About Auto Service World

Auto Service World

Overview

Auto Service World is the shared digital platform of Canada's two automotive aftermarket trade magazines, Jobber News and CARS, serving the businesses that supply parts to, and repair, the country's vehicles. Published by Turnkey Media Solutions Inc., the platform pairs the two print titles with a news website updated continuously, digital editions, industry surveys and a long-running awards program. Between them, the publications cover the whole of the Canadian automotive aftermarket: Jobber News speaks to the distribution side — warehouse distributors, jobbers, wholesalers, manufacturers and suppliers — while CARS addresses the service side, the shop owners, managers and technicians who repair the cars.

The assigned premise for this profile named Newcom Media as publisher. That is no longer the case: the magazines were published by Toronto-based Newcom Media in an earlier period, but the January 2026 masthead of Jobber News states plainly that the magazine "is published by Turnkey Media Solutions Inc.," and the correction is recorded here openly. Turnkey Media Solutions, a small Toronto-area media partnership whose own company profile dates its founding to 2019, now publishes both titles from Whitby, Ontario.

History

Jobber News is one of the oldest trade magazines in Canada. The publisher states that it was founded in 1931 and has served the distribution segment of the Canadian automotive aftermarket ever since; its first lead-page story, published in December 1931, advised jobber salesmen that "modern shop equipment will increase sales" — a piece the magazine itself reprinted decades later to show how durable the trade's concerns have been. The magazine was founded by E.J. and A.E. Wadham, whose names are carried today by the E.J. and A.E. Wadham Memorial Award, presented as the Jobber News Jobber of the Year Award, a lifetime-achievement honour for auto parts wholesalers. A companion honour, the Counterperson of the Year Award, was named for Abe Schwartz, the Toronto counterman who spent more than 70 years in the aftermarket, with the first award presented in 2005.

The service-side title has a younger, documented lineage. Journalist Allan Janssen founded Automotive Parts & Technology in 1996 to cover both the jobber world and automotive service; in 2001 that magazine became Canadian Technician, focused on repair professionals, and in 2004 it was succeeded by CARS magazine. Janssen went on to serve as editorial director at Newcom Media and, later, as editor of both Jobber News and CARS. The magazines spent a period under Newcom Media of Toronto — Janssen's columns in both titles were signed with a Newcom address — before passing to Turnkey Media Solutions, which the publisher's company profile dates to 2019. Under Turnkey, the site announced the appointment of Christine Hogg as editor of CARS and Jobber News, succeeding Janssen, who continued as a contributing editor; by the January 2026 issue of Jobber News, Adam Malik was listed as the magazine's managing editor, with Peter Bulmer as publisher.

Content and Coverage

Jobber News, published six times a year in print (ISSN 0021-7050), covers the business of parts distribution: warehouse and store operations, inventory and margin management, supplier relations, staffing, and the economics that connect manufacturers to the parts counter. CARS covers the world of automotive repair in Canada, offering business and technical articles to help shop owners, managers and technicians work more efficiently and profitably, following new vehicle technology, repair procedures, management questions and consumer trends.

The platform's signature editorial research is the Annual Jobber Survey, conducted by CARS, in which parts distributors report on their operations and their relationships with shop customers. The 2026 survey, featured in the latest issue of CARS at the time this profile was compiled, found what the magazine called a distinct operational disconnect at the parts counter: shops complain about component quality, yet distributors reported that half of their customers still buy cheap parts; staffing shortages, supply chains and tariffs dominated the macro concerns. The 2025 survey reported the same pressure from the other direction, with jobbers citing parts prices and economic uncertainty. CARS also publishes an annual Executive Outlook, in which leaders of the mechanical repair sector set out their expectations for the year ahead, and regular workforce surveys of service advisors and technicians. The website republishes magazine features under its "From the Magazine" banner alongside daily trade news — association and supplier announcements, market data, event coverage and columns from practitioners such as Greg Aguilera, Erin Vaughan and Bruce Eccles. Recurring web features include Erin Vaughan's workforce columns on service-advisor training, Eccles' "Wheels" columns on topics such as the truth about winter tires, and the magazine's coverage of its own awards, including its announcement stories naming each year's Jobber of the Year.

Audience and Reach

The audience is the professional aftermarket itself. The publisher describes Jobber News as sent to warehouse distributors, jobbers, wholesalers, manufacturers, suppliers and key players across the industry; CARS is written for the owners, managers and technicians of Canada's independent repair shops. No audited circulation figure for either title is published in the sources available for this profile, and none is claimed here; the titles' reach within the trade is better evidenced by their institutions — a Jobber Survey that distributors across the country answer each year, a Jobber of the Year competition whose nominations for the 2026 award were being promoted by the publisher in October 2026, and event and trade-show coverage that spans the industry's calendar from Vancouver's Lordco trade show to Worldpac's STX event in Nashville.

Digital Presence

Autoserviceworld.com is the working newsroom of the two magazines: it carries daily aftermarket news, the full text of magazine features, digital editions of current issues — the January 2026 Jobber News, for example, is posted as a page-turning digital edition — and the entry points for the platform's surveys and awards. The site was publishing current material in October 2026, including its open call for the annual Jobber Survey and nominations for the 2026 Jobber of the Year, when this profile was compiled. Turnkey Media Solutions also maintains a company presence on LinkedIn, where it promotes the magazines' programs, and the masthead of the print magazine credits dedicated video and audio staff, reflecting the platform's multimedia output.

Ownership and Organisation

Jobber News and CARS are published by Turnkey Media Solutions Inc., whose corporate office, per the magazine's January 2026 masthead, is at 48 Lumsden Crescent, Whitby, Ontario. The masthead lists Delon Rashid as president and managing partner, and Peter Bulmer — also the magazine's publisher — as head of sales and managing partner; Nickisha Rashid is listed as automotive group director, Adam Malik as managing editor of Jobber News, with Samantha Jackson as creative director. It is a small, specialist operation: the company's LinkedIn profile lists a team in the single digits, headquartered in the Toronto area. The listing city for this profile follows the assignment (Toronto); readers should note the publisher's own office address is in Whitby, in the Greater Toronto Area.

Contact and Availability

The magazines can be reached through autoserviceworld.com, which carries contact routes for editorial, advertising and award nominations. The circulation department of Jobber News is at Turnkey Media Solutions Inc., 48 Lumsden Crescent, Whitby, Ontario L1R 1G5; the January 2026 masthead lists the publisher's office telephone contacts, including managing editor Adam Malik at (647) 988-3800. Jobber News is published six times per year and CARS publishes through the year, with current digital editions and the platform's surveys and awards accessible on the website.