M2Media360 acquires remaining Adams Business Media titles.Following on its fourth quarter 2005 purchase of the geospatial, horticultural hor·ti·cul·turen. 1. The science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. 2. The cultivation of a garden. and fine jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. business units from Adams Business Media (Palm Springs, CA/Chicago, IL), a property of Great Hill Partners (Boston, MA), M2Media360 (San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA), formerly Bev-A1 Communications, has acquired the remaining publishing assets of Adams, including the company's Retail and Petro Groups, producers of "Specialty Coffee Retailer," "Professional Candy Buyer," "Candy Business," "Tobacco Retailer, "NPN (1) See new public network. (2) (Negative Positive Negative) See PN junction. (National Petroleum News) Magazine" and "Fuel Oi News." No terms of the deal were given. Launched in 1993, "Professional Candy Buyer" is published six times a year for 13,500 retail confectionary buyers, managers, brokers, distributors, wholesalers and manufacturers in the U.S. "Candy Business," also published six times a year, has a controlled circulation of 5200 executive., in the global confectionary industry and covers ingredient selection, manufacturing processes, processing equipment and packaging. "Specialty Coffee Retailer" was launched in 1994 and is published monthly for 12,500 coffee and tea retailers, coffee roasters, chain executives and store managers. Also included in the sale are the Coffee Fest global trade shows. "Tobacco Retailer" is a bimonthly bi·month·ly adj. 1. Happening every two months. 2. Happening twice a month; semimonthly. adv. 1. Once every two months. 2. Twice a month; semimonthly. n. pl. produced for 15,000 cigarette/tobacco outlets, store operators, retail chains and wholesale distributors in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . An annual industry sourcebook is also included. Adams' Petro Group includes "NPN Magazine," a monthly with a controlled cir culation of 38,000 that covers all aspects of the combined petroleum/convenience market, a weekly online newsletter "NPN MarketPlus," "Market Facts," a database of statistical industry information, and "Fuel Oil News," a monthly that is a news source for 15,200 U.S. home-heating fuel oil marketers. M2M/cedia360 president/ceo Marion Minor said the purchase of the Adams' Petro and Retail Groups "is consistent with our strategy of building more targeted and vertical media platforms for a broad base of markets." With the most recent acquisition, the company now produces 15 print magazines, 12 web sites, five reference books, three newsletters, two annual trade shows and two directories. In late October 2005, M2Media360 acquired eight magazines, one newsletter, an annual conference, two web sites, a custom publishing division and two directories from Adams. The acquired magazines included "GeoWorld," "JQ (Jewelry Quorum A majority of an entire body; e.g., a quorum of a legislative assembly. A quorum is the minimum number of people who must be present to pass a law, make a judgment, or conduct business. )," "Arbor arbor Garden shelter providing privacy and partial protection from the weather, most commonly a lightweight, latticed framework (trellis) of wood or metal with interlaced branches of vines or climbing shrubs trained over it. Age," "Landscape & Irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. ," "Outdoor Power Equipment" and "SportsTurf." Two other titles acquired in that deal, "California Fairways" and "Golfscape Resources," were merged and converted into an online presence, GreenMedia.com. M2Media 360 also produces "Beverage Dynamics," published nine times a year for owners/managers of liquor stores, "Stateways," a bimonthly for commissioners, board members and company executives in control states, and "Wine & Spirit Industry Marketing," a bimonthly for liquor industry marketers, |
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