Atlantic Media to debut Defense One

Posted on: 05/16/13

Washington, D.C.—Atlantic Media, parent of the Government Executive and Nextgov media brands, this summer will launch Defense One, a new multiplatform media brand serving the U.S. defense and national security community.

ABM's Pettit on SIIA merger, future of b-to-b media

Posted on: 05/07/13

Media Business: What do you see as the advantages of the SIIA merger for ABM members?

Nielsen Expositions sold to Onex for $950 million

Posted on: 05/06/13

San Juan Capistrano, Calif.—Onex Corp. is buying Nielsen Expositions, an affiliate of Nielsen Holdings, for $950 million in cash. Toronto-based Onex is a private equity firm with approximately $15 billion of assets under management. The deal is expected to close in the current quarter.

At the ABM Annual Conference: Membership approves merger with SIIA

Posted on: 04/29/13

Amelia Island, Fla.--American Business Media's membership today approved a merger with the Software & Information Industry Association. The 83-to-3 vote took place at the ABM Annual Conference here.

NY Times Co. unveils growth strategies

Posted on: 04/25/13

On the heels of reporting first-quarter results, the New York Times Co. announced a series of strategic initiatives to spur revenue growth that will begin to be rolled out in the fourth quarter. Several new products are under development at price points lower than all-digital-access and print...

PennWell extends global reach with unit in Brazil

Posted on: 04/11/13

Tulsa, Okla.—PennWell Corp. has announced the opening of its first division in South America, in Rio de Janeiro. The office will support PennWell's growing portfolio of events in the country with local-currency registration, logistical and invoicing capabilities as well as other services.

Channel Partners adds event, tool

Posted on: 03/26/13

Phoenix—Channel Partners, a Virgo information brand for the telecom and IT distribution channels, announced plans for a new event, work-flow tool and website.

How Summit Business Media integrates lead-gen

Posted on: 03/12/13

Lead generation is undergoing a transformation at Summit Business Media under the direction of Jeff Patterson, president of Summit's Insurance Group.

ALM debuts two legal conferences in Hong Kong

Posted on: 02/08/13

New York—B-to-b media company ALM announced it will launch two events in Hong Kong next month, the company's first in the Asia-Pacific region.

UBM to sell data services business

Posted on: 02/06/13

London—B-to-b media company UBM has agreed to sell most of its data services business to private equity firm Electra Partners for about $251 million.

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 ...

Yankee Publishing acquires McLean Communications

Posted on: 01/14/13

Dublin, N.H.—Yankee Publishing announced it has acquired McLean Communications, a provider of New Hampshire lifestyle, business and custom publications. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

UBM Tech names Connolly exec VP-sales for events

Posted on: 01/09/13

San Francisco—Media company UBM Tech has named Kathleen Connolly as exec VP-sales for its business technology events group. She succeeds Marco Pardi, who is now president of UBM Tech's business technology events business.

UBM Tech evolves event technology strategy

Posted on: 01/08/13

UBM Tech introduced an online environment to support its DESIGN West conference last year, offering engineers a social environment in which they could rate content, make recommendations and interact. The platform, developed by UBM Studios and called DESIGN on Demand, won multiple awards from the...

Business media companies plan to accelerate growth

Posted on: 01/08/13

This year should see business media companies continue to operate leanly as they strive to broaden their revenue streams beyond print and online display advertising, implement digital- and mobile-first approaches to content, and invest in new data technologies. For some traditional companies, this...

Media, marketing M&A activity up 3%

Posted on: 01/08/13

New York—Merger and acquisition activity in the media and marketing industry increased 3% to 1,611 transactions last year compared with 1,570 in 2011, according to investment bank Berkery Noyes.

B-to-b print revenue down 7.4% through August

Posted on: 12/06/12

New York—Total b-to-b print revenue fell 7.4% in the first eight months of the year, to $4.8 billion, compared with the same period a year earlier, according to Business Information Network data released by American Business Media.

NewBay Media acquires Intent Media

Posted on: 12/06/12

New York—NewBay Media has acquired U.K.-based Intent Media, which produces business publications, websites and events within the entertainment, technology and leisure markets. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Advanstar Global set to acquire ENK International

Posted on: 11/20/12

New York—Advanstar Global, owner of Advanstar Communications, has agreed to acquire fashion events company ENK International. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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.