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?

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...

FT app blends features of print, Web

Posted on: 05/07/13

The Financial Times responded to the demands of tablet customers last month, rolling out a redesigned Web app that allows readers to choose between a static edition with a fixed article set or a dynamic edition with a continuously updated content stream. The app enables readers to swipe left to...

ALM promotes Press to senior VP

Posted on: 05/02/13

New York—Aric Press has been promoted to senior VP-editor in chief at ALM, a new position at the media company. He had been VP-editor in chief since 2010.

At the ABM Annual Conference: Bullish outlook for b-to-b media M&A

Posted on: 05/01/13

Amelia Island, Fla.—A pair of media investment bankers who spoke at this week's American Business Media Annual Conference here see good times ahead for b-to-b media M&A activity.

At the ABM Annual Conference: Vitale takes chair; Pazour named McAllister Fellow

Posted on: 04/30/13

Amelia Island, Fla.—Neal Vitale, president-CEO of 1105 Media, took over Monday as 2013-14 chairman of American Business Media at the organization's annual conference here. He succeeds Jeff Lapin, former president of Farm Progress Cos.

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...

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.

ABM members approve 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. Under the terms of the merger, ABM will become a division of SIIA.

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.

Edward Gillette, President-CEO, Scranton Gillette Communications/SGC Horizon

Posted on: 04/28/13

Not many CEOs share the view of Edward Gillette, president-CEO of Scranton Gillette Communications/SGC Horizon, who said, “The recession was the best thing that ever happened to our company.”

Don Pearson, Exec VP-sales; group publisher of Government Technology, e.Republic

Posted on: 04/28/13

Don Pearson, exec VP-sales at e.Republic, is a 20-year veteran of the company and has led the Government Technology portfolio of brands as group publisher since 1999.

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...

Marco Pardi, President-UBM Tech Events, UBM

Posted on: 04/28/13

The recent reorganization of UBM Tech placed Marco Pardi at the helm of the group's full portfolio of events. His charges include the Game Developers Conference, Black Hat and Enterprise Connect—three events that saw strong growth in 2012 and offset general softness in the North American...

Meredith Levien, Chief revenue officer, Forbes Media

Posted on: 04/28/13

Meredith Levien, chief revenue officer at Forbes Media, is helping the legacy media company build a sustainable business model in a world that is increasingly mobile and increasingly social—a world in which nearly everyone can be a content publisher.

James Capo, Director-digital business development, Cygnus Business Media

Posted on: 04/28/13

James Capo acted as a consultant to Cygnus Business Media as it developed an iPad app for Sustainable Construction, the first of about a dozen tablet apps the company has introduced since 2011. The work led to his post as director-digital business development for the company's public safety group,...

Marc Frons, Senior VP-CIO, New York Times Co.

Posted on: 04/28/13

Marc Frons, CIO of New York Times Co. since March 2012, has focused over the past year on spreading a digital culture and mindset more broadly throughout the company. “This past year has been a year of organizational innovation,” he said.

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.

Mike Perlis, President-CEO, Forbes Media

Posted on: 04/28/13

Since being named president-CEO of Forbes Media in November 2010, Mike Perlis has focused on growing revenue and profits for the core business while finding new ways to extend the brand beyond traditional media.

John Rockwell, VP-digital audience marketing, Sandow Media

Posted on: 04/28/13

John Rockwell, who joined Sandow Media in October 2011, has been steadily finding new ways to tap the company's audience data to increase revenue.