Articles from Business Publisher (May 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"Bariatric Nursing" from Mary Ann Liebert.		Brief article	163
"Renal Business Today" from Virgo Publishing.		Brief article	206
Advertising revenue was basically flat for the first two months of 2006 for business publications in 21 categories.		Brief article	68
Blackwell acquires two journals from Neva Press.		Brief article	199
Business publisher stock quotes.		Table	152
CPA Cyndee Rae, a novice to the information business, has launched "Divorce in Denver" (Denver, CO), a new magazine whose purpose is to "provide Denver and the Colorado area with divorce resources and divorce support during this difficult and confusing process.".		Brief article	126
Daily Mail & General Trust unit purchases Genscape, Inc.		Brief article	201
Elsevier acquires drug & clinical info company.			227
Hanley Wood (Washington, D.C.) has purchased The Presidential Seminar, an event targeted to the top 100 privately held builders in the country, from Organizational Development Associates (Atlanta, GA) and company founder Martin Freedland.		Brief article	94
Heldref Publications (Washington, D.C.), a non-profit organization that produces journals and manuscripts for the K-12, higher education, world affairs, psychology, social sciences, health and environmental fields, will begin the publication of "Journal of Alternative Schooling" with a Fall issues.		Brief article	106
M2Media360 acquires remaining Adams Business Media titles.			434
Pearson Education (Upper Saddle River, NJ) has agreed to acquire National Evaluation Systems, Inc. (NES; Amherst, MA), a provider of customized state assessments for teacher certification in the U.S.		Brief article	99
PennWell (Nashua, NH) has ceased publication of "Electronic Publishing" magazine effective with the March issue.			59
Porter and Associates Publishing sold to Jones & Bartlett.			154
Scientific publisher Inderscience (Geneva) has launched four new journals bringing its total journal portfolio to 200.		Brief article	63
The Rutter Group (TRG: Encino, CA) has begun the publication of two new newsletter companion titles to TRG's California Practice Guide.		Brief article	139
The University of California Press (UCP; Berkeley, CA) has begun the publication of "Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics" with an issue in April.			95
Thompson Corp. makes two acquisitions; reports results.		Brief article	273
Thomson Delmar Learning (Clifton Park, NY) has released NetCompetency, an online competency management software product for the healthcare industry.		Brief article	70
Three new journals from Springer.		Brief article	247
Trade and professional magazine, journal, newsletter & online information periodicals, start-up of announced, first quarter, 2006.		Statistical data	778
Two new journals from Cambridge University Press.			212
Two new journalS from Hindawi Corp.			157
Vicon launches "Lab Manager Magazine".		Brief article	244
WebMD (New York) has entered into an agreement to acquire Summex Corp. (Indianapolis, IN), a provider of health and wellness programs that include online and offline health risk assessments, lifestyle education and telephonic health coaching, for $30 million in cash with an additional $10 million to be paid over a two year period contingent on performance goals.			80
Wolters Kluwer Health (Conshohoken, NJ) has separated its continuing medical and pharmacy education unit into a subsidiary company.		Brief article	55