FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BZ Media Ranks on Inc. Magazine's
Debut Inc. 5,000 List
Huntington, N.Y., August 27, 2007 — BZ Media LLC today announced that it has appeared on Inc. Magazine’s first-ever Inc. 5,000 list, which ranks the fastest-growing private companies in the United States.
BZ Media, founded in 1999, was ranked as the 2,529th fastest-growing company in the United States, and as the 48th fastest-growing media company, according to Inc.
“The Inc. 5,000 provides the most comprehensive look ever at the most important part of the economy — the entrepreneurial part,” said Inc. 5,000 Project Manager Jim Melloan.
BZ Media was launched in 1999 by Ted Bahr and Alan Zeichick, two media professionals with more than two decade's experience in the publishing industry. BZ Media’s flagship property is SD Times, the twice-monthly newspaper of record for the software development industry. In addition, the company publishes Software Test & Performance, a monthly magazine for software test/QA managers.
BZ Media is also active in Internet publishing and in events, producing the Software Test & Performance Conference, EclipseWorld Conference & Exhibition, and the Software Security Summit in 2007. The company reported US$5.5 million in revenue in 2006, representing a 138.1% growth rate from 2003–2006, the period studied by the inaugural Inc. 5,000.
Before founding BZ Media, Ted Bahr was a group president and member of the board of directors of Miller Freeman Inc., now merged with CMP Media LLC as a division of United Business Media Plc. In his 12 years at Miller Freeman, Mr. Bahr managed several different computer, electronics and entertainment groups of magazines, conferences, trade shows and online properties, as well as launching seven magazines and countless other media properties. Prior to joining Miller Freeman, Mr. Bahr worked for five years in advertising sales at Ziff-Davis Publishing on PC Magazine and PC Tech Journal. At the time, ZD was the largest U.S. publisher of computer magazines. In October 2005, Mr. Bahr was named to Folio: Magazine’s inaugural “Dream Team” as B-to-B Publisher.
After starting his career as a mainframe programmer and systems analyst in the 1970s, Alan Zeichick shifted over to the world of technology journalism in 1984, beginning at a small publishing company in rural New England. From 1987–1990 he worked for IDG Communications and was recruited to Miller Freeman Inc. in 1990. As an editor-in-chief and editorial director at Miller Freeman, Mr. Zeichick led the content-oriented aspects of the start-up, acquisition and repositioning of several publications, as well as several trade shows and conferences. His final project at the company was the award-winning repositioning and redesign of LAN Magazine into Network Magazine. A prolific author and popular speaker, Mr. Zeichick serves as editorial director for the company's magazines and newsletters, chairman of several of its conferences, and manages its BZ Research arm.
More about the 2007 Inc. 5,000, and BZ Media's listing, can be found at Inc.com.
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About the Inc. 5,000:
The 2007 Inc. 5,000 list measures revenue growth from 2003 through 2006. To qualify, companies had to be U.S.-based and privately held, independent — not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies — as of Dec. 31, 2006, and had to have at least $200,000 in revenue in 2003, and $2 million in 2006.”
