CMP Media Expands Onsite Child Care Center with State-of-the-Art Amenities

CMP Media today announced the grand opening of a newly expanded and enhanced child care facility at its Manhasset, NY headquarters. The facility has been named the Lilo & Gerry Leeds Child Development Center in honor of the CMP founders and visionaries who understood the inseparable link between child care and employee productivity. The dedication takes place during "The Week of the Young Child."

Started in 1989 with three children, the child care center was the first licensed corporate onsite child care facility on Long Island and remains of one of the few in Nassau County. With a progressive vision of employee-family relations, the Leeds wanted to offer parents a nurturing, enlightening and safe onsite environment for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers, accessible by parents at all times - allowing employees to both parent and work concurrently. Continuing the Leeds' progressive legacy of employee family relations, CMP has expanded and enhanced the center that now has the capacity to serve 160 children from ten weeks to twelve years old.

"Children are our most valuable assets. Gerry and I believed that we had a business responsibility to create a work environment that underscored our dedication to our employees-and by extension, to our employees' families," stated Lilo Leeds, co-founder of CMP Media. "Over 25 years ago, we wanted to be sure that our employees had the best child care onsite and we are very proud that CMP has continued this family-centered employee benefit. We are honored to have this facility carry our name."

"As parents of an active, young child and as full-time employees, Jay and I are lucky to work for a company that puts employee-family relations at the center of its business," commented Nadine Watson, District Sales Manager, CMP Media. "Our productivity has a direct relationship to the care and safety of our child when we are not around. Any parent would agree that it is a fabulous gift to be able to visit their child at any point during the work day."

"Although CMP Media has become part of a large public company, United Business Media, we have worked very hard to maintain the same positive culture the Leeds established at the onset," said Steve Weitzner, president and CEO, CMP Media. "United Business Media has shown an outstanding commitment to work-life balance by offering flexible work arrangements and by investing in the daycare center, an important asset to CMP."

The Lilo & Gerry Leeds Child Development Center has been expanded to 12,600 square feet with a new multifunctional art room, a computer lab with the latest technologies and a gym/activity center with new physical education equipment for the children to play and exercise. The expanded center also includes new safety and security measures such as security cameras throughout the building, emergency panic buttons in each room, and a secure lobby area at the entrance of the center.

True to its beginnings as family-centered facility, the Lilo & Gerry Leeds Child Development Center provides a wide range of experiences for children, both as individuals as well as members of a small group. The center provides all-year, full-day care for pre-schoolers. For the older children, the center offers an engaging and fun after-school program as well as full-day care when schools are closed, including summer vacation. The center also has onsite emergency child care for employees who need child care unexpectedly due to extenuating circumstances.

About CMP Media (http://www.cmp.com/)

Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands in the technology and healthcare industries, CMP Media has earned the confidence of more professionals and enthusiasts in these fields than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in each of these industries in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Media is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.

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  Alix Raine
  SVP Communications
  CMP Media
  516.562.7827
  araine@cmp.com

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