Connect Media, Nation's Leading Commercial Real Estate News Platform, Acquires RENTV

Acquisition adds RENTV.com, The REview, CRE Talk podcast and RENTV conferences; Steve Bloom and Allen Wolfsheimer join Connect Media to strengthen West Coast presence

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Connect Media, a privately held media company based in Los Angeles and the nation's largest provider of commercial real estate news, today announced it has acquired RENTV.com, a commercial real estate (CRE) news site founded in 1998. The acquisition also includes The REview video tool, the CRE Talk podcast and RENTV conferences. Connect Media founder and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ceniceros will serve as CEO of the combined company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

“RENTV has spent decades earning the trust of the commercial real estate community, and that kind of credibility can't be built overnight,” said Ceniceros. “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. This is a strong fit for our audience and for our long-term vision.”

Connect Media operates across multiple business lines, including B2B news, conferences, and a full-service creative, marketing and communications agency. The company primarily serves audiences in the commercial real estate, finance and capital markets sectors, and earlier this year expanded into quick service and fast casual restaurants, retail technology, and banking B2B areas. The acquisition of RENTV strengthens Connect Media's footprint in its core commercial real estate sector while expanding its overall media and events platform.

The addition of RENTV expands Connect Media's commercial real estate readership by roughly 50,000 and strengthens its presence from Texas to the West Coast. Connect Media plans to incorporate RENTV conferences in markets it has not previously served, including Seattle and San Diego, and will assume management of the 2026 Arizona State of the Market Conference scheduled for October 29 in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Leadership Joins Connect Media

Steve Bloom and Allen Wolfsheimer will join the Connect Media team. Bloom joins as Vice President, CRE Business Development West, and Wolfsheimer will join the Connect CRE editorial team as a Content Director. Bloom will produce conferences and lead sales from Texas to the West Coast, covering all CRE sectors. The former CRE broker will draw on more than 35 years of industry relationships to identify decision-makers and bring them into conferences across the industry. Wolfsheimer, a trusted CRE editor with deep relationships among news sources earned across a more than three-decade career, will serve as a West Coast editor, covering Seattle, California and Arizona.

“After many years building and operating RENTV, I wanted to find the right home for what we've created, and Connect Media is that home,” said Bloom. “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. I'm excited to continue working with the industry relationships I've built over the decades, now with the support of a larger platform.”

“Adding seasoned CRE professionals like Steve and Allen gives me the ability to focus on the entire Connect Media platform because I am confident the people in place know how to lead their respective business lines,” said Ceniceros. “They are hitting the ground running, and will be integral to our continued growth, especially on the West Coast.”

RENTV's first product, launched in October 1998, was the RENTV.com website, which has since grown to cover all of California, the Pacific Northwest and the Southwest, with separate sections for retail, multifamily, finance and property management news. Connect Media will integrate RENTV's complete archive of stories and content, spanning decades, newsletter subscriber database, and customer base into its existing media platform and operations.

Continuing a Strategy of Growth

The acquisition of RENTV follows Connect Media's acquisition in early 2026 of Louisville, Kentucky-based Networld Media Group, a B2B media company that delivers news and conferences for the quick service and fast casual restaurant, retail technology, and banking sectors. The RENTV acquisition also reflects the company's approach of growing through people, adding experienced professionals to deepen the bench on both the news and conference sides across the Connect Media platform. The company previously acquired multifamily listing platform ApartmentBuildings.com and AI-powered lending information platform LOANtuitive. These additions collectively reflect Connect Media's growth strategy of making selective investments in platforms that align with its media, technology and client services ecosystem.

About Connect Media

Connect Media is a privately held media company based in Los Angeles, operating across business-to-business news, conferences and creative services. The company serves audiences and clients in commercial real estate, finance, capital markets, restaurant, retail technology, and banking sectors, with a focus on high-quality content, live events and integrated marketing communications solutions. Connect Media's founder, Daniel Ceniceros, serves as Chief Executive Officer of the company. Learn more at www.connect.media.