Articles from Business Publisher (June 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"American Nurse Today" & "Medicare Patient Management" from Healthcom Media.			292
"Chest Physician" from Elsevier Society News Group.			162
"ENT Today" and "Men in Nursing" from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.			256
"Modern hygienist" from Advanstar Dental Media.			188
According to a new study from the Custom Publishing Council (New York) and "Publications Management," a monthly newsletter produced by McMurry, Inc. (Phoenix, AZ) for marketers pursuing strategies for corporate or custom publishing, spending on custom publishing has more than doubled since 2000.			73
Also, Psychology Press (New York), a unit of Taylor & Francis, has launched "Social Influence," a new quarterly journal that carries research on such topics as conformity, norms, social influence tactics such as reciprocity and scarcity, interpersonal influence, persuasion in democracy, propaganda, comparative influence, minority influence, social movements, rumors, resistance to influence, and the history of influence research.			68
Business Publisher stock quotes.			152
CMP Media's "EE Times" (San Francisco, CA) has launched DSP DesignLine (dspdesignline.com), a new site for engineers and engineering managers developing signal processing systems.			70
Digital Content Producer launched by Prism.			286
E.Republic launches "Government Technology's Emergency Management.			237
Elsevier (London/Philadelphia, PA) will begin the production of "Update on Cancer Therapeutics," a new online-only journal, with an issue in June.			91
Euromoney Institutional Investor (London/New York) has signed an agreement to acquire 47.5% of Asia Business Forum (ABF; Singapore), a conference organizer and training business for the Asian region, for 3 million [pounds sterling].		Brief article	167
Farm Progress Co. (Carol Stream, IL), the publisher of 18 state and regional agricultural magazines, has begun the publication of "RuralLife," a new quarterly title designed to "reach affluent rural lifestylers.".			63
Former CEO of Johnson Hill Press and current Cygnus Publishing division president Richard Reiff, along with Cygnus group vice president George Fox are leaving Cygnus to start their own b2b publishing company.			55
Haights Cross Communications (White Plains, NY), provider of audio books, state specific test preparation materials for grades K-12, supplemental reading materials for grades K-6 and audio reviews of medical literature through four main business segments, had first quarter 2006 revenues of $51.5 million, an increase of 11.1% over the $46.4 million reported in the first quarter of 2005.			131
Hanley Wood to launch "Architect" magazine in October.			200
Kaplan (New York), a division of the Washington Post Company and a provider of education, professional training and test preparation services for K-12 schools, has acquired Tribeca Learning Ltd. (Sydney) for approximately A$56 million, of about $42.1 million.			63
Law Journal Newsletters (LJN; New York), a division of ALM, has begun the publication of "Same Sex Partnership Law Report," a monthly newsletter that covers the ongoing "battle raging in local, state and federal legislative bodies and courts," LJN said.		Brief article	100
MPA Media (Huntington Beach, CA), the producer of "Acupuncture Today" and "Chiropractic Research Review" magazines, among other information products for the alternative medical sector, has launched "Naturopathy Digest," a monthly magazine focusing on providing information for the advancement of the naturopathic profession.			78
National Research Corp. acquires the Governance Institute.			166
New journals from Springer.		Brief article	171
Pearson Education acquires Chancery Software, PowerSchool Italian ed.			298
Previsor (Roswell, GA), a portfolio company of Veronis Suhler Stevenson (New York) and a provider of pre-employment assessments, has acquired Brainbench, Inc. (Chantilly, VA), another provider of employment testing and skills specific, pre-employment assessments.		Brief article	78
Recent print trade magazine closings.			627
Salem Publishing (Nashville, TN), a unit of Salem Communications (Camarillo, CA), a broadcaster and publisher focusing on family themes and religious programming, has acquired "Preaching Magazine" and related online resources from American Ministry Resources (Franklin, TN).			79
Springer Science + Business (New York) will begin the publication of "Criminal Law & Philosophy," a title covering the philosophy of crime and criminal law, with an issue later this year.		Brief article	106
Taylor & Francis (New York) will begin the publication of "Journal of Children & Media" in 2007.			110
TechTarget acquires software site, starts marketing blog & enters UK market.		Brief article	252
Two new journals from Haworth Press.			214
United Business Media consolidates medical/healthcare assets.		Brief article	288
Ziff Davis Media's "eWeek" has launched "eWeek Strategic Partner," an online and print supplement designed to provide strategic information to help executives manage their businesses by focusing on issues that affect their profitability and strategies for increasing revenue.			84