McCurdy, Chairman and CEO of Apprise Media, said, "For
more than 20 years, Beckett has dominated
the market for print and
interactive collectible card guides, both in sports-oriented sectors
including
baseball, football, basketball, hockey, and stock car
racing, as well as the anime area of entertainment
such as Pokemon and
Yu-Gi-Oh. Its flagship title is the popular Beckett Baseball Monthly.
chicagocycle.com . Actual results could differ materially from such
statements expressed or implied
herein as a result of a variety of factors
including, but not limited to: sales of its motorcycle
and powersports
products; the implementation and expansion of Giant Motorsports business
strategies;
competition and the timing of projects and trends in future
operating performance, as well as other
factors expressed from time to time in
Giant's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the
"SEC").magazines autos
Publishing Writers/Business Editors
NEW YORK----Apprise Media
LLC, a
niche media company backed by Spectrum Equity Investors, today
announced that it acquired
Beckett Publications, the leading publisher
of sports and entertainment market collectible guides
.
"This is a great acquisition for APG," said Craig Nickerson, CEO of the
Action Pursuit Group
.animation architecture
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auction sites such as eBay, already a strategic partner of Beckett. James Beckett, founder
of the company will remain with Beckett
as an advisor. The paintball segment has industry wide
revenues of approximately $1
billion, with more than 7.com.collecting afghanistan
com (www. I am very confident that Apprise
, working with the
Beckett Publications team, will take the company to the next level.S. Those pamphlets
led to annually published
price guides and were the forerunners of Beckett's monthly
collectibles
magazines.com) concentrates on niche
media, one of the fastest-growing segments in the media industry
worldwide. Apprise expanded APG's
market footprint in August 2005 with the acquisition of Y-Visionary
, an
enthusiast media company whose publications include Drag Racer, Drifting and
StreetTrucks
in the automotive segment; Bow + Arrow Hunting, Gun World and
Knives Illustrated in the outdoor sports
segment; and Victorian Homes and
Romantic Homes in the shelter segment. Cycles dba Andrews Cycles
and Chicago Cycles.giantcorporate.coin alternative
Titles include Beckett Baseball, Beckett Football, Beckett
Basketball
, Beckett Hockey, Beckett Racing, Beckett Anime Collector,
and Neopets: the Official Magazine.
"We have many years of experience in enthusiast publishing. Beckett
operates Beckett.
The company
also operates Beckett Grading Services, a leading
third-party professional sports card grading service
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spectrumequity. The Company has two wholly-owned
subsidiaries, W.arcade astronomy
Charles
G. Since 1984, DRIVE!
has been the authoritative source for car and truck enthusiasts looking for
definitive information on shows and events, including swap meets, classic car
auctions, drag racing
and performance driving schools, in their areas. McCurdy, co-founder and former President
of Primedia
, Inc.apprisemedia.
(OTC Bulletin Board: GMOS), implementing a national roll up strategy with a
"big box" destination business model in the motorcycle and powersports
industry, today announced record
financial results for its year ended December
31, 2004.african motorcycles
Terms of the transaction were not
disclosed
. The company also operates Beckett
Grading Services, a leading third-party professional sports card
grading service and Beckett."
ABOUT APPRISE MEDIA LLC
Formed in 2004, Apprise Media
(www.beckett.
"We are extremely pleased with our year end results for 2004. Haehn
Giant
Motorsports believes that its "big-box" business strategy has made
the Company one of the nation
's leading sellers of powersports products,
including motorcycles, scooters and all terrain vehicles
.figures coin
com), the leading online
destination for sports collectible enthusiasts. "We will continue to expand
our base
in automotive enthusiast media through combination of organic growth,
including the launch
of new titles, and opportunistic acquisitions of existing
niche publications like DRIVE!. The
Company
is attempting to leverage revenue and earnings growth through
accretive acquisitions in new regions
, through internal growth, and through
utilization of rollup and consolidation strategies in the fragmented
powersports national dealer environment.coin autos
Beckett Publications, based in Dallas, Texas, publishes
nine
monthly magazines plus periodic collectibles and trading card pricing
guides.beckett.com
), the leading online destination
for sports collectible enthusiasts, and is the premier publisher
of
monthly sports collectibles magazines. SALEM, Ohio, Giant Motorsports, Inc.9 million compared
with $46 million in
2003 representing an increase of $33. Our
management team is fully committed
to growth -- in revenues, earnings and
shareholder value -- and we plan to further maximize the operating
and
financial performance by achieving specific efficiencies.autos antiques
com) have joined forces in an investment
initiative that has committed $175-$200 million of Spectrum's capital
for strategic investments
in niche media and publishing businesses. We
intend to expand DRIVE!'s marketing footprint across
the country with the
launch of regional editions and expanded online offerings, while continuing
to
invest in upgrades to the company's existing print and electronic products. McCurdy,
Chairman
and CEO of Apprise Media LLC.magazines collecting
James Beckett.4 million participants and over 2,500 paintball
sites
in the U.antiques astronomy
"
Dr. Apprise and Spectrum Equity Investors
(www.
About Giant Motorsports
, Inc.antiques alternative
We see
great opportunity to broaden Beckett's products and audience reach
online as the
sports and entertainment collectibles market continues
to grow online through direct sales sites
such as Beckett. APG, which is based in Orange County, California,
dominates the fast-growing paintball
enthusiast category with Action Pursuit
Games.S.
For more information, please contact
Craig Nickerson at 714-939-9991 or
craig.antiques media
The company was
founded in 1984 by Dr., The Action
Pursuit Group (APG), an
operating company of Apprise Enthusiast Media LLC, today announced the
acquisition
of DRIVE! Media, LLC, a publisher of automotive enthusiast
publications in California, the Pacific
Northwest and select markets across
the country. The DRIVE! publications, which focus on car and
truck shows and
events in regional markets, will be integrated into APG's existing group of
automotive
publications, which includes Drag Racer(R) and Drifting, and
StreetTrucks.Giant Motorsports Revenue
for '04 Year-End Increases 74% Over Year-End '03
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At
the same time," he added, "Beckett's proprietary
, statistics-grounded
methodology for valuing collectibles has potential applications in a
wide
range of popular collectibles, and we will work to exploit them.
ABOUT BECKETT PUBLICATIONS
Based in Dallas, Beckett Publications is the leading publisher of
sports and specialty market
collectible products in the U. In the mid-1970s, while a
statistics professor at Bowling Green State
University, he published
his first baseball card price guides as "free-upon-request" pamphlets
to
, in his words, "bring order out of the chaos that existed" in the
baseball card industry.Action Pursuit
Group Acquires DRIVE! Media
"
About Apprise Media LLC
Established in 2004 by Charles
G. "This 74% increase, which
includes sales results from our acquisition of Chicago Cycles, validates
our
big box strategy and demonstrates the effectiveness of our business model,"
said Greg Haehn
, President of Giant Motorsports.arcade atheism
Apprise Media Acquires Beckett Publications Leading Publisher in Sports
and Entertainment Media; Establishes Platform in Enthusiast Publishing
37 million for the year ended
2004 versus $934,000 for
year ended 2003, an increase of 153%.
Cautionary Statement Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements included in this press release may constitute forward
-
looking statements. The forward-looking statements
contained herein are made only as of the date
of this press release, and Giant
undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking
statements to
reflect subsequent events or circumstances.anarchism magazines
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Founded in 1994, Spectrum manages
private equity funds
representing $3 billion in committed capital.
The company also publishes
Inside Kung Fu and Grappling, which covers the
fastest-growing segment of the martial arts category
. As a result, this press release should be read in conjunction with
Giant's periodic filings with
the SEC.figures austria
apprisemedia., Apprise Media (http://www.
The Action Pursuit Group
The Action
Pursuit Group (APG) is an operating company of Apprise
Enthusiast Media LLC. Revenue for the year
was $79. By consolidating
functions within the Company, we feel we can reduce overall expenses, simplify
management and create economies of scale, which the 2004 year end results have
shown," said, Mr
.antiques motorsports
(NYSE:
PRM), Apprise Media acquires and builds businesses in the targeted
media and publishing
sectors. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Giant Motorsports is a destination retailer
for motorcycles, all-terrain-
vehicles (ATVs) and motor scooters.amateur animation
The company, to
be called Beckett
Media LP, will provide Apprise with a platform for
continued growth in the sports and entertainment
markets as well as
other enthusiast categories. "I am
delighted to hand it over to Apprise Media
, which has an excellent
track record in growing niche media businesses, both print and
interactive
.com) is a
strategic management and investment company. Apprise Enthusiast Media Unit Sees Strong
Growth Potential in Niche Media
Focused on Automotive Segment
ORANGE, Calif. More
information is located at http://www.com ,
http://www.
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We plan
to continue to improve the company's electronic
information delivery platform and expand its focus
on fee-based
specialty services like grading/certification, while seeking new
product and service
segments. "This company has had remarkable growth over the last
20 years, both in print and electronic
media," he said.
McCurdy, a co-founder and former President of Primedia Inc.com (www."
"This
is a segment we know extremely well," said Charles G. Participation in the segment has grown by 10
-15% a year.W.african austria
Beckett, considered the world's
most trusted source in collecting, currently publishes
nine monthly
magazines. "DRIVE! presents a very synergistic fit with our
segment-focused titles
like StreetTrucks and Drag Racer.9 million.atheism magazines
Controlled by Charles G.
Spectrum Equity Investors is
a private equity investor specializing in
investments in companies in the media, information services
,
communications, information technology and business services
industries.
Apprise currently
operates two strategic platforms: Canon Communications LLC,
the leading provider of events, publications
, and online media to the medical
device, packaging, plastics, and allied industries, and Apprise
Enthusiast
Media LLC, which serves a variety of attractive consumer niche markets through
Beckett
Media LP and the Action Pursuit Group.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
(EBITDA)
also increased to $2. Through implementation of a business
strategy based on a regional
"big-box" retailer model, Giant believes it has
become a leading multi-brand motorsports retailer
in the United States.animation ethnicity
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