ALM (company)

This article is about American Lawyer Media. For other companies, see alm (disambiguation).

ALM
IndustryMedia, Legal News
Founded1979 (1979)
FounderSteven Brill
HeadquartersSocony–Mobil Building, 150 East 42nd Street,,
New York City
,
U.S.
Key people
Nick Brailey (CEO)
Products
Parent
Websitewww.alm.com

ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media) is a media company headquartered in the Socony–Mobil Building in Manhattan, and is a provider of specialized business news and information, focused on law.

ALM owns and publishes national, regional, and international magazines and newspapers, including The American Lawyer, the New York Law Journal, Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal, The Legal Intelligencer, Legal Times, Law.com, and Law.com International.

The company also produces conferences and trade shows for business leaders and the legal profession. Law Journal Press, ALM's professional book imprint, publishes over 130 treatises on a broad range of legal topics. Other ALM businesses include newsletter publishing, court verdict and settlement reporting, production of professional educational seminars, market research, and content distribution.

History

The company was started in 1979 by Steven Brill to publish The American Lawyer.

In February 1997, Brill sold ALM to Time Warner, mainly for its CourtTV stake.[1]

In July 1997, ALM's legal publications were acquired from Time Warner by U.S. Equity Partners, L.P., a private equity fund sponsored by Bruce Wasserstein.[2]

In October 1997, it acquired National Law Publishing Company (parent of The National Law Journal and New York Law Journal) from Boston Ventures and the legal publications of Legal Communications (including The Legal Intelligencer) from Meridian Venture Partners.[3]

In 2007, ALM was purchased by Incisive Media for US$630 million.[4] Two years later, Incisive had to restructure the loan used to purchase ALM, and ALM once again became an independent company, owned by the lenders and Apax Partners.[5][6][7]

Wasserstein & Co. repurchased ALM in 2014.[8][9][10][11][12]

In 2015, ALM acquired Summit Professional Networks.[13]

In January 2016, ALM acquired British legal magazine Legal Week.[14]

In March 2025, ALM merged with Law Business Research (LBR).[15]

In May 2025, ALM completed the corporate spin-off of Touchpoint Markets, which owns ThinkAdvisor, BenefitsPRO, PropertyCasualty360, GlobeSt, and Credit Union Times.[16] In July 2025, Arc Networks, owned by EagleTree Capital, acquired TouchPoint Markets.[17][18]

Publications

References

  1. ^ "Time Warner Buys Court TV Stake". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. February 20, 1997.
  2. ^ "Time Warner to Shed Legal Publications". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. July 19, 1997.
  3. ^ "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Law Publishing Merger Planned". The New York Times. October 24, 1997.
  4. ^ "American Lawyer Media Sold to U.K. Firm for $630 Million".
  5. ^ "Incisive Media announces refinancing agreement". InPublishing. September 1, 2015.
  6. ^ Tryhorn, Chris (July 5, 2007). "Incisive Media purchases US publisher ALM". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Moore, Heide (July 6, 2007). "American Lawyer sold to UK publisher". FN London.
  8. ^ Kelly, Keith J. (June 5, 2014). "Wasserstein buys back law titles for $417M".
  9. ^ O'Grady, Jean (June 5, 2014). "American Lawyer Media Sold: What Does This Mean for the Journalism of Law and Personality?". Dewey B Strategic.
  10. ^ "Wasserstein & Co. acquires ALM Media". Jones Day. July 2014.
  11. ^ Weiss, Debra Cassens (June 4, 2014). "ALM Media is sold to prior owner, reportedly at a discount". ABA Journal.
  12. ^ Rizzo, Lillian (June 4, 2014). "Wasserstein Buys Publisher ALM Media for $417M From Apax, RBS". The Wall Street Journal.
  13. ^ Alpert, Lukas I. (January 5, 2015). "Legal Publisher ALM to Acquire Summit Professional Networks". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660.
  14. ^ Gluckman, Nell (January 12, 2016). "ALM Buys UK's Legal Week From Incisive Media". The American Lawyer.
  15. ^ "LBR and ALM Announce Merger, Creating Leading Global Intelligence Provider". Law Business Research. March 24, 2025.
  16. ^ "ALM Completes the Spin Off of its Business & Finance Division into a Reimagined B2B Media Company, Touchpoint Markets" (Press release). PR Newswire. May 1, 2025.
  17. ^ "Arc acquires Touchpoint Markets". InPublishing. July 10, 2025.
  18. ^ Colston, Paul (July 2, 2025). "Arc expands reach in the US with acquisition of Touchpoint Markets". Exhibition News.
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