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About Courtney Porter, Editor-in-Chief, Design News Now

Editor-in-Chief Courtney Porter combines a deep understanding of luxury design, business development, and the tech media landscape to deliver insightful reporting in a voice and format respected throughout the industry. Interior designers, architects, showrooms and retail brands have relied on Porter to move their businesses upmarket and expand their reach. 

About Rick Harrison, Founding Publisher, Home News Now

With nearly 25 years of experience in media, much of which has focused on the home category, Harrison brings a unique skill set and range of capabilities to any product.  With stints as publisher and in sales and product management at Furniture Today, Interiors Magazine, Kids Today and Casual Living, as well as founding publisher of InFurniture for Conde Nast, Harrison has a history of successfully developing products that are embraced by the home furnishings industry.  Harrison is owner of HCG Media, a full service provider of rich media ad technology, media buying, in-store digital display, brand management and premium content.

Harrison holds a BA from the University of North Carolina, as well as an MBA from the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.  He lives next to a trout stream with his wife and four children and is a very average Little League baseball and Pop Warner football coach.