Connect Media acquired commercial real estate news platform RENTV, expanding its media, events, video, podcast, and West Coast commercial real estate operations. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The acquisition includes RENTV.com, The REview video platform, the CRE Talk podcast, and RENTV’s conference business.
Connect Media founder and CEO Daniel Ceniceros will lead the combined company.
RENTV was founded in 1998 and has developed commercial real estate news coverage across California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Southwest.
Its coverage spans sectors including retail, multifamily, finance, and property management.
The acquisition adds approximately 50,000 readers to Connect Media’s commercial real estate audience.
Connect Media also plans to expand RENTV’s conference operations into its broader events platform.
The company will assume management of the 2026 Arizona State of the Market Conference and plans to expand into markets including Seattle and San Diego.
Steve Bloom will join Connect Media as Vice President of CRE Business Development West.
Allen Wolfsheimer will join the Connect CRE editorial organization as a Content Director.
Connect Media plans to integrate RENTV’s archives, newsletter subscribers, audience, and customer relationships into its broader platform.
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“RENTV has spent decades earning the trust of the commercial real estate community, and that kind of credibility can’t be built overnight.”
Daniel Ceniceros, Founder and CEO of Connect Media
“Bringing RENTV’s content, events, podcast and video capabilities, along with the people behind them, into Connect Media gives our readers, advertisers, event partners and clients a deeper and more dynamic platform.”
Daniel Ceniceros, Founder and CEO of Connect Media
“Daniel and his team share our commitment to quality journalism and to serving the CRE community, and they have the scale, resources and vision to take these brands further.”
Steve Bloom
