Arizent, formerly known as SourceMedia, is a diversified

business-to-business Business-to-business (B2B or, in some countries, BtoB) refers to trade and commercial activity where a business sees other businesses as its customer base. This typically occurs when: * A business sources materials for its production process for ...

digital media company owned by Observer Capital, which acquired the company from

Investcorp Investcorp is a global manager of alternative investment products, for private and institutional clients. Founded in Bahrain in 1982, the firm has offices in United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, India, China, ...

in August 2014. Formerly the Thomson Media division of

The Thomson Corporation Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies. It was established in 1989 following a merger between International Thomson Organization and Thomson Newspapers. In 2008, it purchased Reuters Group to form Thomson Reute ...

, SourceMedia was spun off and sold by Thomson to Investcorp in 2004 for $350 million.

Headquarters

Based in

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

, SourceMedia has offices in the Washington suburb of

Arlington, Virginia Arlington County, or simply Arlington, is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Virginia. The county is located in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the Potomac River directly across from Washington, D.C., the nati ...

and

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

. In 2009, Investcorp split the company into two, creating Accuity as a semi-autonomous unit within SourceMedia. Accuity was the Registrar of Routing Numbers for the

American Bankers Association The American Bankers Association (ABA) is an American trade association for the U.S. banking industry, founded in 1875. They lobby for banks of all sizes and bank charters, including community banks, regional and money center banks, Federal s ...

, responsible for the assignment of routing numbers for banks in the United States, and was a leading worldwide provider of payment routing data, software and services. In 2011, Accuity was sold to

Reed Elsevier RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; ...

for $530 million. In February 2012, SourceMedia announced the adoption of a new company logo. The company's "new trademark icon depicts an array of screen-shaped pixels assembled in the shape of a three-dimensional hub." In September 2012, it was reported that Investcorp would be selling the remainder of SourceMedia. In 2014, SourceMedia was sold to Observer Capital. This is the first major acquisition for Observer Capital, which was founded in 2013 by Joseph Meyer.

Key brands

The company's key brands include ''

American Banker ''American Banker'' is a New York-based trade publication covering the financial services industry. Originally a daily newspaper, the print edition ceased publication in 2016, but continues to be published as a print magazine nine times a year. ...

'', '' The Bond Buyer'', ''

Mergers & Acquisitions ''Mergers & Acquisitions'' is a real-time B2B community, featuring a monthly magazine, daily enewsletter, conferences and member gatherings that provide news, commentary, data, analysis and community around the burgeoning middle market, providin ...

'', ''Financial Planning'', ''On Wall Street'', ''

Accounting Today ''Accounting Today'' is a trade magazine servicing the public accounting profession in the United States serving a community of professionals who provide tax preparation, bookkeeping, auditing, financial planning, and business advisory and consu ...

'', '' National Mortgage News'', ''Digital Insurance'', ''Health Data Management'', and ''Employee Benefit News''. ''American Banker'' is a leading website and newspaper of record for the banking industry; '' The Bond Buyer'', a website and daily newspaper focused exclusively on the

municipal bond A municipal bond, commonly known as a muni, is a bond issued by state or local governments, or entities they create such as authorities and special districts. In the United States, interest income received by holders of municipal bonds is often ...

industry; as well as ''National Mortgage News'', a website and weekly covering the U.S. mortgage industry; and ''Mergers & Acquisitions'', a monthly magazine providing news, commentary and analysis about corporate

mergers and acquisitions Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of a company, business organization, or one of their operating units is transferred to or consolidated with another entity. They may happen through direct absorpt ...

Key executives

*Jeff Mancini, CEO *Sean Kron, CFOSourceMedia Appoints Sean Kron as CFO
/ref> *Fell Gray, CMO{{Cite web , date=2024-02-01 , title=Fell Gray is named as Chief Marketing Officer at Arizent , url=https://www.arizent.com/news/fell-gray-has-been-appointed-as-its-chief-marketing-officer-ms-gray-joins-the-companys-executive-leadership-team-under-jeff-mancini-who-was-appointed-as-ceo-in-december , access-date=2024-07-19 , website=Arizent , language=en *David Evans, chief content officerRadical Reorganization at Source Media
/ref> *Jeff Mancini, chief strategy officer
/ref> *Christian Ward, chief data officer

References

Companies based in New York City Mass media companies of the United States