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Penton Media Inc.

(PTON) is in the Media Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$192.8M

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Founded in 1886, Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. Penton's objective is to connect and enhance business communities, helping the customers we serve to grow through our market-leading media products and services. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 96 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Penton has 30 office locations and employs more than 1,600 editors, publishers, sales representatives, marketers, and other professionals. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors.

Chief Executive Officer

Sharon Rowlands

Number of Employees 703

Contact Information

249 West 17th Street

New York 10011

www.penton.com

(212) 204-4200

Peer Companies

NAICS Code : 516110

Recent Events

The Affiliated Computer Deal and Deason's Payout

10/26/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Closer Look at A.C.S. Deal and Deason's Payout

10/26/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Penton Media revamps Web site to focus on its people

7/29/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
New owner aim to revive defunct media properties

6/05/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

benefits and penton media inc. - All News and Analysis

An Uncertain Future for Defined-Benefit Plans

BNET - 2005-12-01

Economic conditions have not been kind to organizations that sponsor defined-benefit pension plans over the past years. The high-flying stock market in the 1990s provided an extended funding holiday for many plan sponsors as returns left pension plans with more than enough money to fund liabilities and then some. The...

Tags: Penton Media Inc., Pension Plan, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources
Upfront: 401(k) and Profit-Sharing Update

BNET - 2005-12-01

What did the average 401k and profit-sharing plans look like in 2004? The paper talks about a survey by the Profit Sharing/401k Council of America that more companies are adopting automatic enrollment for their plans, and the number of funds offered to participants is on the rise. Organizations can use...

Tags: 401(k) Plan, Penton Media Inc., Enrollment, Survey, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Investment, Marketing Research, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Marketing
Extreme 401(k) Makeovers

BNET - 2005-08-01

The last few years have not been kind to 401k plans. Organizations have another impetus for increasing the rates: maintaining their 401k plan's tax-deferred status. To retain this standing, they must pass nondiscrimination tests that determine whether their plan benefits higher-paid employees more than lower-paid workers. As a result, they...

Tags: 401(k) Plan, Penton Media Inc., 401(k), Retirement Plans, Investment, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance
Upfront: Pension Plans Regain Ground

BNET - 2005-08-01

The paper depicts about a survey which reveals that in 2004, returns on pension plan investment hit double digits for the second straight year. The study was based primarily on information from the 10-K reports of retirement programs sponsored by the S&P 500 companies. The median actual return on pension...

Tags: Penton Media Inc., Pension Plan, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources
Upfront: Monitoring Health-Care Eligibility

BNET - 2005-07-01

As companies continue to seek new, innovative methods for reducing the cost of employee health-care coverage, they may be overlooking a very simple way to ease the burden. Pruning ineligible individuals from health-care rolls can significantly reduce the benefits bill. Ineligible people fall into two categories: individuals who are ineligible...

Tags: Monitoring, Health Care, Penton Media Inc., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

Exit Strategies for Retiree Health Plans

BNET - 2005-03-01

Retiree health benefits are yet another piece of the historic industrial landscape that will soon slip over the horizon. The plans have long outlived their original purpose as a tool to help regulate turnover, but they continue to generate huge liabilities for the companies that provide them. Employers are aggressively...

Tags: Health Care, Penton Media Inc., Retiree Health Benefit, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Strategy, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
Rethinking Employee Benefits

BNET - 2005-01-01

The cost of employee benefits in the United States is killing profitability for whole sectors. The most determined companies have aggressively reshaped their benefit programs to pull their expenses down to more manageable levels, but even the best efforts have yielded only modest results. Cost structures incurred by employers that...

Tags: Employee Benefit, Penton Media Inc., Benefits, Human Resources
The Hunt for Sound Investment Management

BNET - 2004-11-01

The market timing scandals in the mutual fund industry have caused many companies that sponsor employee retirement plans to sit up and take a hard look at the people and organizations charged with managing and investing their plan's assets. The paper outlines that sponsors of 401k and defined-benefit plans have...

Tags: Penton Media Inc., Retirement Plans, 401(k), Mutual Funds, Investment, Asset Management, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations
Economic & Business Focus: Get Ready to Expense Stock Options

BNET - 2004-11-01

In response to a decade-long push by the Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB, more than 750 publicly traded companies now voluntarily expense stock options, and an upcoming FASB rule would require the laggards to join them. But a group of influential businesses, concentrated in high-tech industries, has convinced some members...

Tags: Stock Option, Stock, Financial Accounting Standards Board, Penton Media Inc., Stock Options, Financial Accounting, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance
Upfront: Looking Beyond the Annual Pay Raise

BNET - 2004-10-01

This paper informs about the 2004/2005 U.S. Compensation Planning Survey, of nearly 1,600 employers in a wide range of industries and reveals that despite the economy's increasing vigor, most companies remain cautious in their budgeting of pay increases for this year and next. Companies plan to raise pay by an...

Tags: Penton Media Inc., Benefits, Financial Services, Human Resources

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
Sharon Rowlands	Chief Executive Officer
Preston L. Vice	CFO & Secretary
Darrell Denny	Executive Vice President
Eric Shanfelt	Senior Vice President, eMedia Strategy & Development
Colleen Zelina	Vice President, HR & Organizational Development
Mary E. Abood	Vice President, Corp Communications
Kim Paulsen	Group Publisher
Teri Mollison	Group Publisher
David Blansfield	Director
James Ogle	Corp Director, Finance
Jane Cooper	Marketing Director
Karen Forster	Group Director, Editorial, Windows
Michael Horgan	Director, Penton Custom Media
Rick Seibt	Director, Product
Sarah Berger	Director, Marketing
Bethany Weaver	Manager, Corp Communications
Dov Schechter	Marketing Manager
Jacquie Niemiec	Sales Manager, eMedia
Jennifer Daugherty	Manager, Communications
John Zernick	Product Manager, eMedia
Mike Waters	Manager
Marcy Kalat
Richard Mead	Advisor
Ted Mathews
Janine Milne	Managing Editor

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
Paul A Marcus	Chairman
Adrian Kingshott	Board of Directors
David B. Nussbaum	Board of Directors
David Powers	Board of Directors
Hannah C. Craven	Board of Directors
Harlan A. Levy	Board of Directors
King Harris	Vice Chairman
Peni A. Garber	Board of Directors
Perry A. Sook	Board of Directors
R. Douglas Greene	Board of Directors
Royce Yudkoff	Board of Directors
Vincent D. Kelly	Board of Directors

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Chief Executive Officer	Current
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
The Thomson Corporation	President & Chief Executive Officer, Financial	Former
Thomson Financial	President & CEO	Former
Thomson Financial	President & Chief Operating Officer	Former
Thomson Financial	Managing Director, Thomson Financial Database Group in Europe	Former
Newcastle University	Bachelor of Arts Honors Degree	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	CFO & Secretary	Current
Penton Media, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Executive Vice President	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Senior Vice President, eMedia Strategy & Development	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Vice President, HR & Organizational Development	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Vice President, Corp Communications	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Group Publisher	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Group Publisher	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Director	Current
InternetWorld.com	Publisher	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Corp Director, Finance	Current
Penton Media, Inc.	Corp Director, Finance	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Marketing Director	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Group Director, Editorial, Windows	Current
Penton Media, Inc.	Group Director, Editorial, Windows	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Director, Penton Custom Media	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Director, Product	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Director, Marketing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Manager, Corp Communications	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Marketing Manager	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Sales Manager, eMedia	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Manager, Communications	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Product Manager, eMedia	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Manager	Current
InternetWorld.com	Manager, E, Media	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Fire Solutions, Inc.	Vice President of Sales	Current
Fire Incorporated		Current
Cargill Steel		Current
Penton Media, Inc.		Current
Indiana University	Bachelor of Science In Business	Former
Kelley School of Business Bloomington	Bachelor of Science In Business	Former

Organization	Position	Status
JEGI Capital	Managing Director	Current
Siso	Managing Director, Jordan Edmiston Group	Current
Penton Media, Inc.	Advisor	Current
VNU, Inc.	Advisor	Current
Warburg Pincus, LLC	Advisor	Current
PRIMEDIA Inc.	Advisor	Current
Black's Guide	chief executive officer	Former
Black's Guide	president	Former
KPMG International	international M&A partner	Former
Ernst & Young	international M&A partner	Former
University of Warwick	Master of Science in Management Science and Operational Research	Former
University of Bristol	BA Honors in Economics and Accounting	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Waste News	Manager, Promo	Current
Penton Media, Inc.		Current
Advanstar Communications Inc.		Former

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Managing Editor	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Huron Consulting Group Inc.	Director	Current
Penton Media, Inc.	Chairman	Current
Shawmut Bank	Vice President	Former
The Michel-Shaked Group	Senior Expert	Former
Shell Oil Company		Former
MarchFIRST		Former
University of Chicago	Master of Business Administration	Former
Tufts University	Bachelor of Science	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	managing director	Former

Organization	Position	Status
BPA Worldwide	Board of Directors	Current
Penton Media, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Penton Media, Inc.	Chief Executive Officer	Former
BPA Worldwide	Director	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Cahill Gordon & Reindel Llp	associate	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Vice Chairman	Current
Penton Media, Inc.	Vice Chairman	Current

Organization	Position	Status
ABRY Partners Inc.	Partner	Current
Dolan Media Company	Board of Directors	Current
Commonwealth Business Media, Inc.	Director	Current
Penton Media, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
PricewaterhouseCoopers	NA	Former
Bryant College	graduate	Former

Perry A. Sook formed our predecessor in 1996. Since our inception, Mr. Sook has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a Director. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Sook was a principal of Superior Communications Group, Inc. Mr. Sook currently serves as a director of the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, the Television Bureau of Advertising and the Ohio University Foundation.

Organization	Position	Status
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.	President & Chief Executive Officer	Current
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.	Chairman	Current
Penton Media, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Penton Media, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
ABRY Partners Inc.	Chief Executive Officer	Current
ABRY Partners Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Penton Media, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Cast, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
USA Mobility, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Muzak LLC	Board of Directors	Current
Bain & Company	partner	Former
ABRY Partners Inc.	Owner	Former
Metrocall, Inc.	Director	Former
Dartmouth College	honors graduate	Former
Harvard Business School	graduated as a Baker Scholar	Former

Vincent D. Kelly, age 49, became a director, President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company inNovember 2004 when USA Mobility was formed through the merger of Metrocall and Arch. Prior to the merger ofMetrocall and Arch, Mr. Kelly was President and CEO of Metrocall since February 2003. Prior to this appointment,he had also served at various times as the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Executive VicePresident of Metrocall. He served as the Treasurer of Metrocall from August 1995 to February 2003, and served as adirector of Metrocall from 1990 to 1996 and from May 2003 to November 2004. Mr. Kelly also serves as thePresident, CEO and director for all of the Company’s subsidiaries, except for GTES, LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, for which Mr. Kelly is only a director.

Organization	Position	Status
USA Mobility, Inc.	Director, President and Chief Executive Officer	Current
USA Mobility, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Penton Media, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Metrocall, Inc.	CEO	Former
Metrocall, Inc.	President	Former
Metrocall, Inc.	Chief Operating Officer	Former
Metrocall, Inc.	Executive Vice President	Former
Metrocall, Inc.	Executive Officer	Former
Metrocall, Inc.	Director	Former