{{Short description|American business media company}} {{Advert|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox publisher | image = SourceMedia-2016.jpg | parent = Observer Capital | status = | founded = | founder = | successor = | country = United States | headquarters = New York City | distribution = | keypeople = | publications = Magazines, newspapers, websites | topics = | genre = | imprints = | revenue = $254.6 million | numemployees = 400 | nasdaq = | url = {{URL|www.arizent.com }} }} '''Arizent''', formerly known as '''SourceMedia''', is a diversified business-to-business digital media company owned by Observer Capital, which acquired the company from Investcorp in August 2014.<ref>{{Cite web | title = SourceMedia Announces Acquisition by Observer Capital | work = PRWeb | access-date = 2014-08-07 | url = https://www.prweb.com/releases/sourcemedia_announces_acquisition_by_observer_capital/prweb12079924.htm}}</ref> Formerly the Thomson Media division of The Thomson Corporation, SourceMedia was spun off and sold by Thomson to Investcorp in 2004 for $350 million.<ref name="pe">{{cite web |url=http://www.pehub.com/167584/investcorp-puts-sourcemedia-up-sale/ |title=Investcorp Puts SourceMedia Up for Sale |accessdate=2012-09-27 |authorlink= | publisher= PE Hub |format= }}</ref>

== Headquarters == Based in New York City, SourceMedia has offices in the Washington suburb of Arlington, Virginia and Atlanta.

In 2009, Investcorp split the company into two, creating Accuity as a semi-autonomous unit within SourceMedia. Accuity was the Registrar<ref>[http://www.accuitysolutions.com/aba-registrar.html Accuity is the Official Registrar of ABA Routing Numbers]</ref> of Routing Numbers for the American Bankers Association, responsible for the assignment of routing numbers for banks in the United States, and was a leading worldwide provider of payment routing data, software and services. In 2011, Accuity was sold to Reed Elsevier for $530 million.<ref name="pe"/>

In February 2012, SourceMedia announced the adoption of a new company logo. The company's "new trademark icon depicts an array of screen-shaped pixels assembled in the shape of a three-dimensional hub."<ref name=logo>{{cite web|title=SourceMedia Introduces New Logo|url=http://www.sourcemedia.com/pdfs/Source-Media-Announces-New-Logo.pdf|publisher=SourceMedia|accessdate=2 February 2012}}</ref>

In September 2012, it was reported that Investcorp would be selling the remainder of SourceMedia. In 2014, SourceMedia was sold to Observer Capital.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Publisher of American Banker Is Sold to an Investment Firm | work = DealBook | accessdate = 2014-09-09 | url = https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/07/publisher-of-american-banker-is-sold-to-an-investment-firm/ }}</ref> This is the first major acquisition for Observer Capital, which was founded in 2013 by Joseph Meyer.

==Key brands== The company's key brands include ''American Banker'', ''The Bond Buyer'', ''Mergers & Acquisitions'', ''Financial Planning'', ''On Wall Street'', ''Accounting Today'', ''National Mortgage News'', ''Digital Insurance'', ''Health Data Management'', and ''Employee Benefit News''.

''American Banker'' is a leading website and newspaper of record for the banking industry; ''The Bond Buyer'', a website and daily newspaper focused exclusively on the municipal bond industry; as well as ''National Mortgage News'', a website and weekly covering the U.S. mortgage industry; and ''Mergers & Acquisitions'', a monthly magazine providing news, commentary and analysis about corporate mergers and acquisitions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.americanbanker.com/about-us |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=American Banker |language=en}}</ref>

==Key executives==

*Jeff Mancini, CEO<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-15 |title=Jeff Mancini assumes Chief Executive Officer role at Arizent |url=https://www.arizent.com/news/opportunities-for-2024-feature-award-winning-integrated-programs-new-products-and-a-refreshed-experiential-approach-to-live-events |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Arizent |language=en}}</ref> *Sean Kron, CFO<ref name="prweb6-15-2018">[https://www.prweb.com/releases/sourcemedia_appoints_sean_kron_as_cfo/prweb15565054.htm SourceMedia Appoints Sean Kron as CFO]</ref> *Fell Gray, CMO<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-01 |title=Fell Gray is named as Chief Marketing Officer at Arizent |url=https://www.arizent.com/news/fell-gray-has-been-appointed-as-its-chief-marketing-officer-ms-gray-joins-the-companys-executive-leadership-team-under-jeff-mancini-who-was-appointed-as-ceo-in-december |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Arizent |language=en}}</ref> *David Evans, chief content officer<ref name="folio8-12-2008">[http://www.foliomag.com/2008/dramatic-reorganizing-source-media Radical Reorganization at Source Media]</ref> *Jeff Mancini, chief strategy officer<ref name="SM 9-12-2018">[https://www.prweb.com/releases/sourcemedia-names-jeff-mancini-as-chief-strategy-officer-and-christian-ward-as-chief-data-officer-881829807.html SourceMedia Names Jeff Mancini as Chief Strategy Officer and Christian Ward as Chief Data Officer]</ref> *Christian Ward, chief data officer<ref name="SM 9-12-2018"/>

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Category:Companies based in New York City Category:Mass media companies of the United States