Mediabistro Circus is a new tradeshow being offered by Jupitermedia through our Mediabistro division.  We purchased Mediabistro last July.  I have been told by a few media professionals that they could not understand why we purchased this company.  Time will show that this was a great acquisition.  Mediabistro has a fiercely loyal community of over 1 million unique visitors.  Readers read the news and a number of blogs covering all apsects of the media industry.  Readers also are heavy users of the job board as well as the freelance market place and the rapidly growing online education unit.  And now this community appears to be embracing Mediabistro's first tradeshow. 

The show is still 7 weeks away, but paid seminar registrations are strong and the exhibitor list is growing.  I will keep readers informed about progress on the show over the next few weeks.  Mediabistro Circus is just another way Mediabistro is proving to be a dynamic acquisition for Jupitermedia.  In addition to a thriving job board, ad banner growth, online education growth and Webinar growth, we now have likely tradeshow growth.  Mediabistro Circus is just the first of several new tradeshows coming from Mediabistro.  We will be announcing two more new shows shortly.

The other day I met with a private equity executive who still could not figure out what I saw in Mediabistro.  I was a bit offended that he could not see the value in Mediabistro.  But rather than recite much of what I have written above I responded by saying "Let's see what you have to say about your analysis at this time next year."