Min's B to B articles from January 2008

Min's B to B archives from January 2008

Cygnus to Restore Salaries.
January 7, 2008... Approximately 70% of Pay Cuts Offset by Bonuses Through a year-end bonus program, Cygnus Business Media will be giving some employees 70% of what they lost in recent fourth quarter pay cuts (min's b2b of 10/8/07). The bonuses, which were...

AEGIS Communications Buys Ascend Dental Books.
January 7, 2008... AEGIS Communications has acquired the remaining Ascend dental properties: The Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry, Contemporary Aesthetics, Contemporary Dental Assisting, and Contemporary Oral Hygiene. The related Web sites and...

SourceMedia's M&A Multiplying in 2007.
January 7, 2008... A bright spot in 2007 for SourceMedia has got to be Mergers & Acquisitions, which is up over 100% on the year in pages. "Credit goes to group publisher Adam Reinebach," according to Frank Quigley, president of the securities group at...

Cygnus' KBDN Has Solid Year Against KBB.
January 7, 2008... November was another triumphant month in print ad pages for Cygnus' Kitchen and Bath Design News against its chief competition, Nielsen's Kitchen and Bath Business. Whereas in November 2006, KBDN's lead over KBB was 66 pages v. 62 pages, in...

Semi-Good News for Pharm?
January 7, 2008... The Vioxx debacle might finally be over and with some possible positive side-effects. Merck has agreed to pay $4.85 billion to plaintiffs. Merck won most of the trials that did make it to juries, which should encourage pharm execs with...

Apax Rising.
January 7, 2008... In the past 18 months, UK-based PE firm Apax Partners has spent an estimated $3 billion+ on stateside (ALM) and UK-based (Incisive, Emap, VNU Business Publications) B2B media companies. While the US economy is indicating a possible downturn...

Penton Reorg: What Does it Mean?(Penton Media Inc. reorganization)
January 7, 2008... As has been reported, Penton staffers' year-end holiday gift was a top- level reorganization in the distant wake of the big merger, announced on December 27 by John French, CEO of the company. First the reasons, then the the moves. ...

Charting the Social Graph: Fad or Fixture?(Editorial)
January 7, 2008... By Steve Smith, Digital Media Editor for min, min's b2b, and min's Digital Media Report We are not for end-of-year trend prognostications. Everyone in news and content knows that they are editorial filler to tide readers over during...

Where Can I Find Ideas for New Events?
January 7, 2008... By John Failla, CEO of Tesoro Events Now that you've made a legitimate commitment to the events business, where will you find ideas for new events? In speaking with publishers about tradeshow opportunities, I often hear how the...

See Page 3: M&A Mag on an Upward Trajectory.(Statistical table)(Brief article)
January 7, 2008... Biggest Titles by % Gain, January - November (2007/2006) TITLE (Publisher) 2007 2006 % 1 Mergers & Acquisition (Source Media) 212.32 100.29 111.71 2 Boomer Market Adv....

Weitzner Moves on--to CMP Rival.
January 14, 2008... What Does This Coup Mean for ZDE? After two successful (and tumultuous) years atop CMP Technology, Steve Weitzner was deposed as CEO and given an international corporate development position this past November. This week, Weitzner was...

Relaunched Adweek Stays in Print, But Not Every Week.
January 14, 2008... This past week's official announcement that Nielsen Business Media's Adweek will be publishing 26 times a year with 10 additional special issues means, of course, that the marketing and media industry print weekly that is celebrating its...

Overall Microwave Market Still Humming.
January 14, 2008... ELECTRONICS AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-November 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 Circuit Cellar (Circuit Cellar) ...

American Banker Has Hot November.(Statistical table)(Financial report)(Brief article)
January 14, 2008... Biggest Titles by % Gain, November (2007/2006) TITLE (Publisher) 2007 2006 % 1 Mergers & Acquisition (Source Media) 23.08 10.33 123.43 2 ID MAGAZINE ...

Oracle Mag Bounces Back in November.
January 14, 2008... DEVELOPER/TECHNICAL AD PAGES AND REVENUES (JANUARY-NOVEMBER 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 asp.netPRO (Informant...

2007 Is a Record-Breaking Year for M&A.(mergers and acquisitions)
January 14, 2008... Check the chart on page 6 for the official numbers on a hot 2007 for M&A. The pundits wonder if the torrid pace will continue for 2008. Verdict is: doubtful. Larger deals are virtually out of the question for all but those willing to take on...

Going Vertical...Again.
January 14, 2008... By Steve Smith, Digital Media Editor for min, min's b2b and min's Digital Media Report In business information, vertical search is a topic that just won't go away, even if very few traditional media publishers have leveraged the idea...

E-media Adoption S-Curve: Enjoy High Online Margins While You Still Can.
January 14, 2008... By Eric Shanfelt, EVP of Online Media, Aspire Media As the experience of many media companies that have embraced online media successfully has shown, margins online are significantly higher than those in print. One would expect this from...

Telephony Increases Market Dominance.(Statistical table)(Financial report)
January 14, 2008... TELECOMMUNICATIONS AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-November 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 Cabling...

CNET Board Fights Takeover.(CNET Networks Inc.)
January 21, 2008... Activist Shareholders Battle for Control Toward the end of 2007, Jana Partners, LLC, started buying up large swaths of CNET Networks stock. At the same time, Sandell Asset Management, another hedge fund, had also been upping its stake in...

American Banker is Biggest in November--Up 40%.(Statistical table)(Financial report)(Brief article)
January 21, 2008... Biggest Titles in November (2007/2006) TITLE (Publisher) 2007 2006 % 1 American Banker (Source Media) 242.2 173.56 39.55 2 EE Times (CMP) 216.56 231.56...

Pro Av Benefits from HW Muscle.(Hanley Wood )(Financial report)
January 21, 2008... Early last year, Hanley Wood bought Pro AV--a surging magazine--from Ascend Media. Pro AV wasn't a core property at Ascend, and, at the time, HW was trying to increase its revenue from commercial construction media. Despite a residential...

Food Product Design v. Food Tech v. Prepared Foods.
January 21, 2008... The food manufacturing space was one of the few vertical niches we looked at in 2007 that actually increased the size of its ad page market. When we saw the market grow, we usually saw smaller books gain market share at the expense of the...

PTEN Works Through Staff Departures.
January 21, 2008... Cygnus Business Media's Professional Tools & Equipment News is down about 10% in ad pages through November 2007. In 2006, when Rich Reiff stepped down as president of Cygnus' publishing division to form Advantage Business Media, he took some...

E-media Adoption S-Curve II: Enjoy High Online Margins While You Still Can.
January 21, 2008... Last week, I discussed the basic principals of the e-media Adoption S- Curve. This week I will discuss a case study and different ways you can capitalize on this knowledge. Please refer to the 1/14/08 issue of min's b2b for the first part of...

Free for Sale.(Survey)
January 21, 2008... Outsell analyst Kate Worlock sent me some fascinating research the other day about business users and their expectations about online content. When asked whether they come online to search for specialized paid content or free...

Questex Media Gets Fierce.
January 28, 2008... Traditional Media Company Buys Digital DNA Questex Media (Travel Agent, Home Based Travel Agent) has acquired FierceMarkets, producer of 19 e-newsletters and related events. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Jordan, Edmiston Group,...

Canon Communications, Version 2.0.
January 28, 2008... In a statement this week, Canon Communications chairman and CEO Charlie McCurdy called the reorg of his company "Canon Publications 2.0." After posting print and digital media revenues growth of 43% since 2005 (self-reported), Canon is ready...

WWD Circ List Secrets.
January 28, 2008... Recently, Dan Lagani, president of the Fairchild Fashion Group, decided to take a closer look at the circulation of his flagship book, Women's Wear Daily. In the 47,000 or so subs, he found a lot of what he expected to find: senior level...

Another Bad Omen for the Economy: Logistics Down.
January 28, 2008... Like trade publishing, the logistics industry can be an economic indicator because it touches so many other industries. Bad news, then, for the economy, as the logistics industry itself is going through some changes and challenges. "The...

Nussbaum Replaces Steward: Steward Speaks.
January 28, 2008... The big news this week was that Davis Nussbaum, ex-CEO of Penton Media, replaced David Steward as chairman and CEO of F+W Publications. Much has been written about it, including a Q&A with Nussbaum that you can read at FOLIOMAG.COM. But what...

Will Gov't Trade Ad Pages Be Down in an Election Year?
January 28, 2008... GOVERNMENT AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January - November 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 American City & County (Penton) ...

Finding Value in Users.(Editorial)
January 28, 2008... By Steve Smith, Digital Media Editor for min, min's b2b and min's Digital Media Report It is getting harder to find information online that users are willing to pay for. The Googlization of business models has forced most content to go...

Good-bye Direct Mail, Hello Custom Publishing!
January 28, 2008... By Rick Lyons, Director, Custom Publications, KI Lipton Many of your clients are turning to custom publishers or your own custom publishing departments for marketing solutions. Every month we will present a custom case study that...

2008: Meeting Goals Through Sensible HR Management.
January 28, 2008... By Marvlieu Jolla Hall, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, CMP Technology Many of 2007's HR challenges have made their way into 2008: attracting, retaining, and engaging top talent; creating and sustaining a high performing culture;...

NASA Tech Briefs Follows One Good Year With Another.(National Aeronautics and Space Administration )(Statistical table)(Financial report)
January 28, 2008... ENGINEERING AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-November 2007/2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2007 YTD 2006 1 Advanced Imaging (Cygnus) ...

Biggest Titles, January-November.(Statistical table)(Brief article)(Company rankings)
January 28, 2008... Title (Publisher) 2007 2006 % 1 WWD Daily (Fairchild) 2,538.00 2,520.96 0.68 2 EE Times (CMP) 2,491.39 2,880.20 -13.5 3 Automotive News (Crain) ...