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Article: min's b2b Exclusive: Major B2B Group Publishers Year-End 2005 Ad Pages (Part 4).
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- March 20, 2006
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As we forge on with this, the fourth of six parts in our review of 2005 B2B Group Publishers, we come upon several companies that have been in the news recently. First up is Lebhar-Friedman, whose results charted on page 5--five key titles collectively down almost 10% in 2005 ad pages--help add credence to president Roger Friedman's oft-stated belief in recent months of his company's need to diversify beyond its core in retailing and foodservice. That effort led to L-F's acquisition of Dowden Health Media last year, which, in addition to giving it a stronger toehold in healthcare through Dowden medical journals, also brought continuing medical education, patient ...