PRESS RELEASE

Business-to-Business Magazine Revenues Remain Stable

Other Media Platforms Continue to Flourish

NEW YORK, April 30, 2007— The Business Information Network report through February shows 2007 magazine revenues to be remaining stable, while other platforms such as face-to-face and e-Media continue to flourish. Despite a decline in ad pages by 2.78% and in ad revenue by .74% for the month of February over the same period in 2006, business-to-business media is still on an upswing overall due to other performers, particularly face-to-face, growing at 10% to $11.3 billion and exceeding magazine revenues.

While magazine revenue does remain flat, there are strong category performers for print. They include the Science, Research & Development category, with a year-to-date increase in ad revenue of 11.42%; the Travel, Business Conventions & Meetings category which followed with a 9.05% increase; and the Architecture, Design, Lighting category, with a 8.09% increase.

“It is becoming apparent that the era of transformation is upon us now,” said Gordon T. Hughes II, president and CEO of American Business Media. “It is clear from the data that magazine ad pages and revenue are being out billed by events. This again does not mean that print is going away; it just means now more than ever we must look to our entire brandscape and focus on those platforms that are changing the balance in the overall $31 billion pie.”

In January 2005, American Business Media augmented its reporting model for magazine advertising sales in industry markets, as relayed through BIN, by examining 21 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 at www.americanbusinessmedia.com or by clicking here.

Agriculture
Architecture, Design, Lighting
Automotive
Aviation, Aerospace & Military
Banking, Financial, Insurance
Building, Design, Construction
Business, Advertising & Marketing
Computing, Software, Telecom
Electronic Engineering
Government (Local, State, Federal)
Healthcare**
MFG, Processing
Miscellaneous*
Movies, Radio, TV & Video
Professional Services
Resources, Environment, Utilities
Restaurants, Foodservice, Lodging Gaming
Retail, Services
Science, Research & Development
Transportation, Logistics
Travel, Conventions & Meetings

*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 association of business information providers, delivering business intelligence to industry, Madison Avenue, Wall Street and the Beltway. Its over 300 member companies reach an audience of more than 100 million professionals and represent nearly 5000 print and online titles and 1000 Trade Shows and well over $20 billion in annual revenues.

Contact: Danielle Ciardullo, Director of Communications
American Business Media
T 212.784.6351
d.ciardullo@abmmail.com

PRESS RELEASE

Business-to-Business Magazine Revenues Remain Stable

Other Media Platforms Continue to Flourish

NEW YORK, April 30, 2007— The Business Information Network report through February shows 2007 magazine revenues to be remaining stable, while other platforms such as face-to-face and e-Media continue to flourish. Despite a decline in ad pages by 2.78% and in ad revenue by .74% for the month of February over the same period in 2006, business-to-business media is still on an upswing overall due to other performers, particularly face-to-face, growing at 10% to $11.3 billion and exceeding magazine revenues.

While magazine revenue does remain flat, there are strong category performers for print. They include the Science, Research & Development category, with a year-to-date increase in ad revenue of 11.42%; the Travel, Business Conventions & Meetings category which followed with a 9.05% increase; and the Architecture, Design, Lighting category, with a 8.09% increase.

“It is becoming apparent that the era of transformation is upon us now,” said Gordon T. Hughes II, president and CEO of American Business Media. “It is clear from the data that magazine ad pages and revenue are being out billed by events. This again does not mean that print is going away; it just means now more than ever we must look to our entire brandscape and focus on those platforms that are changing the balance in the overall $31 billion pie.”

In January 2005, American Business Media augmented its reporting model for magazine advertising sales in industry markets, as relayed through BIN, by examining 21 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 at www.americanbusinessmedia.com or by clicking here.

Agriculture
Architecture, Design, Lighting
Automotive
Aviation, Aerospace & Military
Banking, Financial, Insurance
Building, Design, Construction
Business, Advertising & Marketing
Computing, Software, Telecom
Electronic Engineering
Government (Local, State, Federal)
Healthcare**
MFG, Processing
Miscellaneous*
Movies, Radio, TV & Video
Professional Services
Resources, Environment, Utilities
Restaurants, Foodservice, Lodging Gaming
Retail, Services
Science, Research & Development
Transportation, Logistics
Travel, Conventions & Meetings

*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 association of business information providers, delivering business intelligence to industry, Madison Avenue, Wall Street and the Beltway. Its over 300 member companies reach an audience of more than 100 million professionals and represent nearly 5000 print and online titles and 1000 Trade Shows and well over $20 billion in annual revenues.

Contact: Danielle Ciardullo, Director of Communications
American Business Media
T 212.784.6351
d.ciardullo@abmmail.com