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Fortune, as in Fortune 100 - italicize? or not?

Posted by Phil Jamieson on Tue, Nov 24, 2009 @ 01:20 PM
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Magazine titles are italicized under most styles. So if you are writing something like "He runs a Fortune 100 company," do you italicize Fortune in that context? I think you do, and you leave "100" (or "500" or whatever) roman. Can anyone corroborate this?

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Giving a broad interpretation to Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, 8.182, italics are not called for. "When the name of a newspaper or periodical is part of the name of a building, organization, prize, or the like, it is not italicized." Seems Fortune 500 is much like a a prize or "the like."
Posted @ Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:53 PM by William
No italics.
Posted @ Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:24 AM by Asia
The IABC style guide says no ital.
Posted @ Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:49 AM by Julie D
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