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Exhibit 23.3
Consent of Independent Auditors
The Board of Directors
New Hope Communications, Inc.;
We consent to the inclusion and incorporation by reference in the registration
statement on Form S-3 of Penton Media, Inc. of our report dated July 28, 1999,
with respect to the balance sheet of New Hope Natural Media (a division of New
Hope Communications, Inc.) as of December 31, 1998, and the related statements
of operations and owner's deficit, and cash flows for the year then ended, which
report appears in the Form 8-K of Penton Media, Inc. dated August 10, 1999.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Boulder, Colorado
September 28, 2000
