``Webcast Brings Regional Leaders Together to Discuss What's Happening NOW in Northeast Ohio''.

CLEVELAND -- Penton Media, Inc. (OTCBB:PTON)

Regionalism and the need to communicate the successes of Northeast Ohio to the world were the central themes of a recent live webcast produced by Penton Media.

"To some degree we've institutionalized our region's inferiority complex," said Dan Berry, vice president of the Greater Cleveland Partnership. "We really need to be breaking out of that syndrome."

The panel event was broadcast live on June 15th. Six Northeast Ohio (NEOhio) leaders commanded a portion of the webcast to address the critical needs for our region to ensure sustainable success.

--Chris Ronayne - City of Cleveland, Mayor's Chief of Staff

--Dan Berry - Greater Cleveland Partnership, Vice-President

--Bob Farley - TeamNEO, President

--John Zitzner - ECITY, President and Founder

--Chuck Hickman - NOCHE, Executive Director

--Dave Lieberth - City of Akron, Deputy Mayor

Moderator and host of the event, Joe Pulizzi, Director of Penton's Custom Media, said he was impressed by both the knowledge and commitment of the presenters. "We assembled an impressive group of leaders for this panel; the level of their expertise and commitment to the region was clear to the audience."

Early in the interactive webcast, viewers responded to the online question, "In your opinion, what is the biggest challenge facing NEOhio?" Overwhelmingly, participants selected "Jobs & Economic viability" followed closely by "The need to market NEOhio to the rest of the world" as being the most important issues for our region to address.

Virtually every presenter detailed their organizations' plans to take future communications outside NEOhio in order to attract new businesses, jobs and residents to our region.

"We look for the obstacles and barriers to growth that we can help work with our partners to alleviate, so that they can continue to expand and take advantage of the workforce and quality of life and so on," said Bob Farley, president of TeamNEO.

The close of the event detailed an additional communication vehicle for NEOhio's success, a publication called Northeast Ohio Works. The publication, a supplement that has run with Expansion Management the past couple years, promotes expansion and economic development in NEOhio. According to Pulizzi, Northeast Ohio Works is an opportunity for NEOhio to get in front and say, 'Here we are, we're an option, look at us.'

A replay of this timely webcast can be accessed free for the next several weeks via this link:

http://www.expansionmanagement.com/upcomingevents.asp

About Penton Media

Penton (www.Penton.com) is a diversified business-to-business media company that provides high-quality content and integrated marketing solutions to the following industries: aviation; design/engineering; electronics; food/retail; government/compliance; business technology/enterprise IT; leisure/hospitality; manufacturing; mechanical systems/construction; health/nutrition and natural and organic products; and supply chain. Founded in 1892, Penton produces market-focused magazines, trade shows, conferences and online media, and provides a broad range of custom media and direct marketing solutions for business-to-business markets.