NTP is an award-winning, family-owned publisher that produces electronic and print publications for the water treatment, car care, carpet cleaning and facility maintenance industries.

The company was founded 25 years ago by Susan and Humphrey Tyler, who served as the company’s officers and principal stockholders. The Tylers said their decision to sell was based on their plans to retire. “We knew this day would eventually come, but we wanted to be very choosy about the company that acquired NTP,” said the Tylers. “Our key criteria were that the buyer have the resources and publishing experience to take our three publishing platforms to the next level and that our current operations and staff be able to remain in our Latham offices. Grand View is an accomplished publisher in both the business and consumer magazine sector with a highly professional staff, and EBSCO has an excellent reputation for building successful and profitable companies that operate on customer-driven philosophies.”

Grand View Media General Manager Barry Lovette said NTP’s trade publications are a perfect fit for Grand View’s growing business-to-business offering. “NTP Media is a very successful company with industry-leading magazines and a strong Internet focus,” Lovette said. “NTP has been on the leading edge of electronic publishing for years, and this is one of the key reasons that Grand View Media Group approached the Tylers. NTP’s Internet knowledge base will serve to enhance Grand View Media’s electronic efforts.”

NTP has three publishing groups, all of which were acquired by Grand View. They are:

The CM B2B Trade Group, which serves audiences in the building and facility maintenance and management markets. Its information products include:
• CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management, which was founded in 1963 and is the oldest title serving the custodial services and building maintenance industry. It is ranked No. 1 in its field in ad pages. . Circulation levels exceed 40,000, a third more than any other audited publication targeting this readership.
• Its sister publication, CM/Cleanfax, was launched in 1986 by one of the long-time leaders and innovators in the carpet cleaning industry. Circulation levels have exceeded 23,000 since 1997. This was the first magazine in the carpet cleaning and disaster restoration industry to submit its circulation records to BPA for auditing.
• CM e-News Daily, an e-newsletter serving the building services industry with more than 20,000 opt-in subscribers.
• Three Web sites serving the building maintenance market with more than 3 million user visits in 2005.
• Cleaning Management Institute, a membership society for training and professional education in the building maintenance industry.