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Miller Freeman, Inc., was a San Francisco-based publisher of trade books and business magazines, as well as a manager of trade and industry expositions. It was an innovative force in business technology and communications in the 1990s. The company name is owned by United Business Media, but it no longer exists as an independent company. ==History== The company was founded in 1902 by Miller Freeman, a fishing industry magnate, Republican party activist, and the founder and leader of Washington State's Anti-Japanese League. Many of its publications were trade and marketing periodicals distributed free to qualified subscribers in specific industries. Miller Freeman was acquired by United News and Media in January 1985,〔Staff (29 March 1985) "UK Company News: U.S. generates 68% of United News profit" ''Financial Times'', London, Section II p. 24;〕 but continued to be run by Marshall Freeman, the founder's grandson, until 2000.〔Callahan, Sean (1 June 1999) "Miller Freeman Prepares For CMP Takeover" ''Business Marketing'' p.4;〕 In 1991, Miller Freeman Publications merged with Gralla Publications to create Miller Freeman, Inc. Gralla's operations comprised twenty magazines and many trade shows serving markets in the travel, retail, and merchandising arenas. In 1992, Miller Freeman acquired M&T Publishing, Inc. and its four magazines in the software development and networking markets. During the Internet economic boom of the middle and late 1990s, the company moved aggressively to acquire many technology publications centered on the Internet and telecommunications industries, including the Blenheim Group, producers of the PC EXPO trade show (1996).〔Staff (6 May 1999) "Media: UN&M boosts its interests with US media purchase" ''Marketing'' Institute of Marketing, Haymarket Publishing Services Ltd. 1999(18):〕 In 1999 United News and Media spent $900 million to acquire CMP Media, a leading publisher of high-tech magazines, to complement its Miller Freeman holdings.〔 Some of Miller Freeman was merged into their CMP equivalents, retaining the CMP rather than the Miller Freeman name.〔〔Staff (3 September 2001) "New Name Revealed for Miller Freeman Asia" ''Tradeshow Week'' 31(35): p.12;〕 In 2000, as part of United News and Media's divestiture of assets, the part of Miller Freeman Inc. which had not been merged into CMP was acquired by VNU, a media holding company based in the Netherlands for a reported price of $650 million ($695M Euros).〔Staff (31 July 2000) '"VNU Acquires Miller Freeman From United News & Media" ''Business Publisher'' 15(1): p.1;〕 The slightly smaller European portion of Miller Freeman was sold to Reed Elsevier〔Staff (26 July 2000) "UNM sells rest of Miller" ''Corporate Money'' p.3;〕 with a few other smaller sales.〔Staff (23 October 2000) "Hongkong.Com Corp Buys Miller Freeman Asia's Travel Group" ''AsiaPulse News'' p. 697;〕 At the time of divestiture, Miller Freeman assets included 81 magazines, 59 trade shows and related conferences and exhibitions, and various Web sites in five major categories: real estate and construction, sports & apparel, jewelry and gifts, travel and Latin America.〔 Subsequent to divestiture the remaining United News and Media was renamed United Business Media. VNU merged much of the purchased Miller Freeman assets into VNU Expositions. But VNU subsequently divested themselves of a few former Miller Freeman assets.〔Staff (31 January 2002) "New company acquires titles from CMP Media: UP Media Group acquires PCB Group from CMP Media" ''Business Publisher'' 16(12): p. 1-2;〕 Currently (2006), the Miller Freeman, Inc. name is owned by United Business Media, a global publishing and communications conglomerate, although the company has not existed since 2000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miller Freeman, Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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