MSDN Magazine, TechNet Magazine, to be published by 1105 Media

Congratulations to the publishing team at 1105 Media. That company is taking over the production of Microsoft’s MSDN Magazine and TechNet Magazine.

Those two magazines are owned by Microsoft’s Magazine Group. For many years, they have been produced, under contract, by United Business Media. (The UBM division that produced the magazines used to be called Miller Freeman, and then CMP Media. It’s now called TechWeb.)

Microsoft is shifting its contract for those two magazines to 1105 Media. After the November 2009 issues close, 1105 will take over.

According to a letter from UBM,

Microsoft’s Magazine Group remains a premium content provider committed to the value of MSDN and TechNet content for readers and advertisers. As a part of the Magazine Group’s increased focus on web content, they have made a shift in their magazine strategy. After much consideration, TechWeb decided that these changes diverge from its core business strategy moving forward. As a result, Microsoft has now selected a new media vendor for MSDN Magazine and TechNet Magazine.

Losing the Microsoft contract will leave UBM with an even smaller piece of the software-development publishing market. UBM had been the publisher of Dr. Dobb’s Journal, and producer of the “SD West” and “SD Best Practices” Software Development Conferences. Those, of course, are no more.

We wish 1105 Media good luck and a lot of success with MSDN Magazine and TechNet Magazine.