New York--Penton Media announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with its lenders to restructure its debt through a pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan.
Northstar Travel Media, the Secaucus, N.J.-based publisher of Meetings & Conventions, is poised to pull the trigger on a deal to acquire travel properties from Nielsen Co.'s Nielsen Business Media, according to multiple industry sources. Nielsen Business Media's travel properties include...
As large publishing companies jettison advertising-supported products, smaller firms are moving to the forefront.
February 05, 2010
As their traditional high-revenue, high-cost, printcentric business model fades into the sunset, business media leaders know that no single revenue source will replace those dollars—not even digital media. So in addition to developing new advertising, lead-generation and online event...
Last year was an extraordinarily sluggish one for M&A activity in business media, but it ended with a surge of deals.
Versioning, or putting out different versions of the same issue to target specific demographics, has been around for some time, but advanced technology is now making it even simpler to create seemingly “personalized” versions for readers.
February 05, 2010
With the online advertising model increasingly vulnerable due to the commoditization of news and information wrought by the Web, a growing number of business publishers have stopped debating paid-versus-free and are now scrambling to shift their brands to a subscription model.
In the wake of Gordon T. Hughes II's announcement last month that he will be leaving his post as president-CEO of American Business Media in July, the organization he has led since 1994 set in motion the search for his successor. But ABM members expressed concern that it may be difficult to find a...
David Steinhardt is president-CEO of the International Digital Enterprise Alliance (IDEAlliance), a not-for-profit group that focuses on IT issues in the publishing industry. Media Business wanted to know why his organization is growing despite the difficult economic conditions for...
February 05, 2010
A slew of new mobile devices promises to give media companies, at long last, a hardware platform for monetizing digital content through users and advertisers.
The wait is over: Apple Computer's iPad made its grand entrance last month. As usual, Apple devotees are impatient to get their hands on Steve Jobs' latest sexy product. But just behind this group is an entire industry: print media.
February 05, 2010
In January, publishing veteran Richard Beckman was tapped as the CEO of e5 Global Media, a newly formed company whose assets include AdweekMedia, Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter. The brands were acquired Dec. 31 from Nielsen Business Media. Previously, Beckman was president-CEO...
February 05, 2010
Michael Parker is a managing director at AdMedia Partners, a mergers and acquisitions firm he joined in 2007. Previously, he was senior VP of Nielsen Business Media's marketing and media group. He recently discussed his expectations for M&A activity this year in the b-to-b media sector.
Hear from Bob Carrigan, CEO of IDG Communications worldwide and Jeff Killeen CEO of GlobalSpec at the Media Business Innovator Awards.
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Ellis Booker, editor, Media Business
The wait is over: Apple Computer's iPad made its grand entrance last month. As usual, Apple devotees are impatient to get their hands on Steve Jobs' latest sexy product. But just behind this group is an entire industry: print media.
February 05, 2010
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Richard Mead, managing director, Jordan, Edmiston Group Inc.
This year will be a pivotal, transformational one for b-to-b media. Regardless of industry sector, everyone across the media landscape should accept the fact that users of b-to-b marketing and information products constantly expect and demand more relevant, timelier products and services.
February 05, 2010
Endnote Archive
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Sean Callahan
As large publishing companies jettison advertising-supported products, smaller firms are moving to the forefront.
February 05, 2010
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