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Cygnus Business Media is an internationally-recognized business-to-business media company with a diverse portfolio of products reaching more than 5 million professionals annually. Cygnus Publishing, which includes print, interactive and custom marketing services, and Cygnus Expositions, provide comprehensive, integrated advertising and marketing programs for Cygnus? valued customers and clients. The company?s products help you enhance brand identity, generate sales leads, build product awareness, generate sales and strengthen customer/client relationships.

President, Cygnus Business Media, Publishing

Number of Employees 640

Contact Information

830 Post Rd E

Westport, Connecticut 06880-5222

www.cygnusb2b.c...

(203) 227-4037

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NAICS Code : 516110

Recent Events

New CEO details plans for Cygnus

10/10/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CEO - View Story
Cygnus Closes â€˜Severalâ€™ Magazines, Lays Off 50

10/06/09 - Bankruptcy Filings - View Story
John French Named New Cygnus CEO

9/22/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.22.09

9/24/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CEO - View Story
Parent Company of Farmfest and Dakotafest Expected to Emerge from Chapter 11 in Less than...

9/11/09 - Bankruptcy Filings - View Story
Bankruptcy Court Approves Cygnus Reorganization Plan

9/09/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Cygnus Expects $35 Million Revenue Decline In 2009

8/05/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Cygnus Files for Chapter 11

8/05/09 - Bankruptcy Filings - View Story
Cygnus Business Media Signs Alliance with IRON Solutions

6/01/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

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Unifying the International, Domestic Sourcing Process

BNET - 2005-04-06

Solution provider TradeStone Software debuted its flagship suite designed to offer companies a single view and business process for international and domestic sourcing. The TradeStone Suite is comprised of five modular applications, including Product, Sourcing, Logistics, Finance and Unified Order Management, and is powered by TradeStone's Unified Buying Engine, an...

Tags: Sourcing, Cygnus Business Media, TradeStone Suite, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Supply Chain, Business Operations, Management
The Analyst Corner: Sourcing

BNET - 2004-06-01

From the executive summary: ‘The past few years have highlighted the importance of supply management to overall business success. Unable to grow revenues, companies were forced to develop strategies to rein in costs and to maintain profitability. Increased globalization also required companies to develop strategies to leverage new markets without...

Tags: Sourcing, Cygnus Business Media, Purchasing & Procurement, Globalization, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
corporate accounting industry

BNET - 2003-01-01

With technology implementations underway, executives are peering outside the four walls and looking to utilize their newfound capabilities with business partners. The current market emphasis is on integrated supply networks and seamless synchronization with business partners. Such collaboration can offer huge cost savings and time-to-market benefits for all parties involved,...

Tags: Accounting, Competitive Advantage, Construction, Cygnus Business Media, Enterprise Software, Management, Market Emphasis, Software, Strategy, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Wall
E-Psychology: Managing Change At The Speed Of Thought

BNET - 2003-01-01

In their struggles to survive and earn some respect, Internet companies are building new types of organizations designed specifically to harness the Internet's power to distribute information. This article illustrates the different personalities of old-and new-economy companies. It demonstrates the adoption of the type of bedrock values that will make...

Tags: Knowledge, Cygnus Business Media, Internet, Strategy, Management
METAL BULLETINS SELLS "METAL CENTER NEWS" TO NEW COMPANY

- 2001-10-17

Sackett Business Media (Oak Brook, IL), a new company headed by trade publishing veteran Nancy Hartley and including former Cygnus Business Media cfo Craig Schroeder, has acquired Metal Center News magazine from Metal Bulletin Group (Surrey, UK). No terms were given. Metal Bulletin acquired the title, along with American Metal...

Tags: Cahners In-Stat Group, Cygnus Business Media, Strategy

Out-sourcery: Myth or Magic?

BNET - 2001-09-01

For all the careful planning and market research, 21st century supplier is ultimately one of many new entrants into a particular niche. However, there are some factors a company should weigh before handing over its sourcing, supplier management and supply chain operations to a third party, be it a brand...

Tags: Supplier, Cygnus Business Media, Channel Management, Branding, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Management
Bricks And Clicks: The New Road Warriors

BNET - 2001-08-01

The transportation and logistics industry is about movement. It is about collaborative management between numerous entities. Businesses used to think that if companies were using Electronic Data Interchange EDI, facsimiles, telephones and basic e-mail, then communication techniques were state-of-the-art. However, one lives in a real-time world, and customer expectations are...

Tags: Logistics, Cygnus Business Media, Supply Chain, Transportation, EDI, Strategy, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
The Kathie Lee Factor

BNET - 2001-07-01

Kathie Lee Gifford is, of course, the television and recording personality made temporarily infamous in 1996 when it was disclosed that her signature line of Wal-Mart clothing was made, at least in part, by children working in factories in Central America. To her credit, she has worked hard to raise...

Tags: Cygnus Business Media, Kathie Lee Gifford, B2B, Strategy, Security, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Management
2005 Supply & Demand Chain 100 Case Study - Johnson Space Center / MfgQuote Inc.

BNET

For more than 40 years, Johnson Space Center JSC in Houston, Texas, has been home to the U.S. human space flight program from the final Mercury flight to today's space shuttle and International Space Station missions. In the past, the process to find three suppliers who could do the work...

Tags: Sourcing, Demand Chain, Cygnus Business Media, MfgQuote Inc., Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
2005 Supply & Demand Chain 100 Case Study - Fortune 150 Conglomerate / Silver Oak Solutions

BNET

Silver Oak provided the first-ever corporate-wide spending analysis for this global customer across 20-plus domestic and five European business units. Silver Oak completed strategic sourcing for three complex, difficult categories for a major business group at the company, identifying 21 percent in annual savings. Using Silver Oak's sourcing process (involving...

Tags: Demand Chain, Cygnus Business Media, Pricing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Marketing, Business Operations, Management

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
Michael Martin	President, Cygnus Business Media, Publishing
Gale Johnson	Editor-In-Chief, Locksmith Ledger International
Gregg Wartgow	Editor-In-Chief, Cygnus Business Media
Harvey Eisner	Editor-In-Chief, Advanced Rescue Technology
James Ogle	Chief Financial Officer
Paul Caplan	Chief Sales Integration Officer
Steve Ehle	Editor-In-Chief, Wood Digest Magazine
Dave Davel	Vice President, Cygnus Business Media, Publishing
David Parsha	Vice President, Cygnus Interactive
Judy Heidebrecht	Vice President of Human Resources
Scott Roulet	Vice President, Business Development
Tom Martin	Vice President, Information Technology & Manufacturing
John Hollenhorst	Publisher
Patrick O'Toole	Editor & Publisher
Rick Monogue	Publisher
Rudy Wolf	Managing Director, Professional Distributor Magazine
Alice Miller	Editorial Director, Imaging Group
Gloria Cosby	Brand Director
Julie Thompson	Senior Vice President & Director, Cygnus Expositions
Kathy Scott	Director of Public Relations
Marianne McIntyre	Art Director
Nick Sergi	Director of Content
Ronnie Garrett	Editorial Director of the Cygnus Law Enforcement Group
Ryan Congdon	Art Director
Shari Dodgen	Brand Director, Cygnus Custom Marketing Intergrated Programs
Jim Roseman	National Accounts Manager
Mike Emich	Regional Account Manager, Print, East Coast
Allison Badura	Classified Ad Service Representative
Nikki Becker	Classified Sales Representative
Susie Belzer	Inside Sales Representative
Barb Zuehlke	Managing Editor
Bill Swichtenberg	Editor
Brendan Dooley	Editor
Dana Nelsen	Editor
Dionne Shearer	Assistant Editor
Elizabeth Friszell-Neroulas	Managing Editor
Emily Pike	Managing Editor
Erica Schulz	Assistant Editor
Fred Jandt	Editor
Grant Dunham	Managing Editor
Jackie Roembke	Managing Editor
Kim Kaiser	Associate Editor
Leah Harnack	Assistant Editor
Lisa Danes	Associate Editor
Mark O'Connell	Editor
Rod Dickens	Senior Editor
Ryan Olson	Editor
Sara Schreiber	Assistant Editor
Scott De Laruelle	Associate Editor

Organization	Position	Status
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	President, Cygnus Business Media, Publishing	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Editor-In-Chief, Locksmith Ledger International	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Editor-In-Chief, Cygnus Business Media	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Editor-In-Chief, Advanced Rescue Technology	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Chief Financial Officer	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Chief Sales Integration Officer	Current
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Vice President, Interactive Sales	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Editor-In-Chief, Wood Digest Magazine	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Vice President, Cygnus Business Media, Publishing	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Vice President, Cygnus Interactive	Current
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Manager	Former

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Vice President of Human Resources	Current
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Human Resources Executive	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Vice President, Business Development	Current

As Vice President of Manufacturing for Cygnus Business Media, Tom Martin oversees the manufacturing of more than 60 business-to-business magazines and custom publishing titles. His 30-year career has encompassed the entire spectrum of publishing and production positions, including advertising sales, publisher and production director and has helped to launch magazines in the graphics, imaging & reproduction marketplace.

Organization	Position	Status
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Vice President, Information Technology & Manufacturing	Current
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Telecommunications Executive	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Publisher	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Editor & Publisher	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Publisher	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Managing Director, Professional Distributor Magazine	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Editorial Director, Imaging Group	Current
International Photographic Council	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Brand Director	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Senior Vice President & Director, Cygnus Expositions	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Director of Public Relations	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Art Director	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Director of Content	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Editorial Director of the Cygnus Law Enforcement Group	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Art Director	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Brand Director, Cygnus Custom Marketing Intergrated Programs	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	National Accounts Manager	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Regional Account Manager, Print, East Coast	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Classified Ad Service Representative	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Classified Sales Representative	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Inside Sales Representative	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Managing Editor	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Editor	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Editor	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Editor	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Assistant Editor	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Managing Editor	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Managing Editor	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Assistant Editor	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Editor	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Managing Editor	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Managing Editor	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Associate Editor	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Assistant Editor	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Associate Editor	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Editor	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Senior Editor	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Editor	Current

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Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Assistant Editor	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Cygnus Business Media Inc.	Associate Editor	Current

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