 In 2000, as part of United News and Media's divestiture of assets, the part of Miller Freeman Inc. which had not been merged into CMP was acquired by VNU, a media holding company based in the Netherlands for a reported price of $650 million ($695M Euros).The slightly smaller European portion of Miller Freeman was sold to Reed Elsevier with a few other smaller sales.At the time of divestiture, Miller Freeman assets included 81 magazines, 59 trade shows and related conferences and exhibitions, and various Web sites in five major categories