BioMed Central and The Scientist

[Phil Davis <pmd8@cornell.edu>]

Doesn't BioMed Central own The Scientist?  I have a recollection that they
purchased The Scientist from ISI a couple of years ago, making it into a
type of mouthpiece to promote BMC journals.  The way the press release
reads, they sound like two very different ventures.  Am I incorrect on the
ownership issue?

--Phil Davis

At 08:54 PM 12/15/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:50:15 EST
>Reply-To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
>
>Apologies for cross-posting. We hope that this will be of interest to the
>list. Please direct any enquiries about subscriptions to
>institutions@biomedcentral.com or contact your sales representative.
>
>Kind regards
>
>Grace Baynes
>BioMed Central
>
>****BioMed Central announces publishing partnership with The Scientist
>magazine***
>
>BioMed Central is pleased to announce that the new website for The
>Scientist, the premier source for life science news, will from today be
>available on the BioMed Central platform. BioMed Central will now offer
>its library customers The Scientist print and online subscriptions,
>providing access to eighteen years of outstanding content, with the added
>benefits of online usage statistics, customer support and 24/7 service
>reliability.
>
>Richard Gallagher, Editor and Publisher of The Scientist explains,
>
>" We decided to partner with BioMed Central because they provide a
>world-class offering to their library customer base and our partnership
>fuses an outstanding product with an excellent service provider."
>
>The Scientist website, www.the-scientist.com, has one million registrants,
>and receives over 2.5 million page impressions a month. This highly
>acclaimed magazine features content essential for all working life
>scientists. Sections include Breaking news, Highlights from the research
>literature, Research features, Technology Overviews, Business coverage and
>Opinion and Vision articles.
>
> >From BioMed Central, Natasha Robshaw, Head of Marketing and Sales, adds,
>
>"We are delighted to add The Scientist to our portfolio of products we
>offer to the library community. The Scientist is an established magazine
>with a huge readership and we believe that our customers will really
>benefit from being able to subscribe to this resource via our platform,
>and enjoy excellent customer service at the same time."
>
>ENDS
>
>Press Contacts: Grace Baynes or Natasha Robshaw at press@biomedcentral.com
>or +44 (0) 20 7323 0323