Penton Media Has Nine Lives

B2B media company Penton Media, a portfolio company of MidOcean Partners and Wasserstein & Co., has acquired Nine Lives Media. Nine Lives will become part of Penton's Technology Group, which is largely focused on providing content to IT professionals and developers. Nine Lives, however, focuses on the IT channel. The company's media platforms include MSPmentor, MSPtweet, Talkin' Cloud, The VAR Guy and VARtweet.