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Elearning! Magazine Honored as Best Trade Magazine 2006 by Western Publications Association

--Excels in class of 2000+ entries

Corona, CA, May 5, 2006—Elearning! Magazine, a trade publications serving the learning and training industry, was selected as The Best Trade Magazine by the Western Publications Association. This honor combines with three previous excellence awards in design and editorial for Elearning! Magazine in its 2 year existence.

“Elearning! Magazine represents the market is serves very well,” reports Catherine Upton, Group Publisher. “The industry is vibrant, robust and creative—and we strive to make the magazine represent it well.” concludes Upton.

By earning the distinction of Best Trade Magazine, Elearning! Magazine has excelled past its competitive class to win over similar magazines serving the art, entertainment, computer and digital industries. Elearning! Magazine competed against more than 2000 entries submitted by consumer and trade magazines for these awards, with winners being announced on April 21st, 2006. This is the fourth honor for the magazine. In 2005, Elearning! Magazine was honored for excellence as Best New Trade Magazine and Best Quarterly Trade Magazine. This year it added an award of excellence for Best Overall Design and winner of the Best Trade Magazine category.

What makes Elearning! Magazine so unique is its visual and practical presentation of the world of knowledge management. The magazine addresses technology-enabled knowledge management at an executive level. Each issue features real life case studies, techniques and strategies plus the market trends and analysis against which to benchmark. “The content focuses on trends, step-by-step tips and techniques to develop and implement an enterprise-wide learning initiative-- all with the goal to build a smarter company,” claimed Kristin Bagnato, Senior Editor of Elearning! Magazine.

Because Elearning! Magazine is a business publication serving an audience of senior executives from the USA’s largest enterprises, top government agencies and educational institutions; it needs to capture the attention of the most discerning readers. “The honors from the Western Publications Association and positive responses from our readers prove we are meeting the information needs of this important market," concludes Upton.

Elearning! Magazine is one in the family of five media products serving the $50 billion e-learning market: Elearning! E-zine, web site, Elearning! E-newsletter and Elearning! Alert. In combination, these brands reach over 200,000 executives, practitioners and professionals all evaluating, deploying or implementing e-learning solutions across their enterprises. Plus, readers, subscribers, advertisers and sponsors are invited to forward content to their peers and constituencies. “This is the true value of an industry magazine—available to all who wish to use it,” continued Bagnato.
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Elearning! Wins Best Trade Magazine

The e-learning market is expected to grow 40% this year—one of the fastest in the technology space. Valued at $8 billion in the US, it is expected to top $50 billion worldwide by 2010. “B2B Media Company is dedicated to delivering media options for niche industries. We are proud to be the award-winning voice of this robust learning market,” concluded Catherine Upton, Group Publisher of Elearning! Magazine.

Elearning! Magazine, e-zine, Elearning! E-newsletter, Elearning! Alert and web site are produced by B2B Media Company, a privately held trade publishing and electronic media company. Elearning! brands are produced by B2B Media Company’s Trade Publishing Unit. The custom publishing division offers complete turnkey third party publishing, production, and fulfillment services. To learn more, visit elearning.B2BmediaCo.com