CMP Media Launches Computer Reseller News-UK

Posted on November 2, 1998

CMP Media Inc. announced it will launch a wholly owned United Kingdom edition of Computer Reseller News. The newspaper debuts as a biweekly on November 18 with controlled circulation of 15,000. Frequency increases to weekly on February 3, 1999.

John Kinsella, publisher of Computer Reseller News UK cited the latest figures from International Data Corporation (IDC) indicating that total annual information-technology spending in the UK now is second only to Germany in Europe. IDC further reports that the indirect channel currently accounts for almost half of all IT spending in the UK, making this the most influential channel in Europe.

Computer Reseller News UK will provide the latest-breaking news and product information, analysis and interpretation of market trends and the inside track on end-user markets. It also will offer a full range of marketing services including list rental, telemarketing, custom publishing, custom research, events and conferences.

John Kinsella was an industry consultant before joining Computer Reseller News UK as publisher. Previously, at Dennis Publishing Limited, he was managing director of customer publishing and publisher of The VAR, a magazine that he launched. The journalistic team is headed by Editor Ambrose McNevin. Before joining Computer Reseller News-UK, McNevin was editor of Business & Technology, the information-technology strategy magazine and managing editor of Computing, the weekly end-user newspaper.