Articles from Business Publisher (October 31, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"Pristine Processing" magazine from Chemical Week Associates.		Brief Article	232
"Red Herring" brand relaunched via web, newsletters & conferences.		Brief Article	177
"Wireless Fidelity" launched by Virgo Publishing.		Brief Article	175
Advanstar acquires "Cadence" magazine from CMP Media.		Brief Article	227
Agricore United sells Farm Bus. Comm. to Glacier Ventures Int. Corp.		Brief Article	224
Aviation Week to launch "NetDefense" in January.		Brief Article	197
Bacon's Information acquires Advertising Info. Services Division.		Brief Article	127
BIOSIS pursues final negotiations for sale to Thomson.		Brief Article	235
Blackwell purchases "Int. Journal of Clinical Practice" from Medicom Int.		Brief Article	193
Business Publisher stock quotes.		Brief Article	155
CMP Media (Manhasset, NY) has formed the Network Computing Enterprise Architecture Group, a new business unit that includes magazines targeted to an array of technology professionals.		Brief Article	42
Conde Nast's (New York) Wired magazine has launched Gadget Lab, a weekly e-newsletter that carries product reviews of the "dozens of products hitting the market each week," the company said.		Brief Article	58
dmg world media (London) has signed a letter of intent to acquire "Quebec City Cam-Expo" from Roger Desrosiers (Montreal, PQ).		Brief Article	49
Four of the 12 categories covered showed an improvement in ad spending, including Automotive (+36.7%), Services/Direct Response (+7.5), Drugs/Toiletries (+6.1) and Retail (+2.3).			68
IMS: Auditor (New York) reports that ad pages for b2b technology and business technology magazine titles fell 15.7% in September compared to 2002, going from 7992 ad pages last year to 6735 pages in 2003.			78
In related news, CMP Asia's (Hong Kong) Chinese joint venture business Sinoexpo has joined with trade fair organizer BolognaFiere (Bologna, IT) to organize two major trade shows in China.		Brief Article	70
Information Resources, Inc. (IRI; New York) has received an unsolicited, non-binding offer from Open Ratings, Inc. (Waltham, MA) to acquire all of IRI outstanding shares.			97
New monthly magazine from Global Gaming Business.		Brief Article	211
Primedia Business Magazines and Media (Minneapolis, MN) has changed the name of AgriClick Insider, an electronic newsletter, to Crop News Weekly.		Brief Article	41
Reed Business Information (Des Plaines, IL) has closed Electronic Packaging & Production and merged its editorial and circulation into Semiconductor International.			78
Selected trade and professional publication and online services, start-up or announced, third quarter 2003.		Illustration	519
Spending on b2b print advertising fell 6.3% in August compared to August last year.			39
Two new litigation reporters from Andrews Publications.		Brief Article	205
United Publications sells "Golf Course News" to GIE Media.		Brief Article	132
Ziff Davis launches Baseline Information Services; new magazines.		Brief Article	209
Ziff Davis Media (New York) has launched 1UP.com, a new web site for gaming enthusiasts.		Brief Article	36