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February 26, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Jupiter Media Corporation (jupitermedia.com) said this week it had purchased
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a 49.9 per cent interest in the trade show ISPCON (ispcon.com) from The
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Golden Group, Inc. of Golden, Colorado. ISPCON, now in its 10th year, is the
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largest conference and expo serving the Service Provider industry, which
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includes both wired and wireless Internet Service Providers, Web hosts,
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competitive carriers and data communications firms. The Golden Group, Inc.
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will continue to manage the operations of ISPCON. The 10th annual ISPCON
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trade show takes place April 23-25, 2003 at the Baltimore Marriott
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Waterfront in Baltimore, Maryland. Jupitermedia will provide marketing,
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sales and other event support. The financial terms of the deal were not
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disclosed.
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“We have the largest readership of Service Provider content with our
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numerous subject related Web sites, e-mail newsletters and ISP-Discussion
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Lists, so having a trade show and conference in this field was a natural
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business strategy for us to follow,” stated Alan M. Meckler, Chairman and
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CEO of Jupiter Media.
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“This combination of a great trade show brand with great content is part of
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a continuing strategy for growth at Jupitermedia. We will help produce these
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shows twice per year in the United States as well as in Europe and in the
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Asia Pacific region,” stated Meckler.
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Jupiter Media Corporation is a leading provider of global real-time news,
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information, research and media resources for information technology and
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Internet industry professionals. Jupiter Media includes the internet.com,
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EarthWeb.com and 175 e-mail newsletters that generate over 200 million page
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views monthly. Jupiter Media also includes Jupiter Research, a leading
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international research advisory organization specializing in business and
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technology market research in 18 business areas and 10 vertical markets.
