worked as a freelance lifestyle writer for nearly a decade, contributing to print and digital publications including TripSavvy, Culture Trip, Visit KC, Southern Bride and more.
Before joining ISPA’s publications team, she was an associate editor at Hospitality Design magazine, where she wrote about products, hotels, restaurants and retail projects around the world.
Phone: 336-955-3463
Email: [email protected]
Burt Dellinger
Associate EditorBurt Dellinger is associate editor of BedTimes and Sleep Savvy magazines.
Dellinger earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Appalachian State University with a concentration in media advertising. Over his career, he has served as a copywriter in various advertising agencies and corporate marketing departments and ran his own freelance writing business. He was previously editor-in-chief of ROAM: The Premier Magazine of the Blue Ridge Foothills and head writer for HealthFirst, a community medical magazine published by Catawba Valley Health System.
Before joining the ISPA publications team, he was senior copywriter at Midan Marketing, a full-service agency specializing in the meat and agriculture industry.
Phone: 828-613-0042
Email: [email protected]
Kathy Rush
Digital Communications ManagerKathy Rush is the digital communications manager and handles all digital communications for BedTimes and Sleep Savvy magazines.
Kathy manages the BedTimes and Sleep Savvy websites, newsletters and social media and contributes to circulation and marketing projects for the magazines.
She previously worked as an instructional facilitator for technology at Loudoun County Public Schools, where she created training materials, designed websites, developed communication tools and implemented a long-term strategic plan for technology within her school. She has a background in web design, graphic design, meetings and art education. She lives in Virginia.
For questions related to the BedTimes and Sleep Savvy websites, BedTimes in Brief and ShopTalk newsletters and social media accounts for BedTimes magazine and Sleep Savvy magazines contact me.
Phone: 703-608-0791
Email: [email protected]
Advertising & Circulation Staff
Kerri Bellias
VP Sales, Events and PublicationsFor advertising rates, to reserve space for an ad or for other information
about advertising in BedTimes or on its website contact Kerri Bellias.
Phone: 336-945-0265
Fax: 703-683-4503
Email: [email protected]
Robin Mykytyn
Ad Production and Sales CoordinatorFor advertising specifications, mechanical requirements or to submit an ad, contact: Robin Mykytyn.
Phone: 336-955-3465Email: [email protected]
Contributors
Gary James
Gary James is a freelance writer based in Davidson, North Carolina. He spent more than 20 years with Furniture/Today, serving as case goods editor and special projects editor, directing the editorial content of Leather Today, Bedding Today, SOHO Today, Global Textiles Today and other supplements, sections and features. He also has served as managing editor for a variety of other business publications, including Automotive Executive, Computer Entertainment News and eCommerce Business.
Email: [email protected]Julie A. Palm
Julie A. Palm is the former editor in chief of BedTimes and Sleep Savvy magazines. She left the publications to pursue an independent writing career in September 2013. Julie has more than 30 years of experience as a writer and editor working in daily newspapers, trade business magazines and academia. She holds a bachelor’s degree in news-editorial journalism from Texas Christian University and a master’s degree in liberal studies from Wake Forest University.
Publisher’s Mailing Address
BedTimes Magazine
is published by:
The International Sleep Products Association
501 Wythe St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-683-8371
Fax: 703-683-4503