United Business Media
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| Type | Public (LSE: UBM) |
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| Founded | 1918 |
| Headquarters | London, England, UK |
| Key people | John Botts, (Chairman) David Levin, (CEO) |
| Industry | Media |
| Products | Magazines Exhibitions News Distribution |
| Revenue | £887.0 million (2008) |
| Operating income | £146.7 million (2008) |
| Net income | £82.7 million (2008) |
| Website | www.ubm.com |
United Business Media (LSE: UBM) is a business providing business information services principally to the technology, healthcare, media, automotive and financial services industries. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
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[edit] History
The Company was founded in 1918 as United Newspapers.[1] It acquired PR Newswire in 1982.[1] It changed its name to United News & Media in 1995[1] and bought CMP Media in 1999.[1] In 2000 it adopted its current name of United Business Media. It went on to acquire Commonwealth Business Media for $152 million in 2006.[2]
[edit] Operations
The Company distributes news and information and also offers media products to customers.[3] Its businesses include PR Newswire, UBM Global Trade, UBM Aviation, UBM Asia, CMPMedica, TechWeb, Everything Channel, TechInsights, Think Services and the Miller Freeman publishing imprint. It also included CMP Information (CMPi) which was split into five separate businesses in 2008[4], UBM International Media, UBM Live, UBM Built Environment, UBM BEAM and UBM Conferences.
It is also a major shareholder of ITN and Press Association.
The Company's media properties include:
- Official Airline Guide
- Official Guide of the Railways
- Building
- Information Week
- Dr Dobbs Journal
- CRN Magazine
- Travel Trade Gazette
- The Publican
- Farmers Guardian
- Property Week
- Music Week
- Daltons
- Gamasutra
- Barbour ABI
- Barbour Product Search
It main competitors are International Data Group, Reed Elsevier and Nielsen.
