Apprise Media Acquiring Canon Communications

Posted on May 5, 2005

Apprise Media LLC, a niche media company backed by Spectrum Equity Investors, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Canon Communications, a producer of print publications, trade shows and digital media for the medical device manufacturing market and allied packaging, plastics and electronics markets. Apprise is acquiring Canon from Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a private equity firm. Canon Communications, which is based in Los Angeles, produces 15 trade shows, publishes 15 magazines and operates eight online properties including Medical Device Link, the medical manufacturing industry's most trafficked website.