Min's B to B articles from November 2004

Min's B to B archives from November 2004

Marketers and Ad Agencies Join B2B Media in Chicago on Nov. 18.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Taking advantage of the gathering of B2B media's top executives in Chicago for the American Business Media Top Management Meeting (See min's b2b, Oct. 25) from Nov. 15-17, the association will help host the second B-to-B Marketing Day in the...

The Deal Previews Technology Spin-off, Tech Confidential.
November 1, 2004... Today's edition of The Deal will include a 32-page "preview" copy of Tech Confidential, a title that will be distributed to The Deal's 25,000 corporate executive readers on a bimonthly basis starting in May 2005. Although not a freestanding...

B2B People on the Move.
November 1, 2004... Cygnus Business Media has realigned some executive-level responsibilities in its Cygnus Publishing division. Pat Nadler, a 20-year company veteran, has been named executive vice president, a new title in the division. He was previously...

B2B Boxscores (August).(Illustration)
November 1, 2004... BROADCAST/VIDEO AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January- August) Ad Pages Ad Pages % Chg. PUBLICATIONS YTD 2004 YTD 2003 YTD 1 AV Video & Multimedia Producer 255.66 281.25 -9.1...

B2B Boxscores (August): Three Stagnito Titles Stand Out in Diverse Foodservice Field.(Illustration)
November 1, 2004... The Foodservice group has gone from 3.8% down YTD through June to -02.6% YTD through August. In a group with 30 diverse publications, a one percentagepoint move in a positive direction is significant. Given the performance of the total...

B2B Boxscores (August).(Illustration)
November 1, 2004... VERTICAL/SPECIAL INTEREST AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-August) Ad Pages Ad Pages % Chg. PUBLICATIONS YTD 2004 YTD 2003 YTD 1 CRM Customer Relationship Mgt. 108.17 140.5...

B2B Stockwatch.(Illustration)
November 1, 2004... Based on Thursday's Market Close (10/28/04) Company Symbol Close 1 Week % Chg. Dow Jones & Co. DJ 43.8 1.06% Elsevier N.V. ENL 26.22 1.08% JupiterMedia Corp.1 JUPM ...

B2B Financial News.
November 1, 2004... VNU, the Dutch parent of VNU Business Media, signed an agreement on Thursday with a syndicate of banks for a revolving credit facility of EUR 1 billion ($1.27 billion). According to the company, "This committed facility is intended for general...

December 3 Deadline for Entries in the 2005 Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards.(www.americanbusinessmedia)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... American Business Media is accepting entries for its prestigious B2B editorial awards until Friday, December 3. The Call for Entries document is available in pdf format at www.americanbusinessmedia.com or call (212) 661-6360. The 2005 Neal...

News Analysis: Two Thomson Media Offerings Mark M&A Market's Downturn and Upturn.
November 15, 2004... In Fall 2001, Thomson Corp.'s failure to sell its Thomson Media Group for a bearable price epitomized the state of the M&A market for B2B publishing: The B2B media was struggling with the fast and drastic loss of advertisers and revenue when...

B2B Ad Categories: Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals Slides into the No. 7 Spot.(Business to Business)(Illustration)
November 15, 2004... You don't ordinarily see much change in the ranking of the top 10 B2B industry segments by revenue (as tracked by CMR for min's b2b). When comparing the end of the third quarter (September, below) with the end of the first half in June,...

B2B Strategy: Access Intelligence Reinvents AV Video Multimedia Producer as Studio Monthly.
November 15, 2004... What do you do with a 26-year-old publication that's dropped from No. 1 to No. 4 position in a market that's gone from 4,000 ad pages down to 2,000 over the past four years? If you're a new publisher coming from the competitor that went from...

TechTarget Takes Aim at CIOs with Ex-IDG Team.
November 15, 2004... Flush with $70 million in venture capital and eager to expand within the enterprise information technology (IT) space, Greg Strakosch, co-founder and CEO of TechTarget, has put three former IDG hires to work launching CIO Decisions, a monthly...

B2B Boxscores (September).(Business to Business)(Illustration)
November 15, 2004... HEALTHCARE-PHARMACEUTICAL AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-September) Ad Pages Ad Pages PUBLICATIONS YTD 2004 YTD 2003 1 Assisted Living Today 136.17 140.25...

Boxscores (September).(Ad pages)(Illustration)
November 15, 2004... DEVELOPERS/TECHNICAL AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January - September) Ad Pages Ad Pages PUBLICATIONS YTD 2004 YTD 2003 1 Access VB SQL Advisor 86 126 2...

B2B People on the Move.(Jobson Education Group)(Business to Business)
November 15, 2004... The Magazine Publishers of America and the American Society of Magazine Editors will honor IDG chairman Patrick J. McGovern with a Lifetime Achievement Award on Jan. 26, 2005 at the Waldorf=Astoria. McGovern has been named as this year's...

B2B Stockwatch.(Illustration)
November 15, 2004... Based on Thursday's Market Close (11/11/2004) Company Symbol Close 1 Week % Chg. Dow Jones & Co. DJ 45.04 0.72% Elsevier N.V. ENL 27.31 1.07% JupiterMedia Corp.1 JUPM ...

Smaller Media Companies to Form Buying Consortium.
November 22, 2004... At the recent American Business Media (ABM) Top Management Meeting, the founding members of the Integrated Media Consortium (IMC) looked to recruit the four additional media companies they need in order to launch a voluntary buying cooperative...

B2B Strategy: Highline Media Takes on Fraud.(Brief Article)
November 22, 2004... In one of the smaller deals since its founding a year ago, Highline Media purchased a bimonthly magazine called Fraud International from Raleigh, NC-based MJM Investigations. MJM Investigations had purchased the publication, then called The...

Digital Delivery Still Catching On Slowly.
November 22, 2004... BPA has released its first ranking of publications using digital delivery that includes both consumer and B2B media. The vast majority of the top 25 magazines delivered via the Internet are B2B, with a tilt toward technology titles. While eWeek...

ABM's Top Management Meeting Breaks All-Time Attendance Record.(American Business Media)(Brief Article)
November 22, 2004... With 234 attendees, the American Business Media Top Management Meeting, held in Chicago last Monday through Wednesday, broke last year's attendance record by 14%. One-third of the meeting participants, 76, were high-level executives from ABM...

B2B New Media: Digital Magazine Technology Surges Ahead...of Adoption.
November 22, 2004... For the last several years, it has often seemed that downloadable, digital replicas of print publications were just on the edge of widespread use. However, a certain amount of advertiser skepticism coupled with a lack of overwhelming reader...

Boxscores (September).(Illustration)(Industry Overview)
November 22, 2004... ENGINEERING AD PAGES AND REVENUES (January-September) Ad Pages Ad Pages % Chg. PUBLICATIONS YTD 2004 YTD 2003 YTD 1 Advanced Imaging ...

Ad Age Parent Buys American Demographics, Ceases Publication.(Brief Article)
November 22, 2004... After a quarter of a century as the leading branded resource on demographic trends and their effect on the American economy and culture, American Demographics published its final issue this month. Primedia, which put American Demographics on...

B2B Stockwatch.(Illustration)
November 22, 2004... Based on Thursday's Market Close (11/18/04) Company Symbol Close 1 Week % Chg. Dow Jones & Co. DJ 43.84 -2.66% Elsevier N.V. ENL 27.11 -0.73% JupiterMedia Corp.1 JUPM ...