Min's B to B articles from July 2003

Min's B to B archives from July 2003

All in the Family: Former Primedia Exec. Lands Coal Age/ E&MJ.(Coal Age and Engineering & Mining Journal)(Peter Johnson)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2003... Believing the coal/mining industries have not gone the way of the dinosaur, general industrial market publisher Lobos Services (www.lobosservices.com) recently purchased 100+-year-old monthlies Coal Age and Engineering & Mining Journal from...

With Revenues Up (+29% YTD) TechTarget Hits the M&A Spot with Book Buy.(Information Security)(Brief Article)
July 14, 2003... The dour IT market is not putting a damper on high-tech security information publisher TechTarget's purchase plans. Evidence is last week's acquisition of Information Security (circ. 68K) from TruSecure for an undisclosed sum. With 19 Web...

Whitestone Report: Weak B2B M&A Market Recovers in Q2.
July 14, 2003... A short war and Wall Street's recent run-ups may have breathed some life back into the slumbering M&A market, according to Whitestone Communication's Who's Buying Whom report. The recently released report shows Q2 M&A activity among B2B...

Box Scores: May Rockets Aero/Defense Ad Pages/$$$ Higher; Gov. Sector Squeaks in Win.
July 14, 2003... Thanks to victory in Iraq and a rebound in air travel, CMR-tracked aerospace and defense titles took off in May as ad pages (+18.92%) and ad spending (+30.21) soared. High fliers for the month included McGraw-Hill's Aviation Week (+79.45% ad...

Developer Sector Suffers Double-Digit Ad Drops in May.
July 14, 2003... Lasting IT sector softness landed CMR-monitored developer books in the dumps for May as ad pages (-12.98%) and ad spending (-13.56%) plummeted. Escaping the fray for the month: CMP Media's Dr. Dobb's Journal (+5.01%/ad pages/+4.38% ad...

Editor's Note: Happy Anniversary to...
July 14, 2003... If your magazine or parent publisher is celebrating a milestone anniversary - or if you've reached a career milestone yourself (i.e., your 10-year anniversary with a pub), then min magazine wants to know. We're compiling a list of celebrations...

B2B People Movers & Shakers:.(Brief Article)
July 14, 2003... Last week, DeSilva & Phillips named Marti Frucci (ex-CSFB) as managing director... Michael Conant (ex-Institutional Investor/Thomson Media) joined The Deal LLC as VP/subscription sales... Firehouse publisher, Bruce Bowling becomes director of...

min's "Most Intriguing Magazine Person" CALL FOR NOMINATIONS.
July 14, 2003... Deadline for Nominations: August 25, 2003. Know someone "Intriguing"? This October, min magazine will salute "The 21 Most Intriguing People" in consumer and b2b magazines. We'll showcase publishing executives with an uncanny sense of...

Stock Watch: Investors Mixed on B2B Media for Week.
July 14, 2003... Wall Street wavered, leaving B2B media stocks near even with four up and five down for the week. Topping the ticker were Reuters (+12.00% FTW, $20.22/+18.90% YTD) and United Business Media (+4.50% FTW, $5.15/+21.40% YTD), while Primedia (+1.20%...

New Cygnus Residential/Commercial Security Expo Only Show in Town.(Cygnus Business Media)(Brief Article)
July 21, 2003... Sure to be an issue in the 2004 presidential election, security solutions are already making a splash in the world of B2B publishing. Evidence is Cygnus Business Media's foray last week into the security trade show business with the launch of...

JEGI Report: First-Half '03 B2B M&A Activity in Decline; Deal $$$ Soars.
July 21, 2003... The recession may have ended 18 months ago, but post-9/11 and pre-war worries plagued B2B M&A activity for the first half of 2003. Deals declined 37.1% (88 deals)--down from 140 transactions in the same period a year ago--even as deal value...

On the Road: Advanstar's Healthcare Traveler Unveils Fall Career Forums.(Advanstar Communications Inc.)
July 21, 2003... With fewer healthcare professionals to go around, more are hitting the road to fill regional gaps experienced during major U.S. population shifts (e.g. retirees heading south for winter). Bridging the gap between patient and healthcare...

Box Scores: Engineering Sector Sinks Under May's Weak Ad Page/$$$ Results.
July 21, 2003... A prolonged pullback in manufacturing led engineering titles tracked by CMR to stumble in May as ad pages (-3.67%) and ad spending (-8.70%) dipped. High tech titles, PennWell's Portable Design (+60.86% ad pages/+60.76% ad revenues) and Up...

May Sours Vert/ Special Interest Sector; Reseller Falls Flat.
July 21, 2003... CMR's vertical/special interest titles tanked in May as ad pages (-9.16%) and ad spending (-16.00%) plummeted. Top-tier title winners: Paytech (+17.82% ad pages/+12.68% ad revenues) and The Journal (+22.69%/+27.26%) were few and far between....

Eye on New Media: Dr. Dobb's Makes House Calls with PDF E-Zines.(Dr. Dobb's Journal)(Brief Article)
July 21, 2003... CMP Media's venerable Dr. Dobb's Journal (www.ddj.com) for programming pros is an old hand at leveraging the downloadable PDF format in some artful ways. A Java programming e-zine released last month is just the latest in a history of such...

May Box Scores: It Could Have Been Worse.
July 21, 2003... May is the sort of month online that demonstrates a special resilience to business pubs. Even though we are moving into the vacation months that kill atwork B2B traffic generally, the trade sites had a mixed response to warmer weather....

Editor's Note: Happy Anniversary to...
July 21, 2003... If your magazine or parent publisher is celebrating a milestone anniversary - or if you've reached a career milestone yourself (i.e., your 10-year anniversary with a pub), then min magazine wants to know. We're compiling a list of celebrations...

min's "Most Intriguing Magazine Person" CALL FOR NOMINATIONS.
July 21, 2003... Deadline for Nominations: August 25, 2003. Know someone "Intriguing"? This October, min magazine will salute "The 21 Most Intriguing People" along with two Readers Choice winners - a consumer and b2b media person as selected by the...

Stock Watch: B2B Bears Edge Out Bulls for Week.(business to business)
July 21, 2003... B2B media stocks ended mixed with five up and six down as investor profit-taking pulled down the Dow/NASDAQ for the week. Topping the ticker were Primedia (+4.80% FTW, $3.50/69.90% YTD) and Scholastic (+3.10% FTW, $28.08/-21.90% YTD)--having...

Presidential Postal Commission Favors ABM-Backed USPS Reforms...(Brief Article)
July 28, 2003... After a seven-year postal reform fight, American Business Media scored a long list of victories after the Presidential Commission last week recommended the United States Postal Service "control costs" by shuttering superfluous processing...

... As a Possible Rate Hike in 2005 Casts a Dark Cloud.(Brief Article)
July 28, 2003... Still up for grabs is whether or not the USPS will file for new rate hikes next spring under the guise of product redesign--which determines how periodicals are shipped: via pallet or sack mail; or stick by a recent agreement with mailers that...

CMP Media's CRN [magazine] Facelift Adds Contents to Cover.(Brief Article)
July 28, 2003... One of a half-dozen reseller books still standing, CMP Media's CRN (circ. 117K) last month unveiled an in-house cover redesign. Having taken the 20+ yearold newsweekly from a news tabloid to a glossy feature magazine format, CMP's latest...

Box Scores: May Ad Page/$$$ Results Sweetens Foodservice Sector.
July 28, 2003... Foodservice titles tracked by CMR served up near-even ad pages (+2.80%) in May, while ad spending (+5.15%) surged. Biggest food books, Lebhar-Friedman's Nation's Restaurant News (+14.71% ad pages/ +19.76% ad revenues)--with $15.8M in the bank...

Healthcare Sector $$$ (+9%) Offers Cure for Anemic Ad Pages in May.
July 28, 2003... CMR's healthcare sector proved mixed in May as ad pages (-0.30%) flatlined and ad spending (+8.79%) improved. Pharma-titles followed suit as US Pharmacist (-14.87% ad pages/-13.58% ad revenues) faltered and Pharmacy Today (+108.25%/+120.23%)...

B2B People: Movers & Shakers.
July 28, 2003... Cygnus Business Media recently promoted Tom Lynch to publisher of Professional Tool & Equipment News (circ. 110K) and Professional Tool & Equipment Distributor (circ 10K). Most recently he served as associate publisher for both books... Tony...

Editor's Note: Happy Anniversary to...(Editorial)
July 28, 2003... If your magazine or parent publisher is celebrating a milestone anniversary, if you've reached a career milestone yourself (i.e., your 10-year anniversary with a pub), or if your magazine is going through a re-design then min magazine wants to...

min's "Most Intriguing Magazine Person" Call For Nominations.(Brief Article)
July 28, 2003... Deadline for Nominations: August 18, 2003. Know someone "Intriguing"? This October, min magazine will salute "The 21 Most Intriguing People" in consumer and b2b magazines. We'll showcase publishing executives with an uncanny sense of...

Stock Watch: Investors Give B2B 'Buy' Rating for Week.
July 28, 2003... A lackluster week on Wall Street had no affect on B2B media as all stocks but Dow Jones (-2.30% FTW, $42.14/-1.40% YTD) ended up, as JupiterMedia (-1.02% FTW, $3.89/YTD % n/a) and United Business Media (-0.60% FTW, $5.10/+20.20% YTD) fell flat....