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Monday, June 28, 1999 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Tunes.com Adds Jann Wenner, Buck Goldstein to Board of Directors Tunes.com, an Internet music network, has announced that Jann Wenner, founding editor and publisher of Rolling Stone magazine and chairman of Wenner Media Incorporated, and Buck Goldstein, president of Atlanta-based venture firm netWorth Partners, have joined its board of directors. In addition to joining the board of directors, Wenner collaborates with Tunes.com to produce the RollingStone.com website. "It is clear that the Internet creates a whole new way to discover music," said Wenner. "I am excited to join the team at Tunes.com and contribute to the development of its network of music sites." Wenner began his publishing and editorial career in 1967, when he created Rolling Stone. He also created and continues to publish US and Men's Journal, and founded Outside and Family Life magazines, which he subsequently sold to other publishing companies. In 1997, Wenner became the youngest inductee to the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame. Besides his publishing ventures, Wenner serves as vice chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. Goldstein is president of netWorth Partners, LP, an Internet investment fund advised by Mellon Ventures. In 1981, Goldstein co-founded Information America, a provider of online access to public records, and served as its chairman and president until September 1998. CMP Converts Windows Magazine to an Online-Only Information Source CMP Media Inc. has announced that it will cease publication of Windows Magazine's print edition with the title's August 1999 issue. CMP will continue to produce winmag.com, which offers information, utilities and downloads to help technology buyers maximize their investments in Windows applications. The site delivers over six million page views a month. CMP was recently acquired by Miller Freeman, Inc., a business-to-business media company, which publishes titles in the voice/data, Web design, and software development markets, among others. "The conversion of Windows Magazine is part of a process that will leverage the companies' combined assets to be the premier information provider to the markets that matter -- in print, online, and face to face," said Tony Uphoff, VP/Group Publisher of CMP's Business Technology Group. "We will accelerate investments in the business technology and communications markets, offering unparalleled reach to IS and networking buyers at companies of every size, to the people who manage, build, and design Internet solutions, to service providers, and to the computer telephony and software development markets," he said. Newsweek Announces New Asia Editor and Domestic Staff Changes Hong Kong Bureau Chief Dorinda Elliott was named Newsweek International'S new Asia editor, Newsweek Editor Mark Whitaker and Newsweek International Editor Michael Elliott announced today. Dorinda Elliott replaces Steven Strasser, who becomes national affairs editor in July. Elliott, who assumed the new post in June, has also served as bureau chief in Moscow and Beijing. Replacing her as Hong Kong bureau chief this fall will be Brook Larmer, who has served as Newsweek's Latin America regional editor since October 1997 and Miami bureau chief since December 1995. Previously, Larmer served as Newsweek's Buenos Aires bureau chief and a senior writer specializing in foreign affairs. In addition, Whitaker and Michael Elliott announced several bureau and staff changes, effective this summer and fall: -- Joe Contreras replaces Larmer as Miami bureau chief, and will report for both the domestic and international issues of the magazine. Most recently, Contreras served as Jerusalem bureau chief, and has held bureau chief posts in Johannesburg, Buenos Aires and Mexico City. -- Daniel Klaidman, a Washington correspondent who covered the Justice beat, replaces Contreras as Jerusalem bureau chief. Klaidman had been part of Newsweek's Washington bureau since February 1996, where he regularly covered Clinton's legal woes. He was a member of the team that reported on the Monica Lewinsky scandal, and he shared in a coveted National Magazine Award for that coverage. -- Joshua Hammer, Newsweek's Los Angeles bureau chief since 1997, becomes Berlin bureau chief in the fall. Hammer has also reported for Newsweek as bureau chief in Buenos Aires and in Nairobi, where he was an integral part of the magazine's coverage of the Rwandan civil war. He joined Newsweek as a general editor for the business section in 1988. -- National Correspondent Mark Miller, who in previous years served as Los Angeles bureau chief, returns to the post in late summer; he will also serve as West Coast editor, reporting on both entertainment and national stories. -- Andrew Nagorski, Newsweek's Berlin bureau chief, returns to New York later in the year. During his three years in Berlin, Nagorski provided Newsweek with in-depth coverage on Germany's changing social climate. Nagorski has also served as the magazine's bureau chief in Moscow, Warsaw and Hong Kong. -- Jeffrey Bartholet, who just completed a one-year fellowship at Berkeley, becomes a writer in the International section. In the past, Bartholet has served as bureau chief in Nairobi, Jerusalem and Tokyo. -- Johannesburg Bureau Chief Marcus Mabry will spend the next year as the Edward R. Murrow fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. -- Replacing Mabry in South Africa will be Senior Writer Tom Masland, who becomes the new South Africa bureau chief and Africa regional editor for Newsweek INTERNATIONAL. Masland previously reported from South Africa as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. Promotions On the domestic side, Whitaker and Elliott announced the following: -- General Editor Susan Greenberg was promoted to senior writer for Newsweek INTERNATIONAL. Most recently, Greenberg was instrumental in the development of the international version of the "Voices of the Century" series. -- Allison Samuels was promoted from Los Angeles correspondent to national correspondent. Samuels, who covers sports and entertainment, remains in Los Angeles and will also cover stories throughout the country. -- After a temporary posting in Silicon Valley, San Francisco Correspondent Brad Stone moves permanently to the San Francisco bureau, where he will focus on technology stories. Most recently, Stone has written about the Internet bookstore Amazon.com's entrance into new online markets. Dan Finnigan Named President of Knight Ridder New Media Knight Ridder has announced the appointment of Dan Finnigan as president of Knight Ridder New Media and as a vice president of Knight Ridder, effective July 19. He will have responsibility for Knight Ridder's online activities, which include 45 websites, national and local Web sales efforts, software development and content creation. He also will oversee Knight Ridder's investments in CareerPath.com and Classified Ventures. Since March 1998, Finnigan has served as president and CEO of SBC Interactive, a subsidiary of SBC Communications, Inc., in Pasadena, Calif. He led operating and strategic business development for the company's online information directory and shopping guide service, smartpages and spearheaded the rebranding and launch of www.smartpages.com, an Internet Yellow Pages website. He was also instrumental in the development of The At Hand Network, a nationwide network of Internet Yellow Pages services. Knight Ridder Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tony Ridder said, "Dan is smart, knowledgeable, aggressive and competitive. In the variety of jobs he has held, and in the rich new media experiences he has had, he has made the fast-moving space of the Internet his special preserve. He is energized by its challenges and supremely optimistic about its potential. At Knight Ridder New Media, where we are building some of the most sophisticated Web products in the newspaper industry, these skills and perspective will be invaluable. Of necessity, we were very demanding in our search for the right New Media leader. I could not be more pleased that it brought us Dan Finnigan." Mark Vamos Joins Smartmoney.com SmartMoney.com, an online investing resource, has announced that Mark Vamos has joined its editorial staff as Deputy Editor, a new position. Vamos comes to SmartMoney.com from Newsweek where he held the position of senior editor. "At SmartMoney.com, we pride ourselves on having the brightest and most seasoned financial journalists," said Steve Swartz, editor-in-chief of SmartMoney magazine and president of SmartMoney.com. "The novel way we've paired our team of programmers and software developers with our editorial staff ensures that our unique interactive tools complement the site's content, setting SmartMoney.com apart from other sites that simply give market updates or repurpose content from print publications." SmartMoney.com originated from the vision of SmartMoney magazine; however, the site's content is produced continually throughout the day by a separate staff of journalists. SmartMoney.com offers summaries of analyst recommendations and also provides stock and mutual fund picks. Blades on Ice Figure Skating Magazine Celebrates 10th Anniversary This summer Blades on Ice magazine celebrates its 10th Anniversary. Known for its in-depth profiles, breaking news, features, world-wide competition coverage and full page color photos, the magazine also has an award-winning website, Blades on Ice Online, which was launched in the fall of 1996. The website has hit a record 100,000 page visitors per month during the first quarter of 1999. "We are very excited about the success of Blades on Ice magazine both on the newsstands and on the Internet," said Executive Editor, Gerri Walbert. "For an independent publication to have developed instant name recognition in the industry as skating's foremost publication is very gratifying." To honor the special anniversary, Blades on Ice will issue dual commemorative issues this summer. Skaters of the Decade takes a look back at the most memorable skaters of the 1990's in its July newsstand release, followed by a special expanded issue, Skaters of the Century, dedicated to those who impacted the history of the sport. 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