Min's B to B articles from November 2006

Min's B to B archives from November 2006

Penton + Prism.
November 6, 2006... Nussbaum V French: Rumble In Ohio? November 2's announcement of a Prism/Penton mega-merger brings to mind two questions: who will run the new company?; and what is Bruce Wasserstein's exit strategy? First, The Numbers Prism...

More Major Changes At Reiff's Advantage.
November 6, 2006... On August 31, Debby Denton, now ex-publisher of Wireless Week, left Advantage Business Media to pursue other opportunities. The giant telecommunications book now has a new publisher: Holly Hoffer replaces Denton exactly two months after her...

Lull In Video Game Storm Hurts Game Developer.
November 6, 2006... The video game industry has been scheduled to explode past other, more traditional media since the late 90s. With countless articles in magazines and newspapers on the subject (not to mention recent in-depth articles in the big three...

Sept/Oct Overshadowed By November's Big Deal.(CMP Entertainment)
November 6, 2006... Today's $530 million Penton sale (see pages 1-3) overshadows this list of September and October deals, provided by the Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc., but there are still some deals worth noting. The Wicks Group's purchase of CMP Entertainment...

Techonline: CMP's New Portal For The Professional Geek.
November 6, 2006... Techonline.com, a network of technology-focused Web sites founded in 1996 and bought by CMP in 2005, has recently (launched 10/25) gotten a makeover and a reorganization, which CMP hopes will increase its already large number of registered...

Safari Melts The Model.
November 6, 2006... By Steve Smith, Digital Media Editor One of the more interesting B2B plays online, Safari Books, introduces an equally interesting new publishing model with its Short Cuts series of short texts on au courant topics. Somewhere between a...

For Your Consideration: THR's New Net Offering.(The Hollywood Reporter)(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... Hot on the heels of Variety's new site launch, The Hollywood Reporter has a new offering of its own 'for your consideration.' Not only has it launched the next generation of HollywoodReporter.com, but it's also added a unique tool called...

QuickView.(Laurel Touby)(Company overview)
November 6, 2006... Laurel Touby, Founder And CEO Of Mediabistro Laurel Touby, founder and CEO of Mediabistro, was a lonely freelance journalist when she decided to start an offline community to help freelancers, writers, and editors meet people, network,...

News & Notes.(Access Intelligence acquires LDC Forums.)(Nielsen Media Research and Arbitron's Project Apollo to study information consumption.)(1105 Media has hired Ellen Romanow to head the new custom media division.)
November 6, 2006... AI Solidifies Conference And Gas Interests In One Move min's b2b parent Access Intelligence has recently further solidified their position in the energy industry with the acquisition of The LDC Forums, intimate, regional, executive-level...

New Co-CEOs Putting Stamp On Cygnus.
November 13, 2006... In a firestorm of moves at massive B2B publisher Cygnus Business Media, Tony O'Brien and Carr Davis, new co-CEOs who replaced Paul Mackler (min's b2b of 8/14), are putting their stamp on the company. Paul Caplan, publisher of...

Changing Of The Guard At VNU Business Media.(Bob Krakoff)
November 13, 2006... Bob Krakoff is continuing to mold VNU Business Media as its new CEO. Announced November 9, VNU will be reorganizing into six market-focused units: marketing, headed by Mike Parker; film, headed by John Kilcullen (one of min magazine's 21...

Bill Reilly Back In The Game.
November 13, 2006... WPP Backs Reilly In Roll-Up Wind Point Partners, a Chicago and Michigan based private equity firm that manages $2 billion, has acquired both Highline Media from Spire Capital and Pfingsten Publishing from Pfingsten Partners. (Rumors of...

Borowsky's North American Publishing Makes News, Again.(InFurniture acquired by North American Publishing)(Brief article)
November 13, 2006... Home Furnishings Business publisher North American Publishing, acquired InFurniture from Fairchild, announced November 7. InFurniture will be folded into HFB, and HFB will increase from 10 to 14 issues in 2007. None of the employees from...

Heavenly Hotels = Sky-High Profits For Hotel Books.
November 13, 2006... If you've done a lot of business traveling, you know that some things about the hotels you have stayed in have changed drastically in the past few years. Bathrooms and amenities are more luxurious. Lobbies are more sparkling. And, upon...

Pro AV Takes A Dip In September; Broadcast Engineering Crushes Competition.
November 13, 2006... In the July 31 issue of min's b2b, we took a close look at the competition among the systems contractor books, Ascend's Pro AV, Prism's Sound & Video Contractor, and NewBay's (then CMP's) System's Contractor News. The story then was that Pro...

CRN Makeover, A Response To The Market.
November 13, 2006... CMP's CRN (down 22.07% in ad pages, or just over 350 pages, year-to-date) is making big changes. Publisher Dan Dignam and Bob Faletra, CMP channel group president, are launching two new brand extensions, scaling back slightly the frequency...

Live From ad:tech: All The Usual Suspects...Super-Sized.
November 13, 2006... The crammed byways at the NY Hilton last week bespoke online advertising's boom. I recall being in the same ad:tech space only a few years ago with a fraction of the 12,000 registered attendees and two floors of demo booths I saw this year....

QuickView: Don Pazour, CEO Of Access Intelligence.
November 13, 2006... Fully bilingual (English first and Spanish a close second) with a background in metallurgical engineering is not exactly the prototypical description of a CEO in the B2B media space. Yet, Don Pazour, CEO of min's b2b parent Access...

min magazine's Intriguing Breakfast.
November 13, 2006... Over 300 B2B and consumer media players attended the min family's annual 21 Most Intriguing People breakfast at the Grand Hyatt in New York City, Monday, November 6, honor their peers, their brands, and the industry as a whole. Mike...

Priest-Heck Joins UBM In Unnamed Business Development Role.(Brief article)
November 13, 2006... Robert Priest-Heck, previously CEO of MediaLive International Inc., which was recently acquired by UBM (parent of CMP) for $65 million and integrated into CMP Technology, will be joining UBM as part of the senior media management team. He...

AV Invests Further In Lead Generation.(Austin Ventures L.P.)(Brief article)
November 13, 2006... Austin Ventures (AV), a large venture capital firm based in Texas, announced on October 30 its recapitalization of All Star Directories, a lead- generating infomediary for college students and the institutions and advertisers that want to...

Who Will Lead? Insiders Speculate...(John French)(David Nussbaum)
November 20, 2006... Midterm elections are over, and the results are in. Two weeks ago, min's b2b surveyed a group of CEOs, media bankers and insiders with the following question: Who will be the new CEO of Prism + Penton? a) John French, current CEO of...

Mobility Management Upwardly Mobile.(1105 Media)
November 20, 2006... Formerly Stevens' and now 1105 Media's Mobility Management is having a great year thanks to an astounding September in which its ad pages increased by 364.24%, from 32.29 in 2005 to 149.92 in 2006, putting it up 46.24% on the year. This...

Pharmacy Times Takes Booster Shot In September.
November 20, 2006... Ascend Media's Pharmacy Times is having a great year (up 22.54% in ad pages year-to-date), thanks, in part, to a boost in September (24.5 more pages than last year for an increase of 62.15%). "Our PERQ readership scores have improved...

Top Ad Page Gainers Among Books min's b2b Tracks.
November 20, 2006... Ascend, Hearst and 1105 are all making strong charges this year and lead our list of top gainers. Prism, which has had a big year on many fronts, is ninth on the list of percent gain, but has made the most material gain, adding 225 pages in...

No More Romance In Truck Driving.
November 20, 2006... "The logistics industry is simple," says Dave Madonia, publishing directory of Penton's supply chain group. "The more goods being transported within the United States and globally, the more trucks, planes, trains, ships and logistics services...

When the Day Without Print Finally Comes: ThomasNet Gives Its Users Something to Do.
November 20, 2006... By Steve Smith, Digital Media Editor For almost a century the big, fat green Thomas Register was the ubiquitous tome in most procurement offices. This was the place where B2B material purchasing started--a well-thumbed directory of...

A Wrinkle In The WPP/Bill Reilly Roll-Up.(Wind Point Partners)(Brief article)
November 20, 2006... Summit Business Media will be the name of the new company formed last week when Wind Point Partners acquired Highline Media and Pfingsten Publishing and named Bill Reilly chairman and CEO. Unfortunately for Summit Publishing Company...

FCW Boots Up.(Federal Computer Week)(1105)
November 20, 2006... Though down about 55 ad pages on the year (4.04%), 1105's Federal Computer Week has rebounded a bit with a strong September in which it was up over 28 ad pages (15.61%). "The government technology market is somewhat cyclical, and I think...

LightWave Not A Tsunami.
November 20, 2006... The big story in September's boxscore is Pennwell's LightWave, which is down 46.90% on the year in ad pages and down 79.99% in September 2006 v September 2005. According to senior vice president and group publishing director Mark...

ABM Top Management Meeting.
November 20, 2006... Industry Intelligence Over 300 attendees came to Chicago for the 2006 ABM Top Management Meeting at the Westin River North. Publishers, CEOs, vendors, dealmakers, private equity managers and press were among the B2B professionals...