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Hanley Wood Appoints ARCHITECT Sales Team

Hanley Wood, LLC, the leading business-to-business media company, announced today the new sales team responsible for ARCHITECT. Scheduled to debut in October 2006, ARCHITECT's focus will be on information critical to practicing architects, delivering information and ideas to inspire their designs, enhance their practice, expand their business and connect with their peers. Architect will join the Commercial Group at Hanley Wood Magazines under Group Publisher Patrick J. Carroll.

"We've assembled a great team to represent this new magazine," says Carroll. "They are an experienced group with expertise in the building products category." Russ Ellis will serve as publisher. Reporting to him will be Michael Gilbert in the Midwest, Nellie Callahan on the East Coast and Denis Cambruzzi in the West. Canada will be covered by John Magner and Colleen Curran. Catherine Jones will serve as inside sales manager.

"We're excited about the ARCHITECT launch," says Carroll. "This magazine is the first of many new publications Hanley Wood will launch and acquire to serve the explosive growth in non-residential construction."

ARCHITECT magazine will launch with a companion Web site and will be announced officially at the AIA show in June. The magazine will publish twice in 2006 and 10 times in 2007.

Joining Hanley Wood as Editor-in-Chief of Architect is Ned Cramer. For the past four years, Cramer has served as curator of the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Previously, he spent seven years at Architecture magazine, holding the title of Executive Editor when he left in 2002. He is a graduate of Rice University's School of Architecture. Hannah McCann will serve as managing editor for the new magazine.

About Hanley Wood

Hanley Wood, LLC is the premier media company serving housing and construction. Through five operating divisions, the company produces award-winning magazines and Web sites, marquee trade shows and events, rich data and custom marketing solutions. The company also is North America's leading publisher of home plans. Hanley Wood Magazines (Washington, D.C.), publishes 29 award-winning residential and commercial construction titles, including BUILDER, REMODELING, CUSTOM HOME, CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION and RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECT. In 2004 and 2006, BUILDER was named to B-to-B magazine's Media Power 50. For consumers, Hanley Wood Magazines publishes shelter magazines and home plans titles along with home plans Web sites.

Founded in 1976, Hanley Wood is a $240 million company owned by JPMorgan Partners, LLC, a private equity affiliate of JPMorgan Chase & Co.