Private Equity Services > PE Transactions > 2004 | JEGI

Ziff Davis Media Inc., a leading special interest technology media company, has acquired DeviceForge, LLC, a privately held vertical online b-to-b publishing company headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. The deal enables Ziff Davis to expand its already sizable portfolio of vertical product and information web sites to its enterprise level technology customers. The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented Ziff Davis in this transaction.

Ziff Davis Media has acquired Connexus Media, a network of Enterprise IT Web sites that comprises 10 targeted Web communities with a total of 600,000 subscribers in opt-in database. The sites offer targeted news, enewsletters, discussion forums and commentary. The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented Ziff Davis Media in this transaction.

Dice, Inc., a leading provider of online recruiting services for technology professionals, has acquired the assets of ClearanceJobs.com, the premier job board focused exclusively on candidates with active U.S. Government security clearances. The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented Dice, Inc. in this transaction.

Wicks Business Information has sold Alternative Investor to Dow Jones & Company for $85 million, plus working capital and a potential performance-based payment of $5 million. Alternative Investor was created through the combination of three independent companies – Asset Alternatives, VentureOne and Venture Reporter – and has become a powerful and profitable leader in providing data, analysis, news and events to the private equity community around the globe. The Jordan, Edmiston Group initiated this transaction and represented Wicks Business Information in negotiations.

Pfingsten Publishing, L.L.C. has acquired the assets of Advanstar's Art Group from Advanstar Communications, Inc. The acquisition combines Pfingsten’s art properties – DÉCOR magazine, four DÉCOR Expo tradeshows and Art Expressions magazine – with Advanstar’s Art Business News, Framing Business News, Artexpo New York and Art Miami into a single business unit. The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented Pfingsten Publishing in this transaction.

Active Interest Media ("AIM") has acquired Chantilly, VA-based Home Buyer Publications, publisher of special interest consumer magazines Log Home Living and Timber Frame Homes and a trade publication, Building Systems Magazine. The company also produces nearly a dozen three-day log home shows and more than two dozen building seminars that attract thousands of consumers from around the country. AIM, which is headed by Efrem “Skip” Zimbalist III, former chief executive officer of Times Mirror Magazines, was represented in this transaction by The Jordan, Edmiston Group.