Everything Channel Honored with Nine Awards of Excellence from the American Society of Business Publication Editors

ChannelWeb.com, CRN, and CRNtech Recognized for Outstanding Editorial and Design

PRNewswire-FirstCall
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.
Jul 30, 2008

Everything Channel (formerly CMP Channel), the leader in accelerating global technology sales channels, today announced that it was honored with nine Awards of Excellence from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). The ASBPE Awards recognize outstanding editorial writing and graphic design in online and print publications.

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"The ASBPE Awards are one of the industry's most prestigious programs, and we are extremely proud that ChannelWeb.com, CRN and CRNtech have been recognized for excellence," said Robert Faletra, Chief Executive Officer, Everything Channel. "Our complete range of offerings, which include spiff management and configuration tools, marketing and media products, research, training and consulting and face-to-face events, all continue to shape and influence global technology Channels, and these awards demonstrate our continued commitment to those Channels."

  National Editorial Awards
  -- Bronze Award -- Product Section/Department
     CRNtech, "Gizmos & Gadgets," January 2007, by Jennifer Follett, Edward
     F. Moltzen, Mario Morejon, Damon Poeter and Fahmida Y. Rashid
  -- Silver Award -- Original Web Database
     VARBusiness, "Channelweb.com: VAR500 Database," by Joe Caponi, Robert
     DeMarzo and Larry Hooper

  National Design Awards
  -- Silver Award -- Publication Redesign
     CRN, "CRN Redesign," by Adeline Cannone, Jim Lawyer and David Nicastro
  -- Silver Award -- Overall Typography
     CRN, November 12, 2007, by Adeline Cannone, Jim Lawyer and David
     Nicastro

  B2B Web Site of the Year
  -- One of the Top Ten Winners
     "ChannelWeb.com," by Larry Hooper, Joe Caponi, Joe Foster, Jack
     McCarthy, Caitlin Moriarity and Joe Foster

  Northeast Regional Editorial Awards
  -- Silver Award -- Regular Column - Staff Written
     CRN, "Best Buy = Bad Deal & Sun Set, Sun Rise," March 19, 2007 and
     April 30, 2007 by Steven Burke
  -- Gold Award -- News Analysis/Investigative
     CRN, "Beware the Bustout," October 1, 2007 by Scott Campbell

  Northeast Regional Design Awards
  -- Silver Award -- Feature Article Design
     CRN, "25 Most Innovative Executives," November 12 2007, by Adeline
     Cannone, Jim Lawyer and David Nicastro
  -- Gold Award -- Front Cover - Photo
     CRN, "Toughest Notebook," October 15, 2007, by Adeline Cannone, Jim
     Lawyer and David Nicastro


  Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel, formerly CMP Channel, is the one-stop-shop for accessing, enabling and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with an unparallel audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels. Through innovative sales and marketing solutions, Everything Channel arms the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results. Everything Channel 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 $2.5 billion.

  Contact
  Kate Spellman
  Everything Channel
  516 562 7383
  kspellman@everythingchannel.com

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SOURCE: Everything Channel

CONTACT: Kate Spellman of Everything Channel, +1-516-562-7383,
kspellman@everythingchannel.com

Web site: http://www.everythingchannel.com/
http://www.channelweb.com/
http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/

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