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Primedia Inc., NYSE: PRM, formerly known as K-III Communications, is a New York City-based mass media corporation. It is publicly owned, trading on the New York Stock Exchange, but private equity giant KKR holds a controlling stake in the company. Image File history File links Primedia_logo. ... Image File history File links Primedia_logo. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... “New York, NY” redirects here. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Corporate redirects here. ... A publicly traded corporation often refers to a company whose shares are traded on the open market, such as a stock market. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... Private equity is a broad term that refers to any type of equity investment in an asset in which the equity is not freely tradable on a public stock market. ... Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City based private equity firm that focuses primarily on late stage leveraged buyouts. ...


Primedia publishes over 200 magazines. Its leading titles include Fly Fisherman, Motor Trend, Automobile, and Wards. It also owns Channel One News. Primedia's major market segments include hobbyist magazines, consumer guides, business information, and education. Channel One News is a United States television news program that public and private schools agree to show their students in exchange for the loan of TV equipment. ...


In the past few years, Primedia has undergone the sort of restructuring typical of many companies acquired by private equity firms such as KKR. Consumer magazines such as flagship titles Seventeen and New York have been sold to other publishers, as have other targeted content providers, such as About.com, which was sold in March 2005 to the New York Times Company. Restructuring is the corporate management term for the act of partially dismantling and reorganizing a company for the purpose of making it more efficient and therefore more profitable. ... Supermodel Twiggy on the now-famous 1967 cover of Seventeen. ... Headquarters New York magazine is a weekly magazine, founded in 1968, concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. ... Screenshot of About. ... The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is an American media company best known as the publisher of its namesake, The New York Times. ...

Contents

Timeline

  • 1989 - Founded as K-III Communications.
  • 1989 - Acquired Intertec Publishing[1]
  • 1995 - Went public.
  • 1997 - Changed name to Primedia.
  • 1998 - Controlling share acquired by KKR
  • 1998 - Replaced CEO William Reilly with Tom Rogers
  • 2000 - Acquired About.com for $690 million
  • 2001 - Acquired EMAP USA (Motor Trend, Teen, FHM and others) for $515 million
  • 2001 - Intertec renamed to Primedia Business Magazines & Media[1]
  • 2003 - Replaced CEO Tom Rogers with Kelly Conlin[2][3]
  • 2005 - Sold business information segment (ex-Intertec[4]) to private investors Wasserstein & Co.
  • 2006 - Sold Crafts Group to Sandler Capital Management and Outdoor Group to InterMedia
  • 2007 - Sold enthusiast media group to Source Interlink for $1.2 billion.[5]

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Major Primedia Titles

as well as Automotive.com, Intellichoice.com web sites Automobile Magazine is an automobile magazine in the United States. ... Cover of Car Craft magazine, showing a T-Bucket Car Craft is a magazine devoted to automobiles and auto racing. ... Hot Rod magazine is one of the older magazines devoted to the hobby of hot rodding, modifying automobiles for performance and appearance, having been published since 1948. ... Lowrider Magazine is a monthly magazine about cars, focusing almost exclusively on the style known as a lowrider. ... Motorcyclist Magazine is a motorcycling magazine in the United States. ... Motor Trend is one of the oldest automotive magazines still publishing. ... The first issue of SLAM, featuring cover athlete Larry Johnson. ... The February 1977 issue of Soap Opera Digest. ... Soap Opera Weekly is a soap magazine which features soap operas and soap stars. ... Sport Compact Car is a magazine that focuses on racing and modifying compact sports cars. ... Stereophile is a monthly magazine that focuses on audio equipment, such as loudspeakers and amplifiers, and audio-related news, such as online audio streaming. ...


Primedia Equine Group

Equus #1, November 1977 Equus is a monthly magazine for horse owners that was first published in November of 1977. ... Cover of Horse & Rider, November 2005. ... Practical Horseman is an equestrian magazine that focuses on English-style riding, most noteably, hunter/jumper, as well as dressage and eventing. ...

Primedia Action Sports Group

Bike Magazine (Bike) is a British motorcycling magazine published by Emap. ... A skateboarder in the middle of a trick Skateboarding is the act of rolling on or interacting with a skateboard. ...

References

  1. ^ a b Intertec becomes Primedia Business. RF Design (2001-07-27). Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
  2. ^ Naraine, Ryan (2003-04-17). Primedia CEO shown the door. Clickz News. Retrieved on 2005-08-03.
  3. ^ Gross, Daniel (2003-04-22). Sub-Primedia: Why KKR is having such a hard time fixing its magazine company. Slate. Retrieved on 2005-08-03.
  4. ^ Primedia Business Information Profile. Media Owners. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
  5. ^ Burkle's Source Agrees to Buy Primedia Magazine Group.

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External links

  • Primedia corporate web site
  • KKR corporate web site

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