Wright's Media Locks in Deal With Penton Media

THE WOODLANDS, Texas and NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Wright's Media announces an agreement to provide the exclusive reprint and content licensing services for Penton Media. This partnership will leverage the creativity of a progressive, industry leader such as Wright's Media with the strength of a well-established, business information provider such as Penton Media. "When we were looking for a partner to drive our content licensing and reprints revenue, we were immediately drawn to the enthusiasm, creativity, and fast response from the Wright's team in the evaluation process," said Michele Crockett, VP of custom solutions and content services, Penton Media. "We're looking forward to working closely with Wright's to create new opportunities that we can present to our customers." With the addition of Penton Media to their portfolio of publications, Wright's Media now represents more than 900 titles in the publishing industry. Wright's Media President Richard Wrights said of the partnership, "We're excited about the opportunity to partner with such a prestigious publishing group. Penton Media has a strong reputation for providing excellent content in a number of different industries and we are honored to be their partner of choice for driving supplementary revenues."

About Penton Media

Penton Media, Inc. (www.penton.com) is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 17 markets and include more than 100 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 96 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products.

About Wright's Media

Wright's Media is a full-service multi-media company specializing in reselling content and licensing intellectual property in the magazine publishing industry. Regardless of whether the content is B2B, B2C or Consumer, Wright's excels in creating customized content management programs generating revenue through licensing logos or awards, reprints, eprints and a host of other ancillary products and services adding to the publisher's bottom line.

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