The Archives: August, 2003

New travel magazine to debut in October

Aug 26, 2003 - LPI Media, the publisher of Out and The Advocate is launching The Out Traveler this October.

It is designed to help gay travelers escape the bounds of gay resorts that are well-known safe havens, such as Palm Springs, CA and Provincetown, MA. But the idea is to expand the horizons of the straight world, as well as The Out Traveler's readers.

"This is something the travel market is looking for," says Joe Landry, publisher of The Out Traveler. "Travel is down across the board, but the gay and lesbian community continues to travel."

The Out Traveler will be polybagged with the October issue of Out, reaching more than 165,000 readers.

MTV magazine to be tested

Aug 25, 2003 - MTV Magazine will go for a test run with two issues this fall.

The first issue will be published in late October with the theme of " Spankin' New" and be tied to a new music week airing on MTV in November. The second issue will be a review of the 2003 theme "Rewind" and will hit newsstands in December.

It will have an initial run of 300,000 issues and will be priced at $5.99 each. Nickelodeon Magazine Group will publish both issues.

Scottsdale Life to end publication

Aug 25, 2003 - Scottsdale Life, a free monthly magazine, will cease to exist with its September issue.

The publisher, Cities West Publishing Inc, will continue to publish their paid-circulation magazines, Phoenix Magazine and Phoenix Home & Garden.

Most of the staff will be placed with the other magazines.

Catalina en Espanol to launch

Aug 15, 2003 - Catalina is launching Catalina en Espanol in 2004.

Like Catalina, Catalina en Espanol will have a 60,000 circulation and be distributed at newsstands nationwide. Since the Latino market is split 50/50 English and Spanish speakers, having two Catalina magazines will help the publisher reach more Latinas in the Hispanic community -- of which there are 20 million in the US.

Genre magazine relocates to New York

Aug 7, 2003 - Genre, a popular gay male lifestyle magazine, has announced that it has hired a new editorial team and will move all its editorial operations to New York City.

The announcement comes after it was purchased by Avalon Equity Partners, a New York City-based private equity fund.

The new editorial team includes editor in chief Tom Eubanks and style editor Wayne Northcross.

Genre's head office will be moved from its present location on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles to the magazine's Empire State Building offices in New York.

Loaded has a new editor, Martin Daubney. (Aug 28)

Crain's New York Business - Phillip Lentz, senior reporter, has left the publication. A replacement has not yet been named. (Aug 25)

IE: Money (Canada) will cease publication with its October/November 2003 issue. (Aug 25)

Pensions & Investments has re-assigned the beats of its reporters. As of mid-August 2003, the new beat assignments are as follows. Vineeta Anand, reporter, now covers regulatory and legislative news. Adin Bookbinder, reporter, now covers pension funds. Barry Burr, editorial page editor, now covers corporate governance. Joel Chernoff, San Francisco chief of bureaus, now covers portfolio managements. Chris Clair, reporter, now covers stock trading. Phyllis Feinberg, reporter, now covers asset servicing. Ricki Fulman, reporter, now covers money management and mutual funds. Arleen Jacobius, reporter, now covers private equity, real estate, and venture capital. Beatrix Payne and Ben Seeded, reporters, both cover non US money management. Fred Williams, reporter, now covers defined contribution plans. Christine Williamson, reporter, now covers hedge funds. (Aug 25)

PRWeek - Sara Calabro covers public relations in the healthcare industry. Matthew Creamer now covers the evaluation and measurement of the PR software industry, in addition to his coverage of public relations and the media. (Aug 25)

WorldNetDaily has a new address: PO Box 1087, Grants Pass, OR 97528. (Aug 25)

Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel Magazine - Erik Torkells is a new editor. (Aug 25)

Film Comment - Elizabeth Helfgott is the new managing editor. (Aug 25)

Outside - Michael Roberts, research editor, now oversees the Dispatches section of the magazine. (Aug 25)

BioPharm International - Lorna McLeod, managing editor, has left the publication and Desiree de Myer is replacing her. (Aug 25)

CommVerge Magazine will cease publication as a special section inside EDN Magazine. The publication ceased as a stand alone magazine in December 2002 and since then, it has appeared bimonthly in EDN. (Aug 25)

EE Times will be eliminating its managing editor title. Chappell Brown, formerly managing editor, Technology, is now senior editor, Technology. Richard Goering, formerly managing editor, Design Automation, is now group editorial director, Design Automation. (Aug 25)

Electronic Products - The following have left the publication: David Suchmann, editor; Joseph Suda, editor; and Rita Virga, copy editor. Gary Jensen, editor, now covers circuit protection devices, motors, and drivers. Christina Nickolas, editor, now covers discrete semiconductors.
Alix Paultre, senior editor, now covers sensors and transducers. Ralph Raiola, editor, now covers switches, relays, and passive components. (Aug 25)

Federal Computer Week - Dan Caterinicchia, senior Department of Defense reporter, has left. (Aug 25)

iQ Magazine - Heather Alter, editor-in-chief, is on maternity leave until November 3. During her absence, all editorial inquiries should be directed to Kim Austin Peterson, executive editor, at (408) 526-4000.

Java Pro - Kay Keppler, executive editor, is on leave until September 15. During her absence, editorial inquiries may be directed to Terry O'Donnell, managing editor, or Dan Ruby, editorial director at (650) 833-7100. (Aug 25)

SMT - Carl Wesselmann, senior technical editor, has left and Julia Goldstein is replacing him. (Aug 25)

Wired - Adam Rogers is a new senior associate editor. (Aug 25)

Automotive News has a new editor, David Sedgwick, as of Set 1. (Aug 25)

Latina - Galina Espinoza has joined Latina as Deputy Editor. (Aug 1)

Advertising Age - Elizabeth Boston, reporter, has left the publication. A replacement has not yet been named. (Aug 1)

American Banker - Sarah Lockyer has joined as banking technology reporter. Aug 1)

B2B - Sean Callahan, formerly contributing editor, is now senior reporter, abd Rich Karpinski has joinmed as contributing editor. (Aug 1)

BusinessWeek - Paula Dwyer, Washington, DC deputy bureau manager, is now a senior writer at the Washington, DC bureau. (Aug 1)

Crain's Chicago Business - Editor Robert Reed has resigned. Judith Crown, managing editor, will act as interim editor while a replacement is found. (Aug 1)

Fortune - Hank Gilman is now deputy managing editor and Alex Taylor III, is now senior editor. (Aug 1)

Harvard Business Review - Editor-at-large Nick Carr has left. A replacement has not yet been named. (Aug 1)

Elegant Bride - The new address is 7 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001 and the phone number is now (212) 630-4000. The magazine is not accepting press releases at this time. (Aug 1)

Golf Digest - The new address is now 20 Westport Road, Wilton, CT 06897. The phone number is now (203) 761-5100 and the fax number is now (203) 761-5129. (Aug 1)

Travel Weekly - Carolyn Moschello, senior copy editor, and Sabina Rubbinaccio, calendar of events editor/Familiarization Trips editor, have both left the publication. Debbie Potente, calendar of events editor, and Fran Picnic, Familiarization Trips editor, have joined. (Aug 1)

Drug Store News - Elizabeth Parks, senior editor/technology, has left the publication. A replacement has not yet been named. (Aug 1)

Broadcast Engineering - Laura Collins, formerly associate editor, has been promoted to senior associate editor. (Aug 1)

eWeek - Michael Caton, technical analyst/eWeek Labs, has joined. (Aug 1)

GPS World - Cher Mikkola, senior associate editor, has joined. (Aug 1)

Information World Review - Liz Loxton, acting editor, and Helen Jezzard, editor, have both left. Peter Williams, editor, and Viveka Alvestrand, senior writer, have joined. (Aug 1)

InformationWeek - Derek Top, events editor, has joined the publication. (Aug 1)

Linux Magazine - Adam Goodman, formerly editor-in-chief and publisher, is now editorial director and publisher. Martin Streicher, formerly editor, is now editor-in-chief. (Aug 1)

PalmPower Magazine is changing its name to Computing Unplugged. (Aug 1)

Pocket PC shifts its editorial focus from Mobile Pocket PC (or Windows CE) software to the new Windows Mobile 2003 software following the June 2003 introduction of the operating system and platform. (Aug 1)

PXI Technology Review - Hugh McLean, managing editor, has left the publication. Rosemary Kristoff, vice president, editorial, is now also the managing editor. (Aug 1)

Sensors - Managing editor Donna Pellerin George has left the publication. (Aug 1)

Telephony - Managing editor Michael Hanley has left the publication. (Aug 1)

Wireless Review - Michael Hanley, managing editor, has left. (Aug 1)