ALM Names Robin Sparkman Executive Editor of The American Lawyer

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--ALM, a leading media company serving legal and business
professionals, today announced the appointment of Robin Sparkman as
executive editor of The American Lawyer, the country's leading legal
monthly magazine. Sparkman, formerly editor in chief of ALM's
Corporate Counsel magazine, will report to editor in chief Aric Press
and replaces David Brown who was appointed editor in chief of ALM's
Legal Times in Washington, D.C. in 2007.

Sparkman, 38, has headed Corporate Counsel, the leading business
magazine for chief legal officers, since 2001. The magazine is a
three-time Neal Award finalist and the winner of multiple American
Society of Business Publishers and Editors awards. In 2007, Sparkman
added the title of deputy editorial director for the company's
national magazines.

Sparkman is a noted speaker on legal and journalism issues, and
serves as a judge for the National Magazine Awards. Before joining
ALM, she spent five years as an editor for the business and opinion
sections of MSNBC.com. Sparkman was one of the founding members of the
site, one of the world's top Web news sources. She is also a former
reporter for Newsweek and covered terrorism, the United Nations and
politics for the newsweekly. Sparkman is a magna cum laude graduate of
Wellesley College and Columbia University's Graduate School of
Journalism.

"Robin has done a terrific job as editor in chief of Corporate
Counsel. I expect that she will bring the same energy and skill to her
new role," said Press.

The American Lawyer is the legal industry's leading monthly
magazine. Read by partners at corporate law firms, in-house counsel,
government lawyers, and litigators at firms of all sizes, its features
about attorneys and the work they do has led to 23 National Magazine
Award nominations and five coveted awards for general excellence,
essays and criticism, and single-topic issues. The magazine is
published in print and online by ALM.

About ALM

ALM is a leading integrated media company, focused on the legal
and business communities. ALM currently owns and publishes 33 national
and regional magazines and newspapers, including The American Lawyer,
Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. The
company is one of North America's largest producers of conferences and
trade shows for business leaders and the legal profession. ALM's
Law.com is the Web's leading legal news and information network, while
ALM's GlobeSt.com is the Web's leading information source for
commercial real estate professionals. Other ALM businesses include
book and newsletter publishing, court verdict and settlement
reporting, production of professional educational seminars, market
research and content distribution. For more information, visit
www.alm.com. ALM is an Incisive Media company.

About Incisive Media

Incisive Media is a rapidly growing provider of specialist
business information, in print, in person and online. Incisive Media
operates in four principal markets: financial services, risk
management, professional services and marketing services. Incisive
Media's market leading brands include Investment Week, Post Magazine,
Risk, Search Engine Strategies, Accountancy Age, Professional
Pensions, Computing and Legal Week. For more information, visit
www.incisivemedia.com.

ALM, The American Lawyer, Legal Times, Corporate Counsel, The
National Law Journal, Real Estate Forum, Law.com and all other ALM
publication and product names are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of ALM Properties, Inc.

Peters & Feldman for ALM
Lee Feldman, 203-341-8922
lfeldman@alm.com

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