Nursing Spectrum purchases "NurseWeek" from Jobson publishing.Nursing Spectrum, Inc. (Hoffman Estates Hoffman Estates A village of northeast Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Population: 49,700. , IL), a Gannett company
Gannett Company, Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is a publicly traded media holding company based in the United States and is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. and the publisher of Nursing Spectrum, has acquired NurseWeek magazine and related assets from Jobson Publishing (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ). No terms were given. NurseWeek is a magazine produced in five editions for 800,000 nurses, students and related nursing professionals, including California, Mountain West, South Central, Heartland and Great Lakes editions. Established in 1989 as a bi-weekly for nurses in Southern California, the title offers industry news and information on career development and assessment, professional growth and jobs. The acquired assets also include FutureNurse, published twice a year for 100,000 nursing students, the annual magazines Careers, Operating Room operating room n. Abbr. OR A room equipped for performing surgical operations. Nurse, Critical Care Nurse, Emergency Nursing and Ned/Surg Nursing, NurseWeek eXtra weekly online newsletter, related events and a web site. Nursing Spectrum has been published in 10 editions covering 36 states. The new combined title will produce 12 editions with a circulation of over one million registered nurses. Nursing Spectrum president Patti Rager said the fact that the two publications share common goals "makes this acquisition a perfect fit (while) our combined continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). division, which includes self-study programs, study tours, books and seminars, will now comprise an even more comprehensive package of CE services for RNs." The company said that "RNs can find Jobs across the country through our print products and web sites. The two web sites average more than 1.8 million page views per month." The companies will also merge their job fair businesses. Jobson publishes magazines and related products through four main groups, Education, Clinicians Group, Optical and Pharmacy. The company will continue to publish such titles as U.S. Pharmacist, Review of Optometry optometry (ŏptŏm`ətrē), eye-care specialty concerned with eye examination, determination of visual abilities, diagnosis of eye diseases and conditions, and the prescription of lenses and other corrective measures. and Neurology Reviews. |
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