Congratulations CXO

BUSINESS EDITORS HEAP PRAISE ON CIO, CMO AND CSO MAGAZINES FOR EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE

Cleveland, Ohio—June 22, 2005—The American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) heaped high praise upon CXO Media Inc. and its CIO, CMO, and CSO magazines last night at a national awards ceremony. CMO magazine, just 10 months in print, won the highly sought after Magazine of the Year prize plus three gold awards, including New Web Publication. Sister magazines CIO and CSO each took home two gold awards as well as several other distinctions. All three magazines from IDG business unit CXO Media are now ASBPE Magazine of the Year award winners, a distinction they have collectively earned four times in the past six years. Last night’s awards were conferred at a ceremony held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland where the country’s leading editors, publishers and designers gathered to celebrate the best of the best in business-to-business publishing.