Physicians Practice Acquired by United Business Media
Largest U.S. healthcare business media to complement CMPMedica's offerings

Baltimore, Maryland — May 02, 2007 — Healthcare media company Physicians Practice, LLC, has been acquired from parent company Med-IQ, LLC, by United Business Media, PLC, (UBM) a publicly traded global business information company based in London. Physicians Practice will be integrated into UBM's CMPMedica marketing services operations in the United States.

Based in Baltimore, Physicians Practice and its principal product, Physicians Practice®, America's Leading Practice Management Journal, is distributed to approximately 275,000 office-based physicians and their staff, with business, financial, and legal expertise to assist them in managing their practices more efficiently. The publication is supported by approximately 60 hospital sponsors, and was named 2006 Publication of the Year by the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE). Investment banking firm DeSilva + Phillips in New York, NY, advised on the sale of Physicians Practice.

While its ownership has changed, the mission and vision of Physicians Practice remains the same: to help physicians manage their practices more effectively so they can focus on improving the health of their patients.

Explaining the acquisition, Henry Elkington, chief executive officer of CMPMedica said: "Physicians Practice has established itself as the leading practice management brand for U.S. physicians. This acquisition will help us deepen our relationship with the primary care community by bringing products that complement our existing portfolio which includes Consultant magazine, www.consultantlive.com and www.searchmedica.com."

Ken Karpay will continue as publisher, along with the rest of the Physicians Practice management, sales, editorial, and operations team. "Working together with our clients, partners, and other constituents, we are excited about the future of Physicians Practice now as a part of CMPMedica and UBM," said Karpay.

CMPMedica specializes in delivering healthcare information and education to primary care physicians, specialists, pharmacists, and patients around the world. Providing journals, magazines, directories, drug and other databases, Web sites, live meetings, and other valuable resources, CMPMedica also delivers comprehensive communication solutions for the pharmaceutical and related industries. For more information about CMPMedica, visit www.CMPMedica.com.

About United Business Media PLC
United Business Media PLC is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery dealers, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 5,000 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to www.unitedbusinessmedia.com.

About Physicians Practice
For more than 15 years, healthcare executives have turned to Physicians Practice to help them cultivate physician relationships. Physicians Practice®, America's Leading Practice Management Journal, maintains approximately 60 hospital partnerships and is distributed to approximately 275,000 practicing physicians. We create award-winning content and multimedia services to help community-based doctors in the United States and Canada strengthen their practice operations, which ultimately improves patient care. Visit www.PhysiciansPractice.com for additional information about our acclaimed healthcare business education solutions.

About Med-IQ
Med-IQ is an innovative healthcare education company that delivers high quality clinical and practice management content to physicians and other healthcare professionals through on demand multimedia programs. For more information, visit www.Med-IQ.com.

For more information, contact:
Ken Karpay
Publisher, Physicians Practice
443 543 5104
kkarpay@physicianspractice.com