IDG's InfoWorld Names Bob Maund Senior Vice President, Publishing Director

Business Wire, Dec 22, 1998

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 1998--InfoWorld, the enterprising computing newsweekly, today announced that Bob Maund, formerly Associate Publisher/IT at Fortune Magazine, joined the company as Senior Vice President, Publishing Director.

In his new role, Maund will be responsible for managing all sales and marketing efforts and for driving all advertising revenue.

"InfoWorld has seen a powerful year with record revenue and the success of our 20th anniversary issue- our largest issue to date," said Stephen Moylan, president and CEO of InfoWorld. "Under Bob's leadership, our sales and marketing organization will be well positioned to help the company reach the next level of growth and profitability."

Maund brings well over 15 years of industry experience to InfoWorld. Prior to joining the company, Maund was Associate Publisher/IT at Fortune. In this role, he grew technology category revenue by 15 percent as well as created and launched the Technology Buyer's Guide, Fortune's leading technology supplement. During his 12 year career at Fortune, Maund held various sales management positions including Associate Publisher and Associate Ad Director. Maund began his career in sales at Proctor and Gamble. He graduated Cum Laude from Texas Christian University with a BBA degree in marketing.

"We are delighted that Bob is joining the folds of InfoWorld's talented management team," said Kelly Conlin, president of IDG. "His proven track record and long-standing industry relationships will be extremely valuable as this, one of IDG's -- and the industry's -- leading publications, pursues even greater milestones in 1999."

About InfoWorld

Headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., in the heart of Silicon Valley, InfoWorld Media Group publishes InfoWorld and InfoWorld Electric (www.infoworld.com). InfoWorld, "The Voice of Enterprise Computing," is a newsweekly that focuses on editorial coverage of client/server products and solutions used in corporate enterprises, and has earned a reputation for the timeliness and accuracy of its coverage of the people, technologies, products and companies that make a difference in the IT industry. InfoWorld's $21 million dollar cross-platform, networked test bed -- the InfoWorld Test Center -- conducts the industry's most trusted testing of enterprise products.

InfoWorld Media Group also publishes InfoWorld Electric, the leading enterprise computing authority on the Web, which features daily technology news, product reviews, opinions, and interactive discussion forums, along with a weekly e-mail newsletter (the InfoWorld Scoop) and a complete archive of InfoWorld's print edition.

InfoWorld Media Group is a wholly-owned independent business unit of IDG, the world's leading IT media, research and exposition company. IDG publishes more than 285 computer magazines and newspapers and 500 book titles and offers online users the largest network of technology specific sites around the world through IDG.net (http://www.idg.net), which comprises more than 200 targeted Web sites in 52 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 110 computer-related expositions worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 49 offices in 41 countries worldwide. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com.

About IDG

Headquartered in Boston, International Data Group (IDG) informs more people world wide about information technology than any other company in the world. With annual revenues of $2.35 billion, IDG is the leading global provider of IT media, research, conferences and expositions. Company information is available at: http://idg.com.