What McMahon Group does

McMahon Group is a family-owned medical publishing company founded in 1972 by Raymond E. McMahon, headquartered in New York, NY, and operating with approximately 75 employees across its fifth decade. The company publishes ten specialty clinical newsmagazines and periodicals — Anesthesiology News, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, General Surgery News, Infectious Disease Special Edition, OR Management News, Pain Medicine News, Pharmacy Practice News, Specialty Pharmacy Continuum, Pharmacy Technology Report, and Clinical Oncology News — distributed to a combined audience of approximately 400,000 clinicians across multiple therapeutic specialties, with most titles ranking first in syndicated readership scores.

The company's product surface is organized through five operating units: McMahon Publishing (core print and digital publications), Applied Clinical Education (ACE) (CME program development), CMEZone.com (internet-based continuing medical education with instantaneous grading and printable certificates), McMahon Custom Media (custom editorial for hospital systems and brand managers), and McMahon Special Projects (educational promotional programs in partnership with the medical industry). Underlying technology comprises mobile responsive publication websites, e-newsletters, multimedia video and audio podcasts, and iPad apps, supplemented by an in-house CME accreditation platform. Editorial and sales staff maintain an in-person distribution presence at approximately 85 medical conventions annually.

McMahon Group monetizes through three primary streams: advertising sales in print and digital properties, medical-education project funding secured from sponsoring medical-device, pharmaceutical, and healthcare firms, and custom media services billed to hospital systems and brand managers. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is structured on a project or quote basis negotiated by the sales team. Customer demand is anchored by healthcare clinicians as readers and by pharmaceutical, medical-device, and hospital-system buyers as advertisers and sponsors.

Name

McMahon Group

Legal name

McMahon Group

Website

https://mcmahonmed.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

McMahon Group is a family-owned medical publisher founded in 1972 that operates ten specialty clinical newsmagazines, CME programs, and custom media services reaching approximately 400,000 clinicians across anesthesiology, gastroenterology, surgery, pain, pharmacy, infectious disease, and oncology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical, Clinical & Biomedical Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medical & Clinical Reference (Physicians, Nursing, Allied Health) (EDAGAGAA), Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ), Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC), Healthcare & Medical Congresses (MPAGAGAF)

Keywords

• Medical publishing
• Clinical newsletters
• Continuing medical education
• Custom media services
• Healthcare advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advertising Sales: Obtaining advertisements for the company's print and digital properties including Anesthesiology News, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, General Surgery News, Pain Medicine News, Pharmacy Practice News, and other clinical publications
2. Medical Education Projects: Securing funding from sponsoring medical firms to support a variety of forms of medical educational projects, including CME activities and custom media programs
3. Custom Media Services: Creating custom editorial products for hospital systems and brand managers, including peer-to-peer clinical editorial and consumer health-focused materials

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

McMahon Group is a family-owned medical publisher that produces a portfolio of clinical newsmagazines and specialty periodicals across 10+ medical specialties including anesthesiology, gastroenterology, general surgery, pain medicine, pharmacy, infectious diseases, oncology, and surgical suite management. The company also delivers continuing medical education through the CMEZone.com platform and Applied Clinical Education (ACE), and creates custom clinical and consumer media content for hospital systems and brand managers. Content is distributed via print, digital platforms (websites, e-newsletters, iPad apps, podcasts), and presence at approximately 85 medical conventions annually, reaching 400,000 clinicians.

Product overview

McMahon Group is a family-owned medical publisher offering a portfolio of clinical newsmagazines and specialty periodicals (including Anesthesiology News, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, General Surgery News, Infectious Disease Special Edition, OR Management News, Pain Medicine News, Pharmacy Practice News, Specialty Pharmacy Continuum, Pharmacy Technology Report, and Clinical Oncology News) supplemented by educational initiatives through Applied Clinical Education and CMEZone.com, and custom media services through McMahon Custom Media. The company's core offering combines print publications with digital media formats including mobile responsive websites, e-newsletters, multimedia videos and audio podcasts, and iPad apps. The approximately 400,000 clinicians receive these publications, which rank first in syndicated readership scores.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Anesthesiology News: Most-read publication for anesthesiology specialty in the United States, providing extensive coverage of major clinical meetings and feature articles on topics relevant to practicing anesthesiologists.
• Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News
• General Surgery News
• Infectious Disease Special Edition
• OR Management News
• Pain Medicine News
• Pharmacy Practice News
• Specialty Pharmacy Continuum
• Pharmacy Technology Report
• Clinical Oncology News
• CMEZone.com
• McMahon Custom Media

Products and services

• Anesthesiology News The most-read publication for the anesthesiology specialty in the United States, providing extensive coverage of major clinical meetings affecting the specialty and feature articles on topics relevant to practicing anesthesiologists, including long-form clinical reviews written by physician thought leaders, practice management articles, and medical education. Publishes an annual Special Edition (compendium of educational reviews), an annual Airway Management issue, and two annual Buyer's Guides.
• Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News A monthly newspaper providing smart, objective and comprehensive clinical news reporting from international, national and regional gastroenterology meetings, featuring in-depth original articles, educational reviews, CME monographs, and monthly commentary from celebrated gastroenterologists. Publishes an annual Special Edition supplemental issue.
• General Surgery News A monthly newspaper designed to keep general surgeons abreast of the latest developments in the field, featuring extensive meeting coverage, analysis of journal articles, educational reviews, and information on new drugs and products. Publishes a Special Edition supplemental issue.
• Infectious Disease Special Edition A quarterly magazine publishing news, features, and review articles for infectious disease physicians, pharmacists, and microbiologists, offering a compendium of clinical reference tools with useful and relevant drug tables and treatment algorithms designed to assist readers in clinical practice.
• OR Management News A quarterly publication devoted to news and information about managing the surgical suite. Editorial topics cover best practices, new technology, process improvements, reimbursement, and ideas to meet daily OR challenges. Features editorial contributions from the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP).
• Pain Medicine News The most-read pain publication in the United States, mailed 10 times annually to pain-treating physicians, every pain medicine and pain management physician in the US, the highest prescribers of pain medication in primary care, physical medicine & rehabilitation, neurology, orthopedics, rheumatology and oncology, plus members of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and North American Neuromodulation Society. Two additional issues are sent to nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Offers extensive clinical meeting coverage, feature articles, in-depth clinical reviews, practice management articles, and medical education.
• Pharmacy Practice News Provides health-system pharmacists with accurate, relevant and up-to-date information that improves clinical practice, including continuing education lessons and new FDA drug approvals. Each fall publishes a compilation of clinical educational reviews in an easy-to-reference format.
• Specialty Pharmacy Continuum Provides relevant and up-to-date clinical and business information to specialty pharmacists, home infusion practitioners, managed care organizations, and other key providers of specialty pharmacy, with features including new FDA drug approvals, clinical educational reviews, and continuing education activities.
• Pharmacy Technology Report A twice-yearly supplement to No. 1-ranked Pharmacy Practice News and Specialty Pharmacy Continuum, distributed at 13 major pharmacy conferences. Covers best practices in automation, informatics, and patient safety.
• Clinical Oncology News An independent e-newsletter providing unbiased, accurate, and reliable news combined with in-depth expert analysis about the issues that oncologists and hematologists/oncologists care about most.
• CMEZone.com An internet-based source of free continuing medical education for medical and pharmacy professionals, providing secure personal accounts, activities for knowledge enhancement, and instantaneous grading with printable certificates of completion.
• Applied Clinical Education (ACE) Develops educational initiatives designed to meet the needs of practicing clinicians, based on identified and verifiable gaps within intended audiences. Individual activities focus on maintaining, developing, or increasing the knowledge, skills, and professional performance of clinicians to advance patient care.
• McMahon Custom Media Provides integrated publishing services to promote client brands through custom editorial products, including peer-to-peer clinical editorial and consumer health-focused materials for hospital systems and brand managers.
• McMahon Special Projects Partners with the medical industry to create educational promotional programs for clinicians.

Quantifiable outcome

• Rank first in syndicated readership scores across multiple specialty publications
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAORN provides editorial contributions to OR Management News, a quarterly publication devoted to news and information about managing the surgical suite.
• Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAHVAP provides editorial contributions to OR Management News, supporting content about managing the surgical suite.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Springer Healthcare: Medical communications and publishing arm focused on Europe and other international markets, providing journals, CME, and pharma-supported educational programs. Comparable in business model to McMahon's ACE/CME and custom media offerings but in different geographies.

Direct peers

• Frontline Medical Communications: Publishes clinical news and peer-reviewed journals across multiple medical specialties and operates medical education programs; the closest direct competitor in specialty clinical publishing and sponsored medical education.
• MJH Life Sciences: One of the largest independent privately held medical communications companies in the U.S., operating a portfolio of clinical and specialty publications and live medical events targeting healthcare professionals—directly comparable to McMahon's specialty clinical newsmagazine and convention model.

Broad incumbents

• SLACK Incorporated (Wiley): Long-established medical publisher of peer-reviewed clinical journals and continuing medical education, now part of Wiley. Overlaps with McMahon in clinical publishing and sponsored CME but operates as part of a much broader academic and scientific publishing portfolio.
• Haymarket Media: Global media company with a substantial medical communications division producing clinical publications, medical education, and events for healthcare professionals. Comparable in serving pharma advertisers and clinician audiences across multiple specialties.
• Wolters Kluwer Health: Provides clinical drug information (Medi-Span, Lexicomp), journals, and medical education to clinicians globally. Comparable as a trusted, brand-driven clinical information and education provider to the same pharmacist and physician audiences McMahon serves.
• Elsevier Clinical Solutions: Operates clinical reference, decision-support, and medical education businesses aimed at physicians and pharmacists, including ClinicalKey and sponsored CME; a much larger incumbent addressing overlapping clinician audiences.

Emerging players

• Doximity: Digital professional network for U.S. physicians that has expanded into medical news, podcasts, and sponsored CME. Represents the digital-native, mobile-first model of clinical content distribution that competes for the same clinician attention and sponsor budgets as McMahon's publications.
• Medscape (WebMD Health Network): Leading digital-native medical news, clinical reference, and free CME platform reaching physicians worldwide. Overlaps with McMahon on clinical news, CME delivery, and pharma sponsorship, but competes primarily through digital scale rather than print.
• MedPage Today: Digital medical news outlet covering clinical research, policy, and specialty meetings, with CME offerings. Comparable to McMahon's clinical newsmagazines in serving practicing clinicians and advertising-supported business model, but operates purely digitally without print.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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