PRESS RELEASE
BUSINESS PUBLICATIONS CONTINUE STRONG AD REVENUE GROWTH
Year-to-date ad revenue up by 4.95% over same period 2004
NEW YORK, January 23, 2006 —Advertising revenue growth among business publications remains strong in the latter part of 2005. The Business Information Network (BIN) report for November 2005 shows combined revenues of the year-to-date are up 4.95% compared to the previous year. The Banking, Financial, Insurance and Travel, Conventions, Meetings categories led with 25% and 24% increases in revenue, respectively, through the year-to-date. Monthly revenue totals also show positive growth, increasing 2.42% over November 2004. Ad pages grew 3.58% through the year-to-date, thanks in part to strong category performers Banking, Financial, Insurance and Agriculture increasing ad pages 26% and 25%, respectively.
“The year is finishing up better than we anticipated,” said Gordon T. Hughes, II, president/CEO of American Business Media. “Last year we had predicted revenue would be up three to four percent and it is pacing closer to five percent. We anticipated pages up abut two percent and we see growth beyond that."
Ad page increases for many other categories were strong as well. Year-to-date figures for the Architecture, Design, Lighting category increased 23% over last year, while the Automotive category increased 17%.
In January 2005, American Business Media augmented its reporting model for magazine advertising sales in industry markets, as relayed through BIN, by examining 22 markets comprised of all business-to-business books tracked by IMS/The Auditor, and PERQ/HCI for healthcare figures. The data, by category, is available on ABM’s Web site or by following this link: http://americanbusinessmedia.com/images/abm/pdfs/resources/BIN/binNOV2005.pdf
The new BIN categories are:
| Agriculture | MFG, Processing |
| Architecture, Design, Lighting | Miscellaneous* |
| Automotive | Movies, Radio, TV & Video |
| Aviation, Aerospace & Military | Professional Services |
| Banking, Financial, Insurance | Resources, Environment, Utilities |
| Building, Design, Construction | Restaurants, Foodservice, Lodging Gaming |
| Business, Advertising & Marketing | Retail, Services |
| Computing, Software, Telecom | Science, Research & Development |
| Electronic Engineering | Transportation, Logistics |
| Government (Local, State, Federal) | Travel, Conventions & Meetings |
| Healthcare** |
*Miscellaneous includes categories for Arts, Coin Operated & Vending Machine, Security and Classified pages across all categories.
** From PERQ/HCI.
About American Business Media:
Founded in 1906, American Business Media is the industry association for b-to-b information providers. Its 290-plus member companies reach an audience of more than 100 million professionals and represent nearly 5000 print and online titles and 1000 Trade Shows.
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Steve Ennen, Director of Communications
American Business Media
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