Founded | 2006 |
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Defunct | 2018 |
Successor | Future plc |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | New York City |
Publication types | magazines |
Nonfiction topics | Music, Pro Audio/AV, Video & Broadcast, Consumer Electronics, and Education |
Official website | www |
NewBay Media, LLC was a magazine and website publisher founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York City. [1]
NewBay Media served five marketplaces — Music, Pro Audio/AV, Video & Broadcast, Consumer Electronics, and Education.
In April 2018, Future plc acquired NewBay for $13.8 million. [2]
In September 2006, NewBay Media (as an affiliate of The Wicks Group of Companies) acquired CMP Entertainment Media (Including Music Player Network, formerly Miller Freeman Music) from United Business Media which yielded Guitar Player, Bass Player, Keyboard, Pro Sound News , Systems Contractor News, Residential Systems, Videography, Government Video, DV, Technology & Learning, and Television Broadcast. [3]
In 2007, NewBay Media acquired IMAS Publishing which yielded TV Technology, Radio World, Pro Audio Review, Audio Media, and some regional editions. [4]
In 2009, Reed Business Information sold TWICE, Broadcasting & Cable, and Multichannel News to NewBay Media. [5]
In early 2011, NewBay Media announced that it had acquired Mix , Electronic Musician , Radio , and Sound & Video Contractor magazines from Penton Media. [6]
In 2012, NewBay Media bought the Music division of Future US. [7]
In late 2012, NewBay Media acquired U.K.-based Intent Media (which was originally formed from the purchase of IP from United Business Media), including brands such as Music Week , PSNEurope, TVBEurope, MCV, Installation, and ToyNews. NewBay Media wanted to acquire these brands because of their strong market positioning and their historical links to the United Business Media purchases, as Pro Sound News was, prior to the spin off from UBM, sister magazine to PSNEurope (or Pro Sound News Europe). [8]
In 2017, NewBay Media sold Revolver to Project Group M LLC. [9]
In 2018, Future reacquired majority of the assets previously sold to NewBay Media by buying NewBay Media outright for US13.8 million. [10]
EE Times is an electronics industry magazine published in the United States since 1972. EE Times is currently owned by AspenCore, a division of Arrow Electronics since August 2016.
UBM plc was a British business-to-business (B2B) events organiser headquartered in London, England, before its acquisition by Informa in 2018. It had a long history as a multinational media company. Its main focus was on B2B events, but its principal operations included live media and business-to-business communications, marketing services and data provision, and it principally served the technology, healthcare, trade and transport, ingredients and fashion industries. UBM was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
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inMusic Brands, Inc. is an American enterprise that is the parent company for a family of brands of varying audio products used in the DJ, music production, live sound, musical instrument, pro audio, software, stage lighting, and consumer electronics industries. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Cumberland, Rhode Island, with additional offices in Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Japan, and Bulgaria.
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