Min's B to B articles from December 2007

Min's B to B archives from December 2007

Niche Publisher Takes Second Stab.
December 3, 2007... B2B Media Vet to Helm Magazine Division Former Reed New Products Division executive Colin Ungaro left his position as president of F+W Publishing's magazine division last month as quietly as he came in February of this year. Replacing him...

Keeping It Cool: Texterity iPhones It In.
December 3, 2007... By Steve Smith, Digital Media Editor for min, min's b2b and min's Digital Media Report Sometimes being cool for cool's sake is good enough for me. Take for instance digital magazine provider Texterity's impressive new iPhone versions of...

Auto Books Doing Darndest to Help Detroit.
December 3, 2007... A few weeks ago in min's b2b (11/12) we called out the horizontal auto industry books for not taking Detroit to task for its policies that have been damaging to the economy, the environment, and their own business. We caught up this week...

Computing Ad Pages.
December 3, 2007... COMPUTING AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-September 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 Baseline (Ziff Davis) ...

SD Times up YTD; Two New Dev Pubs Set to Launch.(Financial report)
December 3, 2007... According to Ted Bahr, CEO of BZ Media, SD Times had its second biggest issue ever on September 15--and that Sept 1 wasn't bad either. Up 16.34% year- to-date, Bahr predicts SD Times will remain up 16% on the year despite not running...

FoodService Director Fattens in 2007.
December 3, 2007... Ideal Media's FoodService Director is up almost 40% through three quarters in 2007. The secret sauce? A quality publishing team, a new top editor in May (EIC Paul King), a top-to-bottom redesign in January, a new focus, and renewed interest...

How Are Green Products Doing at HW?
December 3, 2007... Though Green Products and Technology hasn't published its first issue yet, interest among advertisers is strong. At the ABM Top Management conference Frank Anton, CEO of Hanley Wood, announced that Andersen Windows, a company that had pulled...

Electronics Ad Pages.
December 3, 2007... ELECTRONICS AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-September 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 Circuit Cellar (Circuit Cellar) ...

Engineering Ad Pages.
December 3, 2007... ENGINEERING AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-September 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 Advanced Imaging (Cygnus) ...

Transportation Ad Pages.
December 3, 2007... TRANSPORTATION AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January- September 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 Air Cargo World...

Travel Ad Pages.(Statistical table)(Financial report)
December 3, 2007... TRAVEL/LODGING/HOSPITALITY AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January - September 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 Business Travel News...

Online Video at BW.com Works.
December 10, 2007... min's b2b Talks with BW Online Editor John Byrne Online video is an attractive option for B2B publishers. Our consumer counterparts (best example, ESPN.COM) have already deployed online video to great success, and the traffic at YouTube...

Market Share Analysis for Horizontal Pharm Books.
December 10, 2007... Through October 2006, the three horizontal pharm books aimed at practicing pharmacists had sold 2,207.91 pages. In 2007, that number has shrunk to 2,103.15--a 4.7% decline. While two of the books, Advanstar's Drug Topics, and Nielsen's U.S....

Two Crain Books Are Top Ten Gainers.(Statistical table)(Brief article)(Company rankings)
December 10, 2007... Biggest Titles by % Gain, January - December (2007/2006) TITLE (Publisher) 2007 2006 % 1 Foodservice Director (Ideal Media) 432.67 313.43 38.04 2 Boomer Market Adv (Weisner)...

B2B Ad Pages Melting Away Through August.
December 10, 2007... TRADE PUBLICATION AD PAGES/SPENDING (January - August 2007/2006) Sorted by Highest % Gain Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1...

Sustain Print: Resources for the Profit-Minded Publisher.
December 10, 2007... We've talked much in recent weeks about what the B2B media industry can do to: reduce our carbon footprint, be more socially responsible, and, most importantly, drive profits by cutting costs and increasing revenues. SUSTAINPRINT.COM is a...

Pro AV Leads Disappointing Broadcast/Cable Category.
December 10, 2007... BROADCAST/VIDEO AD PAGES AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-October 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 Broadcast Engineering...

October Scares Up Traffic.
December 10, 2007... Office-based Internet use settles in for the industrious fall months in October, so it is not surprising to see so many business information destinations benefit with double-digit gains. After scattered softness throughout the summer, for...

Am I committed to Face-to-Face events?(Column)
December 10, 2007... By John Failla, CEO, Tesoro Events In my last column, I covered the potential to drive near-term incremental profits with events (min's b2b of 11/19). Today's column deals with the first step to realizing this potential: making a...

Dear minsiders--.
December 10, 2007... As we continue to provide you with the absolute best, most in-depth analytics, analysis, and coverage of the media landscape, we are changing...and growing. We ask you only to expect more from us for your information needs in the coming...

What Sent Masseria to Ascend?(Ascend Media )
December 17, 2007... Sagging Industry Keys Executive Shifts in B2B Media To those of you who have been following the narrative arc of Ascend Media this year, the ouster of Cam Bishop from the CEO position this past week would not come as a surprise. The...

What to Look for in 2008.
December 17, 2007... A lot has happened in B2B media in 2007. We won't recount it here for you. Read the back issues and the archives at MINONLINE.COM. What's more important right now is looking forward to 2008. We queried a small sample of B2B media execs on...

EDN v. ED: The Battle Continues.
December 17, 2007... The last time we looked at these two heavyweight books--Reed's EDN and Penton's Electronic Design--it was time for our 2006 group publishers' coverage. At that time: "EDN had 1,894.19 ad pages v. 1,916.58 in 2005 for a 1.17% loss. Penton's...

CSP Pulls Away from Competition in 2007.
December 17, 2007... When market conditions improved in 2007, publishers at Convenience Store News and Convenience Store Petroleum didn't rest on their laurels. The convenience store/petroleum biz (basically convenience stores attached to gas stations) has...

1105 Gov Tech Books Gang Up on eRepublic's.(government)
December 17, 2007... Over the past two years, Neal Vitale's 1105 Media has put together a formidable three-headed dragon when it comes to government IT books. The lone major print competitor not yet hoisting the 1105 banner is eRepublic's Governement Technology;...

Photoshop User Gets Readers to Log Off.
December 17, 2007... How does a magazines whose readers, by their very nature, are native heavy computer users get those readers to log off and pick up a print publication? By giving its readers something best suited for print in a well- put together print...

Traffic World Motors Along--Up 10%.(Statistical table)(Financial report)
December 17, 2007... TRANSPORTATION AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January- October 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 Air Cargo World...

No Vacancy at Hotel Business--Up Almost 15%.
December 17, 2007... TRAVEL/LODGING/HOSPITALITY AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January - October 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 Business Travel News...

Looking Backwards and Forwards.
December 17, 2007... By Steve Smith, Digital Media Editor for min, min's b2b and min's Digital Media Report As an exceptionally active year ends in digital content, a number of developments and breaking stories are pointing us forward to 2008. A simple scan...

American City Leads December Gainers.(Statistical table)(Financial report)(Brief article)(Company rankings)
December 17, 2007... Biggest Titles by % Gain, October (2007/2006) TITLE (Publisher) 2007 2006 % 1 American City (Penton Media) 114.81 35.88 219.98 2 POP Times (Hoyt) ...

Banking Boxscores, January-October.
December 17, 2007... BANKING/FINANCE AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January - October 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 ABA Banking Journal...

Engineering Boxscores, January-October.
December 17, 2007... ENGINEERING AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-October 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 Advanced Imaging (Cygnus) ...

Computing Boxscores, January-October.
December 17, 2007... COMPUTING AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-October 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 Baseline (Ziff Davis) 383.06 ...

Telco Boxscores, January-October.
December 17, 2007... TELECOMMUNICATIONS AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January- October 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 Cabling Installation &...

Have a Great Holiday Season.
December 17, 2007... Well, that's it for min's b2b for 2007. Please contact editor Jeremy Greenfield with any feedback at jgreenfield@accessintel.com. See you for Volume 11, Issue 1 on January 7, 2008. And have a great holiday season! Best, The Editors...