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Northstar Travel Media, publisher of Meetings & Conventions and Travel Weekly, announced Monday that it had named Tom Cintorino exec VP-digital media after hiring him away from PennWell Corp., where he had been senior VP-digital media.

London—Reed Elsevier, parent company of Reed Business Information, announced last week that CEO Ian Smith has resigned “by mutual agreement.” Erik Engstrom, CEO of Elsevier, has succeeded Smith as CEO of Reed Elsevier.

New York—Bloomberg L.P. announced Tuesday that Josh Tyrangiel will take over as editor of BusinessWeek when the company completes its acquisition of the magazine from McGraw-Hill Cos., which is expected in December.

New York—News Corp.’s Dow Jones & Co. confirmed that it has hired management consultant firm McKinsey & Co. The story was first reported last Friday by Forbes.com, which noted that the hiring of McKinsey was a prelude to job cuts and magazine closures at Condé Nast.

New York—Nielsen Co. announced last week that its third-quarter revenue totaled $1.25 billion, down slightly from $1.26 billion in the year earlier period.

New York—Forbes Media announced that it has acquired Santa Monica, Calif.-based FlipGloss Media, developer of the Digital Glossy Insert photo publishing platform.

New York—News Communications has reportedly acquired The Hollywood Reporter and other publications from Nielsen Business Media, according to The Wrap, an online publication.

New York—Expanding its work-flow products for professionals, Dow Jones & Co. has released Dow Jones Media Relations Manager, a new media database and contact management tool aimed at public relations professionals.

Needham, Mass.—Information technology company TechTarget announced that it is delaying its earnings release; however, the company did release estimated third-quarter results.

New York—McGraw-Hill Cos. said Monday that Norbert Young, who was president of McGraw-Hill Construction, has left the company.

New York—The contraction of the magazine and newspaper industry not only will continue but is essential, said Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of ad agency conglomerate WPP Group, in a keynote address delivered Wednesday at the Ad:Tech expo and conference in New York.

New York—Roger Neal, senior VP-general manager of Businessweek.com, will not be joining Bloomberg LP when it acquires BusinessWeek from McGraw-Hill Cos., according to a memo sent by Bloomberg’s Norman Pearlstine and posted at TalkingBizNews.com.

New York—The Wall Street Journal rolled out a San Francisco Bay Area edition last Thursday.

London—United Business Media, owner of Everything Channel and other tech media properties in the U.S., said Friday in an Interim Management Statement that its outlook remains “stable, with no indications of either further deterioration or of improvement.”

Framingham, Mass.—IDG, which earlier this year introduced Amplify, a social media advertising unit, is set to announce this week that it is expanding its social media-oriented offerings to marketers.

In 2008, Booz & Co. consultants recommended that business media companies choose one of two paths to achieve future profitable revenue growth in a fast-changing industry. One was user-paid business information; the other was marketer-driven solutions.

San Francisco—The American Society of Business Publication Editors named BusinessWeek.com as its Web Site of the Year in the 2009 Digital Azbee Awards of Excellence.

Kevin Ryan is CMO of local interactive marketing company WebVisible. Hands On: Search recently asked him about trends in local search marketing.

San Antonio—Direct marketing company Harte-Hanks Inc. reported that its third-quarter revenue fell 22% to $209.3 million. Net income declined 15% to $14.1 million.

Washington, D.C.—FierceMarkets, which is owned by Questex Media Group, reported Tuesday that it generated “double-digit” revenue growth in the first three quarters of this year, compared with the same period last year.

Annapolis, Md.—Crosby Marketing Communications, a full-service marketing agency, has hired Justin Miller as group creative director-interactive. Miller was previously creative lead at interactive agency AKQA. In his new role, he will lead interactive projects for the agency’s clients.

When Peggy Walker, president-COO of Vance Publishing Corp., agreed to become part of American Business Media's executive committee a few years back, she didn't expect to be greeted by a major crisis when she eventually became chairman of the association.

American Business Media has suffered in the recession, cutting both its budget and staff. Many of the organization's members, enduring the plunge in advertising pages that's averaging about 30% industrywide, have either left the association or are paying reduced dues.

ABM's Annual Conference will be held next year in Charleston, S.C., May 2-4.

Richard Mead, managing director of Jordan, Edmiston Group, discusses prospects for M&A activity in the business media sector in 2010.

Few industries have been hit as hard by the recession as residential real estate and construction, and few b-to-b media companies have been as challenged as Hanley Wood Business Media, which is weathering a three-year slump in its residential building-related print, online and event businesses.

Schaumburg, Ill.—Of the 25 largest-circulation newspapers in the U.S., only one—Dow Jones & Co.’s The Wall Street Journal—posted a gain in circulation in the 12-month period ended Sept. 30, according to data released Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

New York—Stephen J. Adler last Tuesday announced his resignation as editor in chief of BusinessWeek, in a memo to his staff.

New York—Time Inc.’s Fortune plans to cut its frequency from 25 issues this year to 18 in 2010, according to a story published Friday in The Wall Street Journal.

New York—Forbes Media plans additional job cuts, according to an internal memo sent Monday by company CEO Steve Forbes.