CMP Media Names Jon Graves, VP Events, Enterprise Group

CMP Media, a leading integrated media company serving the technology, healthcare and entertainment industries ( http://www.cmp.com/ ), today named Jon Graves, VP Events, Enterprise Group. In this newly created role, Graves will lead the concept, strategy and development of events for the Enterprise Group, identifying innovative ways to meet unique customer requirements. Based in San Mateo, Graves will report to Fritz Nelson, Senior Vice President and Group Publisher, Enterprise Group.

"CMP Media is committed to developing innovative and targeted multimedia products and services for our customers; we offer face-to-face events of all sizes and types across our technology, healthcare and entertainment businesses. Jon's experience will be put to use developing new, highly targeted events and improving our existing portfolio for the enterprise technology user," said Steve Weitzner, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, CMP Media.

"CMP has a substantial event business serving the Enterprise IT audience which includes broad industry conferences/exhibitions like the InformationWeek Conference, CSI Conference and the newly launched IP.4.IT Conference, as well as highly targeted events such as the Intelligent Enterprise Summit, the CIO Summit and the Insurance & Technology Summit - serving both vertical and horizontal industry segments," said Fritz Nelson. "To expand our already successful event business, we have been actively searching for a senior level event strategist, and we've found that player in Jon Graves."

"We are excited about the addition of Jon Graves to the lineup of our senior management team. A well-known event leader in the IT industry, Jon has a strong ability to grow and shape our event business as well as expand our current event portfolio," Nelson added.

Graves has an extensive background in the trade show and conference industry. Most recently, he was at Richmond Events as VP Business Development, North America and previously, at Gartner where he was responsible for the company's events in Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America, tailoring event models for different geographies. Earlier, when Graves was CEO at Interactive Information Services, he introduced the highly successful "SoftWorld" events into the North American market.

About CMP Media LLC

CMP Media ( http://www.cmp.com/ ) is the leading integrated media solutions company providing "broad and deep" access to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and buyers of technology worldwide. The company's comprehensive database of technology decision makers enables marketers to reach targeted audiences throughout the purchase process with publications, web offerings, face-to-face events, consulting and other marketing services that deliver actionable results.

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

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CONTACT: Alix Raine, SVP Communications of CMP Media, +1-516-562-7827,
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