Shareholders approve new name: McGraw Hill Financial

Posted on: 05/01/13

New York—Shareholders of the McGraw-Hill Cos. voted to change the company's name to McGraw Hill Financial. The New York Stock Exchange symbol for the company is changing from MHP to MHFI effective May 14.

Media Business names Top Innovators in Business Publishing

Posted on: 04/30/13

BtoB's Media Business has announced the winners of its 10th annual Top Innovators in Business Publishing Awards. The awards recognize executives from large trade, small trade and general business media companies across six categories: CEO, top publishing executive, digital, events, audience...

Hitesh Chitalia, Director-solutions architecture, Commodities and Commercial Markets, McGraw-Hill Cos.

Posted on: 04/28/13

With the sale of McGraw-Hill Education completed, McGraw Hill Financial is redefining itself as “a high-growth, high-margin business serving the global capital and commodity markets,” as the company stated in the release announcing the completion of the transaction last month.

McGraw-Hill completes sale of education unit to Apollo

Posted on: 03/22/13

New York—McGraw-Hill Cos. today completed the sale of its McGraw-Hill Education business to investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management. The previously announced purchase price was $2.4 billion in cash. McGraw-Hill Cos., which will serve the global capital and commodity markets, ...

McGraw-Hill Construction launches Dodge MarketShare

Posted on: 03/14/13

New York—McGraw-Hill Construction announced the release of Dodge MarketShare, a subscription-based business intelligence tool designed to enable construction industry executives to forecast more accurately.

ABM's Grand Neal Award goes to IEEE Spectrum

Posted on: 03/13/13

IEEE Spectrum received American Business Media's Grand Neal Award at ABM's 59th Annual Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards ceremony in New York. The IEEE Media publication was recognized for its story, “A Shocking Truth,” which also gained individual first-place honors in...

ABM's Grand Neal Award goes to IEEE Spectrum

Posted on: 03/12/13

IEEE Spectrum received American Business Media's Grand Neal Award at ABM's 59th Annual Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards ceremony today in New York. The IEEE Media publication was recognized for its story, “A Shocking Truth,” which also gained individual first-place...

McGraw-Hill educational app exceeds audience goals

Posted on: 02/26/13

McGraw-Hill Cos. launched the Architectural Record Continuing Education app for iPhone users last May and has seen more than 12,000 architects download the mobile version of its popular online credited-course program over the past nine months. More than 6,000 tests have been taken using the mobile...

Subscription model (finally) gains ground online

Posted on: 01/22/13

Little by little, digital media brands are challenging the assumption that content must be free for all readers on the Internet. Newspaper companies, which had the largest stake in reader revenues as a result of their traditional paid circulation model in print, have led the way in recapturing...

McGraw-Hill to sell Education unit to Apollo Global Management for $2.5 billion

Posted on: 11/26/12

New York—McGraw-Hill Cos. has signed a definitive agreement to sell its McGraw-Hill Education business to Apollo Global Management for $2.5 billion. The transaction, which is expected to close this year or in early 2013, is subject to regulatory approval.

ABM forum spotlights shift to data services

Posted on: 11/05/12

The need for business publishers to develop more data-driven products and services dominated the conversation at American Business Media's Executive Forum last month in Chicago.

ABM Executive Forum focuses on developing data products

Posted on: 11/02/12

American Business Media's Executive Forum, held last month in Chicago, offered plenty of advice from industry experts on how business publishers can diversify their revenue streams, particularly when it comes to offering subscription-based products that are immune to the vagaries of the cyclical...

At ABM Executive Forum: Pressure is on business publishers to develop new data products

Posted on: 10/24/12

Chicago—Creating data services and business intelligence programs will require b-to-b media companies to make some wrenching changes in their operations, said Abs Kotulski, VP-strategy and development, commodities and commercial markets at McGraw-Hill Cos., in a presentation Tuesday at the...

'Aviation Week' relaunches

Posted on: 10/05/12

McGraw-Hill Cos.' July relaunch of Aviation Week & Space Technology was the latest in a series of initiatives designed to boost the brand's audience and create more integrated marketing packages.

New watchword is 'precision M&A'

Posted on: 09/14/12

Chuck Richard is VP-lead analyst at media research company Outsell Inc.

Mobile devices, tablets offer challenging opportunities for content distribution

Posted on: 09/14/12

Many b-to-b publishing companies are still taking a wait-and-see approach toward offering content designed specifically for tablets and creating apps targeted to their audiences. A few, however, are forging ahead.

McGraw-Hill separation into two companies on track

Posted on: 07/11/12

New York—McGraw-Hill Cos. has filed an initial Form 10 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing indicates that the company's previously announced division into two entities—McGraw-Hill Financial and McGraw-Hill Education—is on track to take place by the end of...

McGraw-Hill, CME Group form joint venture

Posted on: 07/02/12

New York—McGraw-Hill Cos. and CME Group have formed a joint venture called the S&P Dow Jones Indices. Properties of the new company will include the Dow Jones industrial averages, the S&P 500, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indicies and other indices.

'ENR' to launch Contractor Business Quarterly section

Posted on: 06/14/12

New York—McGraw-Hill Cos.' Engineering-New Record will begin publishing a new print and digital section, called Contractor Business Quarterly, with its July 16 issue. The section will reach more than 30,000 contractors within ENR's total paid circulation of 63,000.

Great Media Websites 2012

Posted on: 06/08/12

Every year, Media Business' selection of 10 Great Media Websites provides a status report on the industry's ongoing digital shift. Although the U.S. economy is providing little tailwind to drive growth, business media companies continue to invest in digital infrastructure and innovation as their...