CMP Acquires Black Hat

An anonymous reader writes "Tradeshow and publishing behemoth CMP Media just acquired Black Hat for $10m.. It's ironic timing, because CMP also runs the Computer Security Institute tradeshow which wraps up in Washington DC today. There couldn't be a larger difference between a boring, institutional show like CSI and a small, independent event like Black Hat Briefings. Hopefully the corporate approach of CSI won't crush the life out of Black Hat."

Comments

Re:Protection of larger corporate umbrella

[yamamushi]

Or perhaps this same corporate umbrella could prohibit a lot of what would otherwise be published. It could go both ways.

Nice, unbiased summary

[sczimme]

There couldn't be a larger difference between a boring, institutional show like CSI and a small, independent event like Black Hat Briefings. Hopefully the corporate approach of CSI won't crush the life out of Black Hat.

Well, there is a nice, unbiased summary. Oh, that's right: Black Hat is a cool, hip, and edgy conference that is sponsored by such rockin' organizations as Ernst & Young and Microsoft. w00t.