Those of you who read or advertise in National Underwriter–in printor online–or who purchase any of our affiliated products andservices, or attend our conferences, might be wondering what itmeans to you that NU's corporate parent, Highline Media, run byAndy Goodenough (pictured here) has been taken over by a biggerentity–a new firm called Summit Business Media. It's good news forour readers and advertisers, and bad news for our competitors.Allow me to lay it out for you.

NU's experienced editorial team remains in place, bringing you thelatest breaking news and trends, and putting it all intoperspective with our provocative commentaries. Our crack salesteam–led by Publisher Chris Luke–is still at the helm. Our seniormanagement, led by President Andy Goodenough and Vice President TomFowler, are on board as well.

So what's changed? The biggest difference is that our parentcompany is a lot bigger now, with much deeper pockets, giving usthe resources we need to keep growing and improving. We also have amuch larger corporate family to call upon, creating some intriguingcross-marketing opportunties.