Windows IT Pro Wins Prestigious Award and Ranking in Publishing's `Power 50'; Accolades from BtoB Magazine and Web Marketing Association Granted in the Same Week.

LOVELAND, Colo. -- Peg Miller, associate publisher of Windows IT Pro (http://www.windowsitpro.com), a Penton Media (OTCBB: PTON) property, announced Windows IT Pro was named to BtoB Magazine's 2005 Media Power 50 list, winning recognition in the email newsletter category for its Windows IT Pro UPDATE email newsletter. The list is published once a year and names the top advertising venues in publishing. In March, Windows IT Pro was named Best Publishing Microsite/Landing Page in the Web Marketing Association's 2005 Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) awards for its Windows IT Prolympics site.

"We are honored that these two outstanding organizations in the publishing and marketing industries have recognized us for our pioneering success in email newsletters and Web advertising," said Miller. "We have played a leadership role in emedia and have grown and adapted our publications with the industry. It is rewarding to have our hard work recognized."

In naming Penton's email newsletter to the Media Power 50 list, the BtoB Magazine called Windows IT Pro UPDATE "one of the granddaddies of them all: It started in 1998 and reaches 145,000 registered users." The IAC recognized the creativity behind the IT Prolympics. This contest was created in 2004 to give the Windows IT community an opportunity to test their technical Active Directory prowess against fellow experts. The first-time contest attracted participants from all over the world.

About the Windows IT Pro Group

The Windows IT Pro Group, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, includes content from flagship print publication Windows IT Pro, three monthly paid subscription print newsletters, 12 direct-request email newsletters and a Web site resource for more than two million IT professionals each month. First published in 1995, Windows IT Pro is the editorial leader in its field and has a paid subscription base of 105,000. The magazine is published in 13 languages and has an international reach in 160 countries.

The franchise also includes SQL Server Magazine, with 30,000 paid subscribers, more than 210,000 Web site visitors monthly and two email newsletters sent to more than 130,000 opt-in subscribers. The American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) named SQL Server Magazine "Magazine of the Year" in the less-than-80,000 circulation category in 2002. The two publications generate nine million page impressions monthly, host 2.5 million unique visitors to their Web sites monthly, and have more than one million readers with opt-in subscriptions to their email newsletters. The Windows IT Pro Group is the world's leading producer of custom Roadshows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT professionals.

For more information visit www.windowsitpro.com/pressroom/ and www.penton.com.