It offered marketers and advertisers services such as print, newsletters, custom web sites, and events.

In 1971, Gerard "Gerry" Leeds and his wife, Lilo, founded the company as CMP Publications Inc. in Manhasset, New York.

[3] CMP Media acquired McGraw-Hill Information Technology and Communications Group (including BYTE) in 1998.

[8] The Channel Company later acquired technology division of Incisive Media and gained rights to CRN UK in 2022.

[14] The trade book operations of CMP were sold to Elsevier and Hal Leonard.

[15][16] In November 2006, Forbes reported that United Business Media had purchased the events assets of MediaLive International Inc.

"Today, the name is gone and what's left of the company is part of the British media conglomerate, UBM plc," according to Newsday.