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...

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...

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...

Dan Bagan, Senior VP, Penton Agriculture, Restaurants, Food and Meetings Division, Penton Media

Posted on: 04/28/13

Dan Bagan oversees about 50 brands as senior VP of Penton Media's Agriculture, Restaurants, Food and Meetings Division—internally known as the “farm to fork” group. That division—and Bagan's responsibilities—grew substantially with Penton's acquisitions of Nation's...

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 website redesigns push community, mobility

Posted on: 04/16/13

The Penton Technology Group launched redesigned Web properties for SharePoint Pro and Windows IT Pro in March, updating the infrastructure to accommodate an increasingly mobile and social audience. “Our two big goals were to improve the user experience and to improve the environment for our...

Why Penton has started thinking of itself as a software company

Posted on: 04/16/13

With various technology-driven projects changing the way it does business, Penton Media is shifting from a traditional publishing mindset to a tech-forward one.

Cygnus landscape group names D'Aniello publisher, revamps product guide

Posted on: 04/15/13

Fort Atkinson, Wis.—Cygnus Business Media has named Deirdre D'Aniello as publisher of landscape magazines Green Industry Pro and Yard & Garden, as well as GreenIndustryPros.com. She was most recently the East Coast sales manager for Lodging Hospitality Magazine at Penton Media.

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.

Penton Technology Group unveils redesigned websites

Posted on: 03/22/13

Fort Collins, Colo.—Penton Technology Group has redesigned the SharePoint Pro and Windows IT Pro websites for Microsoft-focused IT professionals. The updated sites are optimized for mobile viewing and feature simplified navigation, topic-focused pages, more powerful search functionality and...

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...

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...

Media M&A on the rebound

Posted on: 02/13/13

Following a rebound year in 2012, the media M&A market saw a flurry of deal announcements in January, raising hopes for another big year. Buyers are especially on the lookout for acquisition targets with strong digital assets. The market for events is also robust. Another encouraging sign for this...

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 ...

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...

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.