Ziff-Davis Inc. - ZD- Profile

Ziff-Davis Inc. operates in two business segments namely publishing and trade shows and conferences. The publishing segment publishes magazines, journals, newsletters, electronic information products, training manuals and provides market research about the computer industry. The Web site of the company ranked as the number one Web site in 1998 in the category of news, information and entertainment. The trade shows and conference segment organizes, produces and manages trade shows, conferences and seminars for computer industry. The COMDEX/Fall event of the company is the number one ranked trade show for all industries in the U.S. as measured by total revenue, total exhibit space and number of attendees. The principal operations of the company are in the United States, Europe and to a lesser extent in Asia. The company became publicly held in May 1998. The company acquired Sky Tv Inc. Publishing accounted for 71% of 1998 revenues; trade shows & conferences, 24% & internet, 5%.