It acquired PR Newswire in 1982. In 1985, it bought Express Newspapers and continued to publish the "Daily Express" for some 15 years. Also in 1985, it bought US trade magazine and book publisher Miller Freeman. It changed its name to United News & Media in 1995, sold its regional papers in 1998, and bought CMP Media, a technology-focused trade media company, in 1999 for $920 million. In 2000, it sold the "Daily Express" to Richard Desmond, sold most of Miller Freeman to VNU and Reed Elsevier and adopted the name of United Business Media. United Business Media acquired the trade publisher Aprovia UK (owner of "The Builder") in 2003 and the medical publishing company MediMedia in 2004.