Articles from Business Publisher (April 16, 2005)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"Contract Packaging" launched by Summit Publishing.		Brief Article	169
Advanstar Communications agrees to sell assets to new company.			343
August Comm. downsizes; Kenilworth acquires and launches titles.		Brief Article	245
Business publisher stock quotes.		Illustration	155
CNET acquires photo-sharing service; launches business site.		Brief Article	179
Commonwealth Media purchases back aviation solutions; launches show.		Brief Article	209
Dowden Health Media sold to Lebhar-Friedman.			293
Farm Journal Media (Philadelphia, PA), the producer of such ag titles as Dairy Today, Top Producer and Beef Business Journal, has acquired the "U.S. Farm Report, Town & Country," an agricultural television news program, from Tribune Entertainment Co. (Los Angeles, CA).			98
First quarter mergers & acquisitions increase.		Brief Article	206
John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (Chichester, Eng.) has completed the acquisition of Whurr Publishers Limited (London), a publisher of books and journals in health sciences and special education.			95
Media Brains (Naples, FL), a company that provides lead management and ROI measurement services for the publishing industry, has acquired Berkshire Information Systems (Lenox, MA), a company that provides reader service and lead management products for the publishing industry.		Brief Article	65
Primedia Sale & AC, Magazine merger & new consumer boat mags.			282
Scissortail Productions buys "Implement & Tractor," Starts magazine.		Brief Article	193
SD (Software Development Times.		Brief Article	64
Trade and professional, magazines and journals, start-up or announced, first quarter 2005.		Illustration	708
United Business Media's CMP Media (Manhasset, NY) division has purchased DotNetJunkies.com and Sq1Junkies.com, online communities for developers using the Microsoft.NET framework and those using Microsoft SQL Server, respectively.		Brief Article	52
Vance Publishing (Lincolshire, IL) has consolidated the company's food-related assets into a single business unit.		Brief Article	113
Wicks Medical signs agreement to buy Jobson; acquires Designwrite, Inc.		Brief Article	365