ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media) is a media company headquartered in the
Socony–Mobil Building
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in New York City, and is a provider of specialized business
news
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and information, focused primarily on the
legal
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, insurance, and
commercial real estate
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sectors. The company was started in 1979 by Steven Brill to publish ''The American Lawyer''.
Organization
ALM owns and publishes 33 national, regional, and international
magazine
A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...
s and
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
s, including ''Credit Union Times'', ''The American Lawyer'', the ''New York Law Journal'', ''Corporate Counsel'', ''The National Law Journal'', ''The Legal Intelligencer'', ''Legal Times'', ''GlobeSt.com'', and ''Real Estate Forum'', as well as the ''Law.com'' and ''Law.com International'' brands.
The company also produces conferences and
trade show
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s for business leaders and the legal profession. Law Journal Press, ALM's professional book imprint, publishes over 130 treatises on a broad range of legal topics. Other ALM businesses include newsletter publishing, court verdict and settlement reporting, production of professional educational seminars, market research, and content distribution.
History
In 1997, Brill sold ALM to
Time Warner
Warner Media, LLC ( traded as WarnerMedia) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate. It was headquartered at the 30 Hudson Yards complex in New York City, United States.
It was originally established in 1972 by ...
, mainly for its CourtTV stake. ALM's legal publications were acquired from Time Warner by U.S. Equity Partners, L.P., a private equity fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., L.P., in 1998. Shortly afterward, it acquired National Law Publishing Company (parent of ''The National Law Journal'' and ''New York Law Journal'') from Boston Ventures and the legal publications of Legal Communications (including ''The Legal Intelligencer'') from Meridian Venture Partners.
In 1999, U.S. Equity bought real estate publisher Schein Publications.
In 2007, ALM was purchased by
Incisive Media
''Incisive Media'' is a B2B information and events business. It is based in London, United Kingdom.
History
Incisive Media is a business-to-business (B2B) information and events company founded by Tim Weller, in 1994 with the launch of ''Inves ...
for million. Two years later, Incisive had to restructure the loan used to purchase ALM, and ALM once again became an independent company, owned by the lenders and
Apax Partners
Apax Partners LLP is a British private equity firm, headquartered in London, England. The company also operates out of six other offices in New York, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Tel Aviv, Munich and Shanghai. As of December 2017, the firm, including its ...
. Wasserstein & Co. repurchased ALM in 2014.
In 2015, ALM acquired
Summit Professional Networks
ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media) is a media company headquartered in the Socony–Mobil Building in New York City, and is a provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal, insurance, and commercial real ...
.
In January 2016, the company acquired British legal magazine ''
Legal Week
''Legal Week'' was a weekly British magazine for business lawyers, launched in 1999 by Mark Wyatt and Mary Heaney.
History
It was acquired by Incisive Media
''Incisive Media'' is a B2B information and events business. It is based in London, Uni ...
''.
Publications
* ''
The American Lawyer
''The American Lawyer'' is a monthly legal magazine and website published by ALM Media. The periodical and its parent company, ALM (then American Lawyer Media), were founded in 1979 by Steven Brill.The Legal Intelligencer''
* ''The
National Law Journal
''The National Law Journal'' (NLJ) is an American legal periodical founded in 1978. The NLJ was created by Jerry Finkelstein, who envisioned it as a "sibling newspaper" of the ''New York Law Journal''.
Originally a tabloid-sized weekly newspape ...
''
* ''
New York Law Journal
The ''New York Law Journal'', founded in 1888, is a legal periodical covering the legal profession in New York, United States.
Background
The newspaper, published Monday through Friday, provides daily coverage of civil and criminal cases from ...
''
* ''ThinkAdvisor''
* '' Law Journal Press''
* ''Litigation Daily''
* ''Legaltech News''
* ''The Supreme Court Brief''
* ''The Recorder''
* '' Connecticut Law Tribune''
* ''Delaware Law Weekly''
* ''Texas Lawyer''
* ''New Jersey Law Journal''