“We’re talking about a data model if executed properly is very powerful, very lucrative,” said moderator Russell Perkins, head of InfoCommerce Group, kicking off one of the best sessions at BIMS last month, titled Everyone in the Pool.

"This is Government Executive Media Group's first year without a print publication," said Constance Sayers, president of the Atlantic Media division. "And I can't tell you how liberating it's been for us. We could have dragged out the print publication for a few more years. We were at six issues, we could have gone down to four. But our print publication was becoming a nostalgia piece. And frankly, it was taking our focus away from where we needed our business to go.