Ziff Davis acquires Connexus Media; launches virtual trade show.Ziff Davis Media (Ziff Davis Media Inc., New York, www.ziffdavis.com) A leading integrated media company that serves the computer, videogame and consumer lifestyle markets. Its offerings include PC Magazine and the PCMag.com Network, which includes PCMag.com, ExtremeTech. (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 ) has completed the acquisition of Connexus Media Inc. (CMI (Computer-Managed Instruction) Using computers to organize and manage an instructional program for students. It helps create test materials, tracks the results and monitors student progress. ; Topsfield, MA), a b2b online publishing company. Under terms of the deal, Ziff Davis Ziff Davis Inc. (ZD) is an American magazine publisher and Internet Information company. It was founded in 1927 in Chicago by William B. Ziff, Sr. and Bernard G. Davis. Throughout most of its history, it was a publisher of hobbyist magazines, often ones devoted to expensive, will acquire CMI's portfolio of 25 b2b vertical and technology-specific websites, 10 weekly e-newsletters, 25 list rental data-bases and ancillary paid content programs. No financial terms were given. The acquired websites and e-newsletters are targeted at primary and specialty b2b and vertical technology segments. Each property includes a branded website with relevant content and marketing services, and is built around a database of specific content subscribers, including business and technology professionals within each market. The company's eight major brands include Publish (web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. ), Graphics IQ (graphic and web design), Document IQ (document management), eBusiness IQ (e-business technology), Streaming Media IQ (streaming and rich media), CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. IQ (small to mid-market CRM), Imaging IQ (digital imaging) and WebDev IQ (enterprise web development). Each site includes relevant news, product listings, buyer's guides, directories, e-newsletters, resources and links to related sites. Ziff Davis chairman/ceo Robert Callahan said the deal "continues our strategy of building more significant, targeted and vertical media platforms for the enterprise technology and consumer electronics markets." In related news, Ziff Davis will launch "The Security Virtual Tradeshow," a new online event for IT security experts and marketers, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2004. The two-day virtual show will include a series of keynote presentations, panel discussions and interactive sponsor booths. |
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