Min's B to B articles from May 2006

Min's B to B archives from May 2006

Four Cheers for the Top 50 Mags of 2005.(Brief article)
May 8, 2006... Irving Berlin must have been clairvoyant: there is no business like show business. Despite a -7.67% change in ad pages, Hollywood Reporter remains solidly at the summit of our Top 50 performers list in 2005, with almost 2,500 more ad pages...

Owner-Operator/Company Driver Winning the Race.
May 8, 2006... Mike Reilly is a happy man, and who can blame him? The president and CEO at Randall-Reilly Publishing Co. saw the page growth and revenues for Owner-Operator/Company Driver double over the course of a year, landing the magazine at the 24...

Jim Kendrick: Cultivating The Human Touch.
May 8, 2006... Jim Kendrick is a strong believer in human contact, particularly when it comes to telephone calls. People calling him at Moose River Publishing in St. Johnsbury, VT, are first greeted with something that may seem like a throwback to a bygone...

Uploading and Rebooting.
May 8, 2006... Given the bloodbath in recent years among many high-tech B2B brands, it may seem odd to profile a member of that community in our Top Performers section. But the numbers are there to support inclusion of 101communications's Federal Computer...

Bernard W. Schraer: Happy Trails To You!(management of Bernard W. Schraer)
May 8, 2006... Bernard W. Schraer does not have time to waste in debating whether paper magazines have more economic viability than digital delivery systems, or vice-versa. The publisher of Northstar Media's Meetings & Conventions fused both formats...

Top 50 Performers - Super Boxscores.
May 8, 2006... Rank: 1 Publication: Hollywood Reporter Publisher: VNU 05 Freq: 60 04 Freq: 58 05 Pages: 5,805.54 04 Pages: 6,288.09 % Diff: -7.67 05 Revenue: 39,058,285 04 Revenue: 38,727,176 % Diff: 0.85 Circulation 2005: 25,184 ...

A Tale of Two Industries.
May 8, 2006... Between the years of 2000 and 2005, 75% of the top 20 performing B2B markets shrunk. Only five sectors showed any growth, and within that quintet only two showed growth that was not anemic. Only the top two markets--Stone Products, etc and...

Letter From the Editor.(Editorial)
May 8, 2006... Dear Reader, It is my pleasure as the new leader of the min's b2b editorial team to welcome Paul Conley to the publication. Paul Conley is one of the most respected voices in B2B publishing. He has held senior positions at Knight-...

B2B Pulse - News and Notes From Around the Biz.
May 8, 2006... Access Intelligence Reinforces Defense Stronghold and Secures Energy Beachhead B2B publisher Access Intelligence, parent of this publication, has acquired the daily publications The Energy Daily and Defense Today, and the weekly...

The Cream of the Cream: The Top 50 Sliced and Diced.
May 8, 2006... TOP 10 TITLES WITH PLUS % SORTED BY HIGHEST REVENUES Rank: 1 Publication: eWeek Publisher: Ziff Davis 05 Freq: 50 04 Freq: 51 05 Revenue: 81,623,823 04 Revenue: 78,510,289 % chg : 3.97 Rank: 2 Publication: Travel Agent...

Top 50 Analysis Continues.(analysis of top 50 printed magazines)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... This is the second part of a two part series. In last week's issue we printed the top 50 magazines according to total ad pages in 2005 as well as select categories sliced and diced. To view this issue, please visit www.minonline.com. ...

Learning Curve.(rankings of Chronicle publishing)
May 15, 2006... The Chronicle of Higher Education Makes Big Gains You don't need an advanced degree in mathematics or even a graphing calculator to do the math on The Chronicle of Higher Education. Impressive increases in the number of advertisers over...

New Pharma Professionals Lead to Ad Surge.
May 15, 2006... By Paul Conley, min's b2b analyst Pharmaceutical magazines have seen print-ad revenue rise 6.58% so far this year, pushed higher by the emergence of new professions in the pharma industry as well as a surge in non-traditional advertisers....

Apple's 'Halo Effect' Lifts Ad Sales.
May 15, 2006... By Paul Conley, min's b2b analyst Many a computer industry analyst has made note of the "halo effect" of Apple's iPod. As sales of the digital-music player soared, interest in Apple's computers rose as well. Sales of Macs and other Apple...

Going Postal.
May 15, 2006... Part 1 - Waste Not, Want Not By Jeremy Greenfield, Associate Editor The subject of postal yawn--excuse me, postal law--is, no doubt, a dry one. Nonetheless, publishers' ears should perk when it is being discussed: "The more you...

B2B's Big Gainers of 2005.
May 15, 2006... Beefing Up By Steve Smith, Digital Media Editor Earlier in this decade, most B2B sectors appeared to be stagnating online, with many sites barely budging the traffic needle month after month. But as our year-end round-up of big traffic...

B2B 10 Years Later.
May 15, 2006... The Paper-Less Chase By Phil Hall, Managing Editor In the next 10 years, anywhere from 20% to 35% of today's B2B publications will not exist as paper editions. I have seen the future of B2B magazine publishing--and in that future I don't...

B2B Pulse: News and Notes from Around the Biz.
May 15, 2006... The Decline of Print? Says Who? CMP Media's Electronics Group released the results of a global media usage study that polled over 4,000 electronics engineers on where and how they receive news, analysis, breaking news and other...

ABM Phoenix 2006.( meetings of American Business Media)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Over 350 members of American Business Media attended this year's annual Spring ABM meeting. The theme of the gathering was new digital revenue streams, their promise, and how to start going after them. The digital space is virtually (no pun...

Advertiser Consolidation Hurts Service/Restaurant Mags.
May 22, 2006... By Paul Conley, min's b2b Analyst Six years ago the foodservice world was a far friendlier place for B2B magazines. Then, between June 2000 and June 2001, the food industry saw $69.2 billion in mergers, including the $18.9 billion...

Subcontractor Niche Tops Building Books.
May 22, 2006... By Paul Conley, min's b2b Analyst In the world of building/construction magazines, it's the titles aimed at subcontractors that are seeing an influx of ads. Steve Nesbitt, publisher of CE Pro, said there's been a steady increase in...

Postal Problem: Part 2 - If it Were Only Rain, Sleet, and Snow...(United States Postal Services (USPS))
May 22, 2006... By Jeremy Greenfield, Associate Editor Last week we talked about the Time, Inc. complaint case and its ramifications: a move towards postal rates that reward more efficient mail by publishers and printers (please visit www.minonline.com if...

Circuits Assembly Surging.(adevertising of electronic industry)
May 22, 2006... Circuits Assembly surpasses its peers with a 22% increase in both ad pages and revenue this month. Mike Buetow, editor-in-chief of the magazine, says that his strategy involves taking one or two pages of an article and running the full...

Make Workforce Diversity Happen.
May 22, 2006... By Phil Hall, Managing Editor Diversity in hiring is a lot like the weather--everyone talks about it, but no one seems to do anything about it. Of course, you can't change the weather. But you can make significant changes when it comes...

Letter From the Editor.(Editorial)(Brief article)
May 22, 2006... Only five out of the 29 speakers listed in the program at the ABM conference last week are women. I do not believe that raw numbers--or quotas- -are themselves a problem; they can, however, be indicative of a problem. I performed an informal...

Slice & Dice: Top Ten Magazine Sorted By YTD % Gain (January - March 2006/2005).
May 22, 2006... Ad Pages Ad Pages YTD 2006 YTD 2005 1 SEMA News (Performance Aftermarket Pubs.) 204.96 129.46 2 SD Times (BZ...

B2B Pulse: News and Notes from Around the Biz.
May 22, 2006... UBM Making Big Moves It was a big day for UBM. They announced a series of moves that reorganize and shake-up their CMP Media division. As of Tuesday, May 17, CMP Media will be known as CMP Technology. Additionally, their health...

Valcon Completes Purchase of VNU.(Brief article)
May 29, 2006... KKR Has Undisclosed Stake in the Purchase--How Will New Ownership Fare? Shareholders representing almost 80% of VNU stock have tendered their stake for the sale to Valcon, private equity group, comprised of six firms. The private equity...

Rich Reiff Steps Down as President of Cygnus Publishing.(Brief article)
May 29, 2006... Rich Reiff, president of Cygnus Business Media's Cygnus Publishing division, is leaving to start his own B2B publishing company. Sources say that it's an amicable departure, and that it will be effective by the next two weeks. Paul Mackler,...

Broadcast/Video Flat - Pro AV Volume Turned Up.
May 29, 2006... When asked why Pro AV is doing so well in a category (Broadcast/Video) that is suffering, Mark Mayfield, editor of the publication, sang the familiar (and historically successful) tune of content and editorial integrity. "I'm not a...

Meeting Magazines' Ad Page Revenue Drops 23%.
May 29, 2006... It was a tough first quarter for the B2B magazines we track in the meetings space. Each book saw double-digit declines in ad page revenue in the first three months of the year. "It's a buyer's market right now," says Melissa Fromento,...

Bank, Finance Mags Lift Rates On Baby Boomer Retirement Woes.
May 29, 2006... The Baby Boomers began turning 60 last year. As that 78 million member demographic begins the march toward retirement, banking and finance magazines are reaping the benefits. "Consumers have finally woken up and said 'I need to do...

Transportation Boxscores.(ad pages and revenue)(Table)
May 29, 2006... TRANSPORTATION AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-March 2006/2005) Ad Pages Ad Pages Title (Publisher) YTD 2006 YTD 2005 1 Air Cargo World...

Doing the Vertical Mambo.(Vertical search for business to business market)
May 29, 2006... With publishers looking to squeeze every bit of value out of their properties, every nook of the Web is being explored and mined for possible profit. Vertical search is a search engine that focuses on one topic, instead of searching the...

The Promise of Internet Video.
May 29, 2006... Until recently, Internet video hasn't been the most pleasant experience, for one reason or another--it takes too long to load, grainy picture, low-quality sound. But with new technology, and a whole host of advertisers looking to dive in,...

QuickView.(VNU Business Media)
May 29, 2006... Michael Marchesano, President, CEO, VNU Business Media, Incoming ABM Chairman When asked about the shifting landscape of the B2B media space, Michael Marchesano starts with his children: "Two years ago, while watching my daughter...

Slice and Dice: Big Boys Making Waves.(top magazines )(Table)
May 29, 2006... TOP TEN MAGAZINE SORTED BY MARCH % GAIN (With Monthly Pages No Less Than 60 Pages) Ad Pages Title (Publisher) Mar-06 1 Journal/Light Construction (Hanley...

News and Notes from Around the Biz.(Hanley-Wood Inc. launching Architect)(magazine advertising)(Jeff Reinhardt was out from Prism Business Media)
May 29, 2006... Jeff Reinhardt Let Go Jeff Reinhardt, publisher and executive VP at Prism Business Media's marketing group, has been fired, according to industry sources. Warren Bimblick, another publisher at Prism, will be taking over Reinhardt's...