verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message cmp technology type subsidiary of united business media industry media founded 1971 headquarters manhasset new york products publishing advertising trade shows website www.cmp.com cmp technology formerly cmp media is a business to business multimedia company that provides information and integrated marketing services to technology professionals worldwide . cmp offers marketers and advertisers comprehensive solutions including print newsletters custom web sites and events . its products and services include newspapers magazines internet products research education and training trade shows and conferences direct marketing services and custom publishing . headquartered in manhasset new york today cmp is part of united business media plc a global information company providing group professional media and news distribution . contents 1 markets served 2 history 3 references 4 external links markets served edit cmp divides the market into the builders sellers and buyers of technology . the company publishes 80 business to business publications operates 120 web sites and hosts 150 face to face events each year . publications for the builders of technology include eetimes and dr. dobb s journal . publications for the sellers of technology include crn and varbusiness . publications for the buyers of technology include informationweek network computing for the corporate it user ; and targeted publications for the financial industry wall street & technology insurance & technology and bank systems & technology . custom publications include db2 magazine ibm database magazine and smart enterprise . cmp technology co produces the web 2.0 summit along with o reilly media and is the owner of the uspto service mark web 2.0 . history edit in 1971 gerard gerry leeds and his wife lilo founded the company . their sons michael and daniel managed the company in 1988 and launched techweb . cmp was sold to united business media s miller freeman in 1999 and in 2000 the it portion of miller freeman was merged into cmp . in 2008 ubm broke cmp into pieces . today the name is gone and what s left of the company is part of the british media conglomerate ubm plc according to newsday . 1 recent acquisitions include semiconductor insights lightreading medialive international black hat and shorecliff communications . references edit cmp media founder gerard leeds dies at 92 newsday . newsday . retrieved 12 03 2014 . check date values in access date help external links edit cmp technology techweb network computing bmighty.com crn ibm database magazine gerard leeds biography this united states media company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cmp technology & oldid 735781325 categories companies established in 1971united states media company stubshidden categories cs1 errors datesarticles needing additional references from december 2014all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 01 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view