CMP Media Partners with Autodesk to Publish Three New Digital Publications

CMP Media, a leading integrated media company, in partnership with Autodesk, one of the world's leading digital design and content firms, today announced the launch of three highly interactive digital publications: Manufacturing Solutions, Building Solutions, and Infrastructure Solutions. These quarterly publications will target management level CAD professionals, the key decision makers and influencers in the purchase of CAD products and related services.

CMP Media's editorial excellence and innovative digital publishing combined with Autodesk's technical and market expertise offer unique editorial packages. These quarterly magazines are designed to be read online and are bundled with interactive elements that encourage readers to expand their relationship with the publications beyond customary editorial. In addition to accessing critical market information and leading perspectives on the manufacturing, building and infrastructure sectors, readers will be able to link to videos, online demos, events and web seminars. Each publication will also have a strong focus on customer stories and project solutions.

"Autodesk customers look for relevant and timely news about the products that they use every day," said Nancy Maul, Group Manager for Strategic Integrated Marketing at Autodesk. "Our partnership with CMP ensures that they get interesting content through these sophisticated interactive magazines."

The Adobe Acrobat® PDF format will enable widespread distribution of these publications in an interactive format with trackable Web links throughout both editorial and advertising. Readers may view the publications on-screen and print selected articles or entire issues. When reading on- screen, readers can click Web links embedded in articles and advertisements to view related editorial content or vendor Web sites, providing advertisers a new way to generate leads or fulfill special offers.

Manufacturing Solutions Magazine will reach 115,000 readers; Building Solutions Magazine will reach 50,000 readers; and Infrastructure Solutions Magazine will reach 20,000 readers. Both Manufacturing Solutions and Building Solutions will be published in June 2003. The first issue of Infrastructure Solutions will be published in September 2003 in conjunction with the other Solutions publications. For more information, contact CMP Media's Elizabeth Edwards at 415-947-6147.

About Autodesk

Autodesk is the world's leading design software and digital content company, offering customers progressive business solutions through powerful technology products and services. Autodesk helps customers in the building, manufacturing, infrastructure, digital media, and wireless data services fields increase the value of their digital design data and improve efficiencies across their entire project lifecycle management processes. For more information about the company, see www.autodesk.com.

About CMP Media

CMP Media LLC (www.cmp.com) is a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum-the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences and custom publishing.

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