Min's B to B articles from June 2006

Min's B to B archives from June 2006

VNU to Launch Rich Data/Information Product for Legal Pros.(VNU Business Media)(professionals)(Brief article)
June 5, 2006... Since legal issues have become an increasingly important part of show business, VNU Business Media will launch Hollywood Reporter, ESQ., an online, subscription-based business information service for legal professionals involved in the...

Auto Market Down, Aftermarket Up--Who Thrives?(Statistical table)
June 5, 2006... Year-to-date and in the month of March, automotive ad pages are flat (although revenue is up 8.93%). That is, if you look at the market as a whole. However, some books are doing incredibly well. "The industry is dealing with a lot of...

Reseller and Vertical/Special Interest Ad Pages.(Statistical table)
June 5, 2006... RESELLER AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January - March 2006/2005) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2005 YTD 2004 1 Business Solutions (Corry Publishing) 173.32 ...

EHX Makes Big Gains.(Statistical data)
June 5, 2006... Tradeshow Week and min's b2b Join Forces on Tradeshow Analysis We are pleased to announce a new partnership between min's b2b and Tradeshow Week, a Reed Business Information publication. Face-to-face events are becoming an increasingly...

Back to the Fields: More Work than Browsing in an Abbreviated April.(Statistical data)
June 5, 2006... By Steve Smith, Digital Media Editor Traffic to business information sites in April was mixed overall, and the three fewer workdays in the month didn't help. Many of the techs took an especially hard hit, as bellwethers of overall B2B...

A Box Scores Note.
June 5, 2006... Starting this month, min's b2b is asking Box Score members to source their traffic reports. The overwhelming majority of sites supply us with internal logs via Web analytics software, which is exactly how we like it. Years ago, we conceived...

Amorphous Editors.
June 5, 2006... Expanding Role of Editors The number of hours in every week hasn't gone up since, well, ever. Yet today's B2B editor is expected to do more and more. The proliferation of online B2B properties, smaller profit margins, and an increasingly...

QuickView.(Brief article)
June 5, 2006... Neal Vitale, President, CEO, 1105 Media When 101Communications publications changed its name to 1105 Media publications in April of this year, those not in the know wondered why. Not why Neal Vitale, Reed Elsevier and Peterson Publishing...

Rich Reiff on His Move From Cygnus.(Cygnus Business Media )(Interview)
June 5, 2006... min's b2b: Can you comment on the news of last week? Rich Reiff: I have left Cygnus to start or find my own B2B publishing company. This is an amicable departure. b2b: What are you planning on doing? RR: I'm looking to buy some...

News and Notes from Around the Biz.(VNU Business Media)(Brief article)
June 5, 2006... After over 110 Years, Amusement Business Finished...For Now This month, VNU Business Media will print its last issue of Amusement Business, a monthly trade publication that debuted in 1894. The magazine served owners and managers of the...

Diane O'Connor Out, Kevin O'Keefe in at Canon.(Canon Communications Inc.)(Brief article)
June 12, 2006... Diane O'Connor announced on Friday, June 2, the end of her 20-year career with Canon Communications. Kevin O'Keefe, who has been with the company since 1995 and who has been the sales manager for tradeshows, will be replacing O'Connor as...

Healthcare Finance Attracts New Competitor.(MedTech Publishing Co.)
June 12, 2006... The publisher with the largest year-to-date revenue rise among the healthcare publications we track is launching a new product this month-- entering a new category and competing directly against a prize-winning industry stalwart. MedTech...

Phone Ringing Off the Hook in April Telecom.
June 12, 2006... Year-to-date, the Telecom sector is being challenged, losing 8.68% ad pages compared with 2005. Some publications, most notably, Wireless Week and Telephony are bucking that trend, having posted increases of 18.10% and 19.82% year-to-date,...

Off the Hook April Numbers for Telecom.(Statistical table)
June 12, 2006... TELECOMMUNICATIONS AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-April 2006/2005) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2006 YTD 2005 1 America's Network (Advanstar)...

Kitchen, Walls, and Windows Biggest April Gainers.(Statistical table)
June 12, 2006... SLICE AND DICE APRIL SORTED BY AD PAGE % GAINS (2006/2005) - with minimum of 45 ad pages Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) APRIL '06 APRIL '05 1 Broadcast...

The Digital Gurus.(Toni Nevitt)(Mitch Rouda)(Eric Shanfelt)
June 12, 2006... Business development is an important part of any B2B media--nay, any company. In the past ten years, and most notably in the past five, business development is happening more and more on the Internet. Enter digital gurus. CTO, VP of eMedia,...

QuickView.(PC World)(Brief article)
June 12, 2006... Harry McCracken, Vice President and Editor in Chief at PC World When asked whether he's more "vice president" or "editor" at IDG's PC World, Harry McCracken's answer is clear: "I'm an editor. That's how I make my contribution in...

Integrated Marketing Awards Winners Saluted.(Farm Journal Media)(CMP Media L.L.C.)(Wind River)(Brief article)
June 12, 2006... During a breakfast at the Westin Times Square in New York this past Wednesday, sponsored by BPA and IMS, min and min's b2b announced the winners of its Integrated Marketing Awards (IMAs) and its Platinum Awards for excellence in integrated...

ASBPE Updates Code of Ethics.(American Society of Business Publication Editors)(Brief article)
June 12, 2006... The American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) recently updated and reissued their code of ethics designed specifically for magazine editors. This revision, out May 2006, is the first since 2000. "With this version of the...

Correction.(Correction notice)
June 12, 2006... Last week in the newsletter we printed an article on the role of editors in which Roy Harris was quoted. Part of the quotation was erroneous, and Harris made this statement through email: "CFO reporters and editors never talk to...

April Developer Numbers.(Statistical table)
June 12, 2006... DEVELOPER/TECHNICAL AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-April 2006/2005) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2006 YTD 2005 1 asp.netPRO (Informant...

News and Notes from around the Biz.(Alison Bethel to Head ALM's Legal Times)(Windows IT Pro Announces Launch of New Site)
June 12, 2006... Windows IT Pro Announces Launch of New Site Windows IT Pro announced their launch of a new rich data site this week: Windows IT Community Research (www.itcommunityresearch.com). "It's not just a single product. It's a whole family of...

Simmons-Boardman Acquires Davison Publishing.
June 19, 2006... Simmons-Boardman announced its acquisition of Davison Publishing Co. Inc. on June 12. The combination of Simmons-Boardman's buyer's guides with Davison's Blue Books and also that of Simmons-Boardman's marine directory with Davison's Marine...

Restaurant Business' New Focus (and New Look).(Statistical table)
June 19, 2006... In the challenged food sector (just look at the numbers year-to-date and for this April), the rumor was that there were too many books--too many fish fighting for the same feed. The market was occupied, and publishers were feeling the...

Electronics Books Plug Away Despite Semiconductor Slump.
June 19, 2006... Excess capacity in semiconductor manufacturing severely hit B2B magazines that serve the industry. A turnaround seems to be at hand, according to one publishing executive. "We were pretty nervous in the first quarter," says John Bold,...

May M&A Melee.
June 19, 2006... One notable absence from the chart on the following page is the Valcon acquisition of VNU. An account of this important story can be found in the May 29 issue of min's b2b. VNU is back in the news this week. CEO Rob van den Bergh resigned...

QuickView: Reed Phillips, Managing Partner, Desilva and Phillips.
June 19, 2006... Reed Phillips is a managing partner at DeSilva and Phillips, the New York based investment bank that was most recently involved in aQuantive acquiring Franchise Gator, announced May 17. Many of you already know this. Some things you may not...

CE Pro and K&BB Continue Skyward Climb in April.(Statistical table)
June 19, 2006... BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January - April 2006/2005) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2006 YTD 2005 1 Big Builder...

News and Notes.(Contexo Media Acquires Medical Management Institute)(Steve Cohn)(Michael Dornheim lost his life in the accident)
June 19, 2006... Railway Age Turns 150 Before we had the transcontinental railroad (completed in Utah in 1869), we had Railway Age. This year marks the 150th anniversary for the Simmons-Boardman's book. Railway Age is considered to be the oldest B2B...

Wall Between 'Church' and 'State' only at 50%.
June 26, 2006... Last week, Manning Selvage & Lee and PR Week announced the disturbing results of their fourth annual Marketing Management Survey. The survey polled over 250 marketing executives on a range of issues, including integrated marketing, new...

Low Times for High Seas Shipping (and Air Freight, too).
June 26, 2006... Transport, especially ocean freight, is getting hammered and books are feeling it. Like the travel industry, the transport industry is just now starting to come back from the funk of 2001. The reasons are myriad, interconnected, and...

Trickledown of Increased Travel Finally Hitting Pubs.
June 26, 2006... As is true of most US industries, the travel industry is still bouncing back from 2001. Unlike other sectors, however, travel is particularly plagued by the two-headed dragon of xenophobia and high gas prices. Travel agent books have the...

First Quarter Street Money Boosts Bank Books.
June 26, 2006... The first quarter was a good one on Wall Street. For the umpteenth time in a row, profits were up. Executive compensations for the previous year were announced and were mammoth--$22.3 million for J.P. Morgan's CEO and chairman (each--that's...

TV Books' Tech-Driven Boom.(Statistical table)
June 26, 2006... In television, there are a few times of the year when everything is on the line. There's September, when the new programs debut. There's August, when the industry gathers for the Emmy Awards. And then there is April, when everyone in the...

The Search Threat...Enumerated.
June 26, 2006... By Steve Smith, Digital Media Editor We felt some heat in these pages a year ago when we first raised the question "Google: Friend or Foe?" to business publishers. Big G itself descended on us (well, me, actually) with clear denials that...

Banking Books Making the Big Bucks.
June 26, 2006... TOP BANKING TITLES SORTED BY HIGHEST YEAR-TO-DATE GAINS IN AD PAGES (Jan.- April 2006/2005) Ad Pages Ad Pages PUBLICATIONS YTD 2006 YTD 2005 1 Research...

Travel and Transport Motoring.(Statistical data)
June 26, 2006... TOP TRAVEL/TRANSPORT TITLES SORTED BY HIGHEST YEAR-TO-DATE GAINS IN AD PAGES (Jan.-April 2006/2005) Ad Pages Ad Pages PUBLICATIONS YTD 2006 YTD...

Top B2B Books Sliced and Diced (drawn from the complete list of titles we follow).
June 26, 2006... TOP TITLES SORTED BY HIGHEST YEAR-TO-DATE GAINS IN AD PAGES (Jan.-April 2006/2005) (With a minimum of 100 ytd ad pages in 2006) Ad Pages Ad Pages PUBLICATIONS ...

Government Books Sag After First Quarter.
June 26, 2006... For the B2B magazines that serve government, April proved a disappointment. Four of the nine publications we track saw revenue drop that month versus a year earlier. And that decline put a stop to the year-to-date increases we noted last...

ABM Releases Harris Study Data: B2B Advertising Highly Effective.
June 26, 2006... On June 21, American Business Media presented the results of their Business Media Study, conducted by Harris Interactive Inc. The overall findings of the study indicate that B2B media is the best way for advertisers to reach decision-makers....

Penton Buys an HVAC Town; Computerworld Upgrades.(Penton Media Inc.)(HVAC-Talk.com )(Computerworld.com )
June 26, 2006... By Steve Smith, Digital Media Editor Building online community out of whole cloth is easier said than done. When you find your audience of business pros is already congregating elsewhere to swap war stories, then you may as well just buy...

Congratulations to the min and min's b2b IMA Winners.
June 26, 2006... Below are the categorical B2B winners for min and min's b2b Integrated Marketing Awards. Both winning and honorable mention campaigns are posted on minonline.com and will be featured in a special min's Advertising Report, which you will...

CMP + (NXTBook + del.icio.us) = Powerful Publishing Punch.(CMP Technology)(NXTbook Media)
June 26, 2006... CMP Technology announced on June 21 a partnership with NXTbook Media. NXTbook will put out digital editions for CMP titles, six to start: InformationWeek, EE Times, Embedded Systems Design, Electronics Supply Manufacturing, Dr. Dobb's...

Custom Publisher McMurry Acquires Redspring Communications Inc.(McMurry Inc.)(Redspring Communication Inc.)
June 26, 2006... Papers were signed last Friday (6/16) in the McMurry acquisition of Redspring Communication Inc., a 39-person custom publisher in Saratoga Springs, NY. This deal helps McMurry continue its rapid expansion--145 people now work for McMurry,...