Pfingsten Pursues Publishing Companies –

Pfingsten Partners made its first add-on to its publishing platform last month with the acquisition of Commerce Publishing Co., a trade publications company based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Commerce was acquired by Pfingsten Partners’ Pfingsten Publishing, a platform created last April shortly after the Deerfield, Illinois buyout firm held a final close on $100 million for its second fund.

Thomas Bagley, the senior managing director of Pfingsten Partners, declined to disclose terms of the deal, but said Commerce Publishing has annual revenue of more than $15 million. Pfingsten Publishing is looking for companies with annual revenue betwee