Annual Conference focuses on b-to-b media company of the future

Posted on: 05/07/13

Publishing executives spent the lion's share of last week's American Business Media Annual Conference in Amelia Island, Fla., focusing on sustainable business models in a rapidly evolving environment. The consensus: The successful b-to-b media company of the future must produce timely, relevant...

At the ABM Annual Conference: The b-to-b media company of the future

Posted on: 04/30/13

Amelia Island, Fla.—The successful b-to-b media company of the future must produce timely, relevant content while working in a more collaborative way with marketers that are stepping up their own content creation, according to a panel of industry executives who spoke Monday at the American...

David Kieselstein, CEO, Penton Media

Posted on: 04/28/13

David Kieselstein has been driving innovation at Penton Media since taking over as CEO in February 2012.

Penton hires Schecter to lead SMB initiative

Posted on: 04/25/13

New York—Peggy Schecter has joined Penton Media as strategic sales director, a new position created to develop marketing programs for marketers targeting small and midsize businesses.

Penton consolidates Farm Progress brands in new ag group

Posted on: 03/25/13

New York—Four months after acquiring Farm Progress Cos. from Fairfax Media, Penton Media has announced a new structure for its Agricultural Group that integrates the recently added properties.

Hopes run high at DeSilva+Phillips Dealmakers Summit

Posted on: 02/13/13

Speakers at the 11th annual DeSilva+Phillips Dealmakers Summit this month in Manhattan were bullish about prospects for this year. “The deal market for media is characterized by renewed confidence and focus,” Daniel McCarthy, a partner in the New York-based media investment bank, said...

Penton names Territo senior VP-content and user engagement

Posted on: 02/07/13

New York—Penton Media has named Joe Territo senior VP-content and user engagement, a new position. He was most recently executive director-content at Advance Digital, a provider of digital news and information products.

New direction for marketing at Penton

Posted on: 01/22/13

Media Business: What will be your early initiatives?Spellman: At this point, I'll be auditing what does and what does not make sense. We really are looking at things across the company rather than division by division to see what makes sense from a best-practices, centralized area; and (we'll) then ...

Penton names Spellman senior VP-marketing

Posted on: 01/08/13

New York—Penton Media has named Kate Spellman senior VP-marketing. She will report to Penton CEO David Kieselstein and serve as a member of its executive committee.

Penton sharpens focus on core sectors

Posted on: 12/11/12

Penton Media's recent $79.9 million acquisition of Farm Progress from Sydney-based Fairfax Media more than doubled Penton's reach in U.S. agricultural markets. The deal, announced in November, underscores Penton's efforts to bolster its core assets and shed media properties it deems marginal.

Penton Media buys Farm Progress, boosts agricultural offerings

Posted on: 11/13/12

New York—Penton Media today acquired Farm Progress, a holding company that includes 23 agricultural magazine titles, four expositions, digital and broadcast products as well as investment data.

Penton CEO focusing on fewer, bigger bets in 2013

Posted on: 09/14/12

David Kieselstein, who became CEO of Penton Media on Jan. 30, spoke to Media Business as he began planning for his first full calendar year as the top executive of one of the country's largest b-to-b media companies. From 2008 to 2012, Kieselstein was CEO of TNS North America, a custom research...

Budgeting out of the doldrums

Posted on: 09/14/12

With the upcoming presidential and congressional elections clouding the forecast, b-to-b media CEOs are not expecting the economy to provide much lift in 2013. Nonetheless, these leaders are counting on targeted investments and the creativity of their teams as they budget for growth rates that will ...