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Monday, November 29th, 1999 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Frank Lalli Named Editor In Chief of George Magazine Jack Kliger, President and CEO, Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, named today Time Inc. veteran editor Frank Lalli as Editor In Chief of George magazine, effective immediately. He will report to Jean-Louis Ginibre, Senior Executive Vice President, Editorial Director, Hachette Filipacchi Magazines. Mr. Lalli held a variety of editorial positions at Time Inc. from 1982 to 1999, most recently serving as the company's Senior Executive Editor. Previously, he was Money magazine's managing editor for eight years, beginning in 1989. In January 1999, he launched Lalli Enterprises, an editorial consulting company. Mr. Lalli was president of the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) from 1996 to 1998 and the author of ASME's Code of Ethics. "Frank Lalli is one of the leading editors in our industry and we are proud to have such an immense talent at the helm of George," said Mr. Kliger. Frank's impressive accomplishments make him uniquely qualified to build on George's stature as the nation's most distinctive political voice." "I look forward to fulfilling John Kennedy's vision for George and sustaining HFM's reputation for superior independent editorial quality," said Mr. Lalli. "George will continue in its unique way to identify who has real political power in this country -- and then go beyond that and explain to its growing audience how those various public figures are using their power to serve the public or disserve it." George was launched in September 1995 as a joint venture of HFM and Random Ventures. The magazine was co-founded by the late John F. Kennedy, Jr., who served as the magazine's President and Editor In Chief. In October of this year, HFM purchased the remaining 50 percent interest in the magazine. Effective February 2000, George's ratebase will increase from 400,000 to 450,000 and its frequency will move to 10 times a year. AltaVista Acquires Investor and Financial Community Raging Bull AltaVista Company, a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc., announced it has agreed to acquire Raging Bull, an online investor and financial community. Raging Bull has more than 1.7 million unique users who participate in almost 10,000 dynamic discussion boards. AltaVista will acquire Raging Bull through a stock-for-stock exchange of the privately held shares of each company. "We are thrilled to cement this relationship with AltaVista, a site that has quickly become one of the fastest growing and most recognized consumer destinations on the Internet," said Stephen Killeen, Raging Bull's president and CEO. "We believe the combination of both companies will supercharge AltaVista's already meteoric growth and provide users the best one-stop resource for financial content, community and discussion on the Internet." Raging Bull will simultaneously maintain its Ragingbull.com site while fully integrating its complete content offering into the AltaVista Live! Money channel, which is the first channel to debut on the recently unveiled AltaVista Network. AltaVista Live! Money is designed to provide access to services and information from business news and financial sources, such as Reuters, CBS MarketWatch, Business Wire, PR Newswire, Edgar Online, Zacks Investment Research, Hoover's, Individual Investor Online, Briefing.com, and ON24. New Website For Battlefield Earth Book and Movie The website for L. Ron Hubbard's science fiction adventure novel Battlefield Earth and the upcoming film adaptation has been launched. The film is slated for Summer 2000 release and will star John Travolta as Hubbard's arch space villain, Terl. The battlefieldearth.com website encompasses a number of key features including the story on Battlefield Earth as a bestseller; the career of L. Ron Hubbard; Hubbard's original musical soundtrack for the novel; the audio dramatization by legendary actor Roddy McDowell, and visual interpretations of scenes, characters and episodes from Battlefield Earth. The website will also continue to provide up-to-date information and insights about many aspects of the book and the movie. Out Publishing, Inc., Names Steve Pippin President Robert Hardman, chairman of OUT Publishing, Inc., publisher of OUT and HIV Plus magazines, has named Steve Pippin president. Pippin, formerly executive vice president and general manager of OUT, succeeds Henry E. Scott, who has recently resigned. "I'm delighted to have someone of Steve's caliber as president of OUT," Hardman said. "He has an excellent background in magazine management. And he has been a key figure in OUT's success to date." Pippin, 46, joined OUT in May 1995 as its first full-time circulation director and chief financial officer. Under his guidance, OUT has grown into the largest gay and lesbian magazine in the United States. Pippin has 20 years of experience involving such diverse titles as The Atlantic, Commentary and Civilization, and has served as a consultant for several magazine launches. "OUT has permanently changed the landscape of gay and lesbian publishing," said Pippin. "I look forward to building on that progress." Scott said his resignation comes because he feels he has accomplished what he set OUT to do and is ready for new challenges. "I came here to put the magazine on a sound footing-financially and journalistically," he said. "We have become the largest and best gay and lesbian magazine in America, thanks to the hard work of a great team of editors and businesspeople." Guru.com Raises $16 Million Guru.com, an Internet startup focused on independent professionals, has announced that it has secured $16 million in second-round financing. The round was co-led by Greylock and August Capital, and also included several individual investors. This financing follows a $3 million angel round that closed in July 1999. Guru.com provides professional community, advice-oriented content, job-matching, and deals on products and services to solo professionals. Joining the Guru.com board will be Andrew Anker, partner at August Capital and founder and former CEO of Wired Digital, and Aneel Bhusri, partner at Greylock and vice chairman of Peoplesoft. Current board members include Guru.com co-founders Jon and James Slavet; Mike Murray, former vice president of human resources and administration at Microsoft; and Thomas Layton, founder and former president of CitySearch. "Millions of people are leaving the corporate world to work for themselves. Guru.com is extremely well-positioned to capture the spirit and loyalty of this massive and rapidly growing market," said Andrew Anker of August Capital. Around the Web An Earlier Version of Gatsby Is Prepared for Publication BookWire Crossing Censorship Boundaries OJR Entertaindom.Com Is Here Los Angeles Daily News E-Words Continue To Increase In Popularity Newsbytes Finding Bluegrass and Shakespeare Industry Standard French Plan to Sell Grolier PublishersWeekly The Good, the Bad and the Canceled Media Week King Not Ready to Abdicate Jam! Books The Net Goes Guerrilla ZDNet New N.Y. Times Desk to Update News Throughout Day Editor&Publisher Newspapers Criticize Circulation Auditor NY Times No Mystery to Laura Lippman's Leap PublishersWeekly Online Cheerleading for Golf? AJR Real-World Reviews for E-Books Wired Small but Sturdy Independent Publishers PublishersWeekly Time Warner Launches Entertainment Site Editor&Publisher Click here to return to the homepage of The Write NewsTM Click here to subscribe to our free weekly email newsletter.  www.writenews.com Copyright © 1997-2007 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
