{"id":316,"date":"2025-01-28T20:57:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T20:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightingnewsnow.com\/?page_id=316"},"modified":"2026-02-26T19:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:28:22","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lightingnewsnow.com\/?page_id=316","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\n\n\n<strong>The Voice of the Residential Lighting Industry<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<h3>\n\n\n<\/h3>\n<p>\n\n\nLighting News Now is the only news outlet dedicated to the decorative residential lighting community \u2014 covering breaking news as well as sharing the perspectives of manufacturers, retailers, and independent sales representatives on issues impacting the lighting business. Visit often and subscribe to the Lighting News Now newsletter to stay up to date on the latest happenings impacting the residential lighting channel.<\/p>\r\n<h3>\n\n\n<\/h3>\n<h4>\n\n\n<strong>About Linda Longo, Editor-in-Chief, Lighting News Now<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<p>Longo has been reporting on the decorative and residential lighting industry for 30 years, first as the editor-in-chief of Home Lighting &amp; Accessories magazine and most recently as the editorial director of enLIGHTenment magazine. 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