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WHO’S WHO WHO’S WHO in Business Publishing By Sean Callahan and Marie Griffin Frank Anton What: CEO Where: Hanley Wood Why: Serving the de- Anup Bagaria What: Vice chairman Where: Wasserstein & Co. Why: Bagaria plays a major Joseph Berkery What: President-CEO Where: Berkery, Noyes & Co. Why: Berkery’s pressed construction industry, Hanley Wood, under Anton, has responded by continuing to dig ever deeper into the sector. The company has a strong foundation in print, online, events, data and marketing services. This year its data business rolled out nationwide housing coverage of 800 metro markets. “This is a very big deal and will be a major revenue and value driver going forward,” Anton said. role in Wasserstein & Co.’s b-to-b media investments, many of which have struggled under heavy debt loads in the recession’s wake. He is the senior partner responsible for Penton Media, The Deal and Wasserstein’s minority investment in Hanley Wood. He joined Wasserstein in 1993 when it was known as Wasserstein Perella & Co. investment bank serves the information and technology markets, where it has seen more deals recently than in the b-to-b media market. Deals Berkery, Noyes was involved in this year included the sale of Tradeware Global, an electronic trading company, to SS&C Technology and the sale of Discovery Logic, a provider of analytics for scientific research, to Thomson Reuters. Neil Ashe What: President Where: CBS Interactive Why: Richard Beckman What: CEO Where: Prometheus Media Why: Warren Bimblick What: Senior VP-strategy and business development Where: Penton Media Why: Among the properties Ashe oversees at CBS Interactive (which attracted 83.8 million unique visitors in September, according to comScore) are such b-to-b brands as BNET, CNET, TechRepublic and ZDNet. Ashe also oversees CBSSports.com, which delivered 11.7 million hours of live streaming video during this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. Beckman, a former Condé Nast and Fairchild Publications executive, recently renamed e5 Global Media as Prometheus Global Media. That’s appropriate because he has a reputation for playing with fire. At Prometheus, Beckman has aggressive plans to generate more consumer advertising for The Hollywood Reporter by reducing the frequency from daily to weekly and expanding circulation. Bimblick has played a critical role in helping Penton CEO Sharon Rowlands in her efforts to transform the company from a printcentric business to one that incorporates digital, events and marketing services revenue. A companywide overhaul of Penton’s websites that started this fall is a big step in moving that process forward. 8 | Media Business | November 2010 | mediabusinessonline.com http://www.CBSSports.com http://www.mediabusinessonline.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of BtoB Media Business - November 2010

BtoB Media Business - November 2010
Contents
Flurry of M&A Activity Likely in Fourth Quarter
Who’s Who in Business Publishing
Sales & Marketing
Events
Audience Development
What to Expect from Printer Consolidation
Production
People
Benchmarks
ABM President-CEO Pettit Outlines his Strategy

BtoB Media Business - November 2010