February 26, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Jupiter Media Corporation (jupitermedia.com) said this week it had purchased a 49.9 per cent interest in the trade show ISPCON (ispcon.com) from The Golden Group, Inc. of Golden, Colorado. ISPCON, now in its 10th year, is the largest conference and expo serving the Service Provider industry, which includes both wired and wireless Internet Service Providers, Web hosts, competitive carriers and data communications firms. The Golden Group, Inc. will continue to manage the operations of ISPCON. The 10th annual ISPCON trade show takes place April 23-25, 2003 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, Maryland. Jupitermedia will provide marketing, sales and other event support. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“We have the largest readership of Service Provider content with our numerous subject related Web sites, e-mail newsletters and ISP-Discussion Lists, so having a trade show and conference in this field was a natural business strategy for us to follow,” stated Alan M. Meckler, Chairman and CEO of Jupiter Media.
“This combination of a great trade show brand with great content is part of a continuing strategy for growth at Jupitermedia. We will help produce these shows twice per year in the United States as well as in Europe and in the Asia Pacific region,” stated Meckler.
