[November 01, 2004] Penton Media Relaunches InternetWorld.com As Interactive Community for E-Commerce Professionals LOVELAND, Colo. --(Business Wire)-- Nov. 1, 2004 -- Penton Media (OTCBB:PTON) has relaunched www.InternetWorld.com as an interactive online community for e-commerce professionals, complete with personalized Weblogs and free registration. This model gives visitors the power to build the site into a robust Web-based forum that they can both contribute to and profit from professionally. www.InternetWorld.com provides frank commentary and unedited opinions from both industry experts and everyday users about all topics related to conducting Internet business. Site users can post comments and participate in threaded discussions, maintain personalized Weblogs (or online journals) in real time, access news feeds, and participate in online polls. "Given the recent revenue and profit growth in Internet business, which has proven that the Internet is a viable business marketplace, and the rise of 'blogging' as a viable publishing medium, I am confident that the relaunch of InternetWorld.com could not come at a better time," said Mike Waters, e-media manager for Penton's Business Technology group. "The future of Web publishing is in sharing thoughts, ideas and opinions as part of a community." InternetWorld.com marks Penton's growing contribution to the "blogosphere," -- a growing style of interactive journalism that promotes a symbiotic relationship between site users who post to blogs and the editors who maintain the site's content. Blogs enrich the online community by giving those with expertise in a particular subject a means to share their experiences and best practices. "Since Internet World was the first print magazine to really define and serve the Internet business community with hands-on, how-to editorial, the logical thing to do was to carry that over to the Web, but in an interactive forum," said Ken Downie, editor of InternetWorld.com. "An Internet-only medium makes perfect sense for a publication that's about the Internet in the first place." Visitors to www.InternetWorld.com also can subscribe to the eNewsletter "Internet Business," and search the editorial archives of past newsletters and the Internet World print issues. ABOUT PENTON MEDIA Penton Media (www.penton.com) is a diversified business-to-business media company that provides high-quality content and integrated marketing solutions to 12 diverse industries. Founded in 1892, Penton produces market-focused magazines, trade shows, conferences and online media, and provides a broad range of custom media and direct marketing solutions for business-to-business customers worldwide. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]