Arizent, formerly known as SourceMedia, is a mid-sized diversified

business-to-business Business-to-business (B2B or, in some countries, BtoB) is a situation where one business makes a commercial transaction with another. This typically occurs when: * A business is sourcing materials for their production process for output (e.g., a ...

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

, 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 or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

, SourceMedia has offices in the Washington suburb of

Arlington, Virginia Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county is situated in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the Potomac River directly across from the District of Columbia, of which it was once a part. The county is ...

and

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

. SourceMedia employs approximately 400 people. 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 a Washington, D.C.-based trade association for the U.S. banking industry, founded in 1875. They lobby for banks of all sizes and charters, including community banks, regional and money center banks, sav ...

, 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. On February 1, 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 late September 2012, it was reported that Investcorp would be selling the remainder of SourceMedia. In 2014, SourceMedia was sold to Observer Capital.{{Cite web , title = Publisher of American Banker Is Sold to an Investment Firm , work = DealBook , accessdate = 2014-09-09 , url = https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/07/publisher-of-american-banker-is-sold-to-an-investment-firm/ 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 Manhattan-based trade publication covering the financial services industry. Originally a daily newspaper, the print edition ceased publication in 2016, with an online edition continuing to be updated. The first issue of ...

'', ''

The Bond Buyer ''The Bond Buyer'' is a century-old daily national trade newspaper based in New York City and focused on covering the municipal bond industry. It is published Monday through Friday, except holidays. The newspaper is printed on tabloid-sized pap ...

'', ''

Mergers & Acquisitions Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspect ...

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

Accounting Today ''Accounting Today'' is a trade magazine servicing the public accounting profession in the United States. Started in 1987, it grew to a circulation of more than 30,000. The parent company of ''Accounting Today'' is SourceMedia. With over 400 emplo ...

'', ''

National Mortgage News ''National Mortgage News'' is a digital media website covering the mortgage sector in the United States. Its editor is Austin Kilgore, and its publisher is Dennis Strong. ''National Mortgage News'' is owned by SourceMedia. History ''National Mor ...

'', ''Digital Insurance'', ''Health Data Management'', and ''Employee Benefit News''. Brands include ''

'', the banking industry's leading website and daily newspaper of record; ''

'', a leading website and only daily newspaper focused exclusively on the

municipal bond A municipal bond, commonly known as a muni, is a Bond (finance), 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 ...

industry; as well as ''National Mortgage News'', the leading 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 companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspect ...

Key executives

*Gemma Postlethwaite, CEOSourceMedia Names Gemma Postlethwaite as Chief Executive Officer
/ref> *Sean Kron, chief financial officer
/ref> *David Evans, chief content officerRadical Reorganization at Source Media
/ref> *John DelMauro, senior vice president, conferences and events *Jeff Mancini, chief strategy officer
/ref> *Christian Ward, chief data officer *Ying Wong, senior vice president, human resources and office management

References

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