Phillips Publishing Information is $110 million b-to-b company.Phillips Business Information (PBI PBI protein-bound iodine. PBI abbr. protein-bound iodine PBI, n See iodine, protein-bound. PBI protein-bound iodine. ) began in 1977 with only one newsletter, Video News, with first-year revenues of just about $40,000 and 500 subscribers. It was spun off as a division under its parent company, Phillips Publishing Inc. "It's now grown into a $110 million b-to-b company," Tom Phillips told NL/NL. "We've transformed it from what was just a newsletter company into a multimedia communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. in keeping with the needs and demands of the marketplace." PBI bills itself as "a full-service information and marketing solutions provider to its clients" in eight targeted market places: aviation, cable, defense, media, electronic commerce, energy marketing and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , satellite and telecommunications. It has more than 600 employees in offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and the United Kingdom, including headquarters in Potomac, Maryland Potomac is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It includes the ZIP Code 20854 for properties and 20859 for US Post Office Boxes. . It's headed by Thomas C. Thompson, president. It publishes seven daily news services, 56 newsletters, 10 magazines, more than 20 directories and databases, plus special reports and CD-ROMs. It operates five subscription-based web sites, runs more than 20 conferences and seminars, and offers consultancy services. The part of PBI which VS&A Communications Partners III, LP is buying includes all of the products except the Hart Publications. These clusters and products are expected to include: * Media/Electronic Commerce--publications and products Phillips purchased from Knowledge Industry Publications in October 1996, including AV Video Multimedia Producer, Film & Video, TapeDisc Business, REPLitech, and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. Report, as well as Electronic Commerce News and EC Today web site. Aviation & Defense--includes the publications Defense Daily, Defense Daily Network, Rotor & Wing, Commuter Regional Airline News, Avionics, and the two conferences "Aviation 2000" and "Search and Rescue." Communications & Satellite--includes Via Satellite, the annual Satellite Trade Show, Satellite News, min (media industry newsletter), PR News, ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. Business News, PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. Week, Fiber Optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber News, Broadband Networking News, Telecom Web, and Communications Today. Cable--includes Communications Technology, Cable FAX Daily, International Cable, and Cable Industry Directory. Finance--includes EFT Report and Credit Risk Management Report. Hart Publications, which was merged with PBI in 1998 after its purchase by Phillips in 1991, is known for its expert coverage of the global energy industry through its magazines, conferences, newsletters, directories, online resources, and other electronic products. It provides strategic information on investments, key players, activities, market trends, and growth opportunities in the oil and gas industry. Hart includes three groups: the Upstream Group, the Downstream Group, and Hart Europe. Among the Hart publications and products that VS&A will acquire from PBI are Oil & Gas Interests, Oil & Gas Investor, Petroleum Finance Week, and Energy Markets of the Upstream Group; and World Refining, Oxy-Fuel News, and Gas Processors Report of the Downstream Group; and European Offshore Petroleum Newsletter and Deepwater International Newsletter of the Hart Europe Group. |
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