Top 50 deals

Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management, Jan, 2002

M A 2001 TOP 50 DEALS

PROPERTY                     EST VALUE (IN MILL)  DATE

IPC GROUP                    $1,600               Jul


EMAP USA                     $515                 Jul




NEW YORK TIMES               $435                 Jan
MAGAZINE GROUP

FAST COMPANY                 $342.5               Dec '00






THOMSON FINANCIAL            $250                 Dec
TITLES



JANE'S INFORMATION           $110                 Apr
GROUP




FINANCIAL TIMES              $99                  Sep
ENERGY


BACON'S                      $90                  Nov
INFORMATION

ROPER STARCH                 $88                  Aug
WORLDWIDE





CAHNERS TRAVEL               $70                  Aug
GROUP






BUSINESS                     $70                  Sep
COMMUNICATIONS
REVIEW

BUSINESS 2.0                 $68                  Jun



JOURNAL OF                   $45                  Nov
COMMERCE GROUP


NEWSEDGE                     $43                  Aug

IVILLAGE-WOMEN.              $40                  Feb
COM




B.A.S.S. INC.                $37.5                Apr




11 TITLES IN                 $35                  Jan
BUILDING, MANU-
FACTURING AND
FOOD INDUSTRIES


US WEEKLY                    $35                  Feb



VENTUREONE                   $31                  Sep



IDEAS PUBLISHING GROUP       $25                  Jan





ROBB REPORT                  $25                  Jun



AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES, RPM,  $22.5                Mar
OWNER OPERATOR, COMMERCIAL
CARRIER JOURNAL
BLACK'S GUIDE                $21                  Apr




WIRELESS DEVELOPER           $20                  Jun
CONFERENCE


RX REMEDY                    $20                  Jul




THE CORTLANDT                $18                  May
FORUM, THE
CLINICAL ADVISOR
AND CORTLANDT
COMMUNICATIONS
CHANERS AUTO                 $17.5                Mar
TITLES, AND
RELATED
PROPERTIES
GOLF FOR WOMEN               $17.5                May



AMERICAN                     $15                  May
METAL MARKET,
METAL CENTER
NEWS AND
NEW STEEL
HILLGATE                     $15                  Feb
COMMUNICATIONS


WESTERN                      $15                  Sep
HORSEMAN
WESTPACK,                    $15                  Apr
EASTPACK
AND SOUTHPACK
CONFERENCES
GIRL PRESS                   $12.5                Jan



INTERNATIONAL                $9                   Feb
POOL AND
SPA EXPO

CREATING                     $9                   Mar
KEEPSAKES


GURL.COM                     $9                   May


MEMORY MAKERS                $9                   Jul
MAGAZINE
DANCE MAGAZINE               $7.5                 Jul


BE MAGAZINE                  $6                   Jun

RACER                        $6                   Feb
COMMUNICATIONS



TWO REGIONAL                 $5                   Jan
TRADESHOWS



RPM MAGAZINE                 $5                   Mar




CASINO JOURNAL,              $4.8                 Jan
THE NATIONAL

GAMING SUMMARY

HASLAM                       $4                   Feb
PUBLICATIONS
MCSE TUTOR                   $4                   Feb
PACKAGE


INDIVIDUAL                   $3.5                 Jul
INVESTOR GROUP

SHOWBIZ EXPO                 $3                   Jan


THOMAS FOOD                  $3                   Feb
INDUSTRY
REGISTER
TECH                         $2                   Mar
CONFERENCES


MEDICAL                      $2                   Feb
DEVICE
REGISTER



PROPERTY                     BUYER

IPC GROUP                    Time Inc./AOL Time Warner


EMAP USA                     Primedia




NEW YORK TIMES               Advance Publications
MAGAZINE GROUP

FAST COMPANY                 G J USA Publishing






THOMSON FINANCIAL            VS&A Communications
TITLES                       Partners and Deutsche Bank



JANE'S INFORMATION           The Woodbridge Co. Ltd.
GROUP




FINANCIAL TIMES              Platts/The McGraw-Hill
ENERGY                       Companies


BACON'S                      Observer AB
INFORMATION

ROPER STARCH                 NOP World/United
WORLDWIDE

                             Business Media



CAHNERS TRAVEL               Northstar Travel Media/
GROUP                        (Boston Ventures)






BUSINESS                     Key3 Media Group
COMMUNICATIONS
REVIEW

BUSINESS 2.0                 Time Inc./AOL Time Warner



JOURNAL OF                   Commonwealth Business
COMMERCE GROUP               Media


NEWSEDGE                     Thomson Corp.

IVILLAGE-WOMEN.              Hearst Corp.
COM




B.A.S.S. INC.                ESPN




11 TITLES IN                 Business News Publishing
BUILDING, MANU-
FACTURING AND
FOOD INDUSTRIES


US WEEKLY                    The Walt Disney Company



VENTUREONE                   Wicks Business Information



IDEAS PUBLISHING GROUP       Conde Nast Publications





ROBB REPORT                  CurtCo Media Labs/TD Capital
                             Communications Partners


AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES, RPM,  Randall Publishing Co.
OWNER OPERATOR, COMMERCIAL
CARRIER JOURNAL
BLACK'S GUIDE                ABRY Partners




WIRELESS DEVELOPER           Penton Media
CONFERENCE


RX REMEDY                    MediZine




THE CORTLANDT                The Haymarket Group
FORUM, THE
CLINICAL ADVISOR
AND CORTLANDT
COMMUNICATIONS
CHANERS AUTO                 Advanstar Communications
TITLES, AND
RELATED
PROPERTIES
GOLF FOR WOMEN               The Golf Digest Companies/
                             Advance Publications


AMERICAN                     Metal Bulletin (U.K.)
METAL MARKET,
METAL CENTER
NEWS AND
NEW STEEL
HILLGATE                     Penton Media
COMMUNICATIONS


WESTERN                      Morris Communications
HORSEMAN
WESTPACK,                    Canon Communications (VS&A
EASTPACK                     Communications Partners)
AND SOUTHPACK
CONFERENCES
GIRL PRESS                   17th Street Productions/
                             Alloy Online Inc.


INTERNATIONAL                Hanley-Wood
POOL AND
SPA EXPO

CREATING                     Primedia
KEEPSAKES


GURL.COM                     Primedia


MEMORY MAKERS                F&W Publications
MAGAZINE
DANCE MAGAZINE               The McFadden
                             Communications Group

BE MAGAZINE                  Rodale

RACER                        Haymarket Publishing (U.K.)
COMMUNICATIONS



TWO REGIONAL                 American Lawyer Media
TRADESHOWS



RPM MAGAZINE                 House of White Birches




CASINO JOURNAL,              GEM Communications
THE NATIONAL
GAMING SUMMARY

HASLAM                       American Lawyer Media
PUBLICATIONS
MCSE TUTOR                   Penton Media
PACKAGE


INDIVIDUAL                   The Kiplinger Washington
INVESTOR GROUP               Editors

SHOWBIZ EXPO                 Knowledge Industry
                             Publications/VS&A
                             Communications Partners
THOMAS FOOD                  Grey House Publishing
INDUSTRY
REGISTER
TECH                         Penton Media
CONFERENCES


MEDICAL                      Canon Communications
DEVICE                       Company/Thomson Corp.
REGISTER



PROPERTY                     SELLER

IPC GROUP                    Cinven (U.K.)


EMAP USA                     Emap




NEW YORK TIMES               New York Times Company
MAGAZINE GROUP

FAST COMPANY                 Mortimer B. Zuckerman






THOMSON FINANCIAL            Thomson Corp.
TITLES



JANE'S INFORMATION           Thomson Corp.
GROUP




FINANCIAL TIMES              Pearson
ENERGY


BACON'S                      Primedia
INFORMATION

ROPER STARCH                 Roper Starch Worldwide
WORLDWIDE





CAHNERS TRAVEL               Chaners Business
GROUP                        Information






BUSINESS                     BCR Enterprises/
COMMUNICATIONS               McQuillan Ventures
REVIEW

BUSINESS 2.0                 Future Network



JOURNAL OF                   The Economist
COMMERCE GROUP               Group (U.K.)


NEWSEDGE                     NewsEdge

IVILLAGE-WOMEN.              iVillage-Women.com
COM




B.A.S.S. INC.                B.A.S.S. Inc.




11 TITLES IN                 Cahners Business
BUILDING, MANU-              Information
FACTURING AND
FOOD INDUSTRIES


US WEEKLY                    Wenner Media



VENTUREONE                   Reuters Group



IDEAS PUBLISHING GROUP       Ideas Publishing Group





ROBB REPORT                  Luxury Media
                             Corporation


AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES, RPM,  Cahners Business
OWNER OPERATOR, COMMERCIAL   Information
CARRIER JOURNAL
BLACK'S GUIDE                Black's Guide




WIRELESS DEVELOPER           Wireless Developer.com
CONFERENCE


RX REMEDY                    Rx Remedy




THE CORTLANDT                The Cortlandt Group Inc.
FORUM, THE
CLINICAL ADVISOR
AND CORTLANDT
COMMUNICATIONS
CHANERS AUTO                 Cahners Business
TITLES, AND                  Information
RELATED
PROPERTIES
GOLF FOR WOMEN               Meredith Corporation



AMERICAN                     Cahners Business
METAL MARKET,                Information
METAL CENTER
NEWS AND
NEW STEEL
HILLGATE                     Hillgate Communications
COMMUNICATIONS


WESTERN                      Western Horseman
HORSEMAN
WESTPACK,                    Reed Exhibitions Cos.
EASTPACK
AND SOUTHPACK
CONFERENCES
GIRL PRESS                   Girl Press



INTERNATIONAL                National Spa and
POOL AND                     Pool Institute
SPA EXPO

CREATING                     Creating Keepsakes
KEEPSAKES


GURL.COM                     Delia's Corp.


MEMORY MAKERS                Satellite Publishing
MAGAZINE
DANCE MAGAZINE               Dance Magazine


BE MAGAZINE                  Red Spring
                             Communications
RACER                        Racer Communications
COMMUNICATIONS



TWO REGIONAL                 Nationwide Exhibitions
TRADESHOWS                   (U.K.)



RPM MAGAZINE                 Randall Publishing
                             Company



CASINO JOURNAL,              Casino Journal
THE NATIONAL                 Publishing Group
GAMING SUMMARY

HASLAM                       Haslam Publications
PUBLICATIONS
MCSE TUTOR                   Jon Bischke
PACKAGE


INDIVIDUAL                   Individual
INVESTOR GROUP               Investor Group

SHOWBIZ EXPO                 Reed Exhibition
                             Companies

THOMAS FOOD                  Thomas Publishing
INDUSTRY
REGISTER
TECH                         Tech Conferences
CONFERENCES


MEDICAL                      Medical Economics
DEVICE
REGISTER



PROPERTY                     NOTES

IPC GROUP                    Purchase of U.K. group greatly
                             expands Time Inc.'s
                             international presence.
EMAP USA                     The former Petersen Publishing,
                             purchased for one-third of what
                             Emap paid, includes Skin Diver,
                             Guns & Ammo, Snowboarder. Deal
                             didn't include FHM.
NEW YORK TIMES               Golf Digest, Golf Digest Woman,
MAGAZINE GROUP               GolfDigest.com and Golf World
                             Business.
FAST COMPANY                 Largely viewed as an over-
                             inflated deal. The purchase,
                             coupled with acquisition of Inc.,
                             gives G J entry to business
                             market. Announced last December,
                             but too late for Folio:'s Top
                             Deals of 2000 feature.
THOMSON FINANCIAL            Investment banks are backing
TITLES                       News Communications Corp.'s Jimmy
                             Finkelstein, who will manage the
                             titles, including American Banker,
                             and Bond Buyer.
JANE'S INFORMATION           The Woodbridge Co., she Canadian
GROUP                        holding company for Thomson Corp.,
                             purchased the media company, which
                             provides information for the
                             defense, law enforcement and
                             transport markets.
FINANCIAL TIMES              Price includes $10M in working
ENERGY                       capital for energy research, data-
                             bases, directories, newsletters
                             and conferences.
BACON'S                      Deal reduces Primedia's debt
INFORMATION                  and fulfills goal of unloading
                             non-core assets.
ROPER STARCH                 Acquisition of market research
WORLDWIDE                    and trends consultancy boosts
                             United Business Media's growing
                             U.S. research operations. Rooper
                             Starch merged with NOP World's
                             Audits and Surveys Worldwide to
                             become RoperASW.
CAHNERS TRAVEL               Deal includes TravelAge West,
GROUP                        Travel Weekly, Meetings &
                             Conventions, Meetings Facilities
                             Guide, Official Cruise Guide and
                             the Hotel & Travel Index
                             directories and other travel-
                             related publications, services
                             and trade show events.
BUSINESS                     Deal also includes the following
COMMUNICATIONS               events: Opticon, VoiceCon, Next
REVIEW                       Generation Networks, and Next
                             Generation Ventures.
BUSINESS 2.0                 Business 2.0 magazine merged with
                             eCompany Now. Deal also includes
                             25 percent cut on annual revenues
                             exceeding $50M for next five years.
JOURNAL OF                   Package includes Traffic World,
COMMERCE GROUP               Journal of Commerce Week, Air Cargo
                             World. three maritime traffic
                             magazines and a sea shipping database.
NEWSEDGE                     Provider of content solutions and
                             electronic publishing technology.
IVILLAGE-WOMEN.              Hearst owned a 46 percent stake in
COM                          Women.com prior to its acquisition
                             by iVillage. Investment gives
                             Hearst 9.3M shares and warrants
                             purchase of about 2.1M shares
                             in the merged company.
B.A.S.S. INC.                Acquisition of fishing-enthusiast
                             products, such as BASSMASTER
                             magazine, enable ESPN to provide
                             additional multimedia marketing
                             opportunities to large advertisers.
11 TITLES IN                 Titles include: Dairy Foods, Food
BUILDING, MANU-              Engineering, Food Master, Prepared
FACTURING AND                Foods, Supply House Times, Security,
FOOD INDUSTRIES              Security Distributing & Marketing,
                             Assembly, Industrial Paint & Powder,
                             Pollution Engineering and Quality.
US WEEKLY                    Disney acquired 50-percent stake
                             in magazine with plans to create
                             joint company, US Weekly LLC, run
                             by Wenner management.
VENTUREONE                   The acquisition increase Wicks'
                             annual revenues by approx. $25M,
                             to a total of nearly $75M,
                             according to CEO Douglas Manoni.
IDEAS PUBLISHING GROUP       Conde Nast acquires majority
                             interest in publisher of Spanish-
                             language editions of major
                             American magazines to expand
                             presence in Latin American
                             marketplace.
ROBB REPORT                  Now named CurtCo Robb Media LLC,
                             company plans to expand upon
                             brand with launches and
                             acquisitions.
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES, RPM,  Titles broaden Randall's reach
OWNER OPERATOR, COMMERCIAL   in its core markets: trucking,
CARRIER JOURNAL              construction and industrial.
BLACK'S GUIDE                Black's is ABRY's second print
                             b-to-b acquisition, and the
                             private equity firm's first
                             foray in the commercial real
                             estate sector.
WIRELESS DEVELOPER           Acquisition adds to Penton's
CONFERENCE                   growing portfolio of
                             conferences serving the high-tech
                             professional market.
RX REMEDY                    MediZine purchased assets, including
                             health-and-wellness title Rx ReMedy
                             magazine, of Rx Remedy, which filed for
                             bankruptcy. Enhances MediZine's position
                             in consumer health and education market.
THE CORTLANDT                The Cortlandt Forum is a monthly
FORUM, THE                   journal targeting U.S. primary-care
CLINICAL ADVISOR             physicians. Clinical Advisor is a
AND CORTLANDT                recent addition to the nursing market.
COMMUNICATIONS
CHANERS AUTO                 Acquisition rounds out Advanstar's
TITLES, AND                  portfolio in that cluster and gives the
RELATED                      company a stronger market position.
PROPERTIES
GOLF FOR WOMEN               Deal adds to Advance Publications'
                             new magazine group, The Golf Digest
                             Companies, and increases market share
                             in golf publications industry.
AMERICAN                     Acquisition, including main competitor
METAL MARKET,                American Metal Market, complements
METAL CENTER                 Metal Bulletin's existing portfolio
NEWS AND                     and allows for cross-sell of products
NEW STEEL                    and services across larger base.
HILLGATE                     Hillgate is a U.K.-based publisher
COMMUNICATIONS               of titles serving Internet/broadband
                             and IT sectors. Builds out Pentons
                             new economy, integrated media offerings.
WESTERN                      Title increases Morris' stable
HORSEMAN                     of equestrian titles.
WESTPACK,                    Acquisition expands Canons business-to-
EASTPACK                     business high-tech portfolio.
AND SOUTHPACK
CONFERENCES
GIRL PRESS                   Acquisition provides new distribution
                             channel for Alloy and its entertainment
                             division 17th Street Productions
                             for content targeting Generation Y.
INTERNATIONAL                Fits Hanley-Wood's strategic growth
POOL AND                     initiative of acquiring complementary
SPA EXPO                     businesses within the building
                             and construction industry.
CREATING                     Scrapbook title added to Primedia
KEEPSAKES                    Enthusiast Magazines' unit of
                             crafts, sewing and quilting. Adds
                             endemic advertising opportunities.
GURL.COM                     Web site focused on teens; Primedia plans
                             to use gURL.com to build online presence
                             of Seventeen and other teen properties.
MEMORY MAKERS                Ratchets up profile in special-
MAGAZINE                     interest publishing arena.
DANCE MAGAZINE               The McFadden Group acquired Dance and
                             sister publications, Dance Magazine's
                             College Guide and Stern's Directory.
BE MAGAZINE                  Acquisition gives Rodale entry to health-
                             conscious 18 to 24 year-old market.
RACER                        British media company Haymarket expands
COMMUNICATIONS               its consumer magazine operations in
                             the U.S. with purchase of controlling
                             stake in Racer Communications,
                             which publishes Racer Magazine.
TWO REGIONAL                 Acquisition of Solicitors, the National
TRADESHOWS                   Legal Office and Legal Services
                             Exhibition and The National
                             Accountancy Exhibition extends
                             American Lawyer's international presence.
RPM MAGAZINE                 Randall purchased RPM and several related
                             titles from Cahners and immediately
                             sold the magazine to House of White
                             Birches, a crafts publisher and
                             subsidiary of the Dynamic Resources Group.
CASINO JOURNAL,              GEM, a subsidiary of the Official Infor-
THE NATIONAL                 mation Group, purchased trade publishing
GAMING SUMMARY               assets including a trade show division.
                             Builds out GEM's gaming portfolio.
HASLAM                       Publisher of jury verdict and settlement
PUBLICATIONS                 research data in California.
MCSE TUTOR                   Four web-based IT training properties
PACKAGE                      including MCSETutor.com; MCSELive.com;
                             2000Tutor.com; 2000Exams.com. Builds
                             Windows 2000 Magazine Network reach online.
INDIVIDUAL                   Kiplinger acquired subscriber list of
INVESTOR GROUP               Individual Investor. Deal includes $2.6M
                             in deferred subscription liability.
SHOWBIZ EXPO                 Acquisition of conference
                             complements Knowledge Industry's
                             Film & Video magazine.
THOMAS FOOD                  Grey House merged TFIR with its

INDUSTRY                     Food & Beverage Market Place for an
REGISTER                     expanded audience and market position.
TECH                         Acquisition of nine high-tech conferences
CONFERENCES                  including Windows 2000 Connections
                             and SQL 2000 Connections, builds out
                             Penton's Technology Media Division.
MEDICAL                      Directories for the medical products
DEVICE                       manufacturing industry. Broadens Canon's
REGISTER                     existing database overall
                             reach in category. Also includes
                             Medical Device Register International.