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News, features and resources for media and publishing professionals. Friday, August 2, 2002 Blogs | Subscribe | Interviews | Events | Films | Book Blog Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Time4 Media Acquires Warren Miller Films Time4 Media's Mountain Sports Media has acquired Warren Miller Films, it was announced by Mark Ford, President of Time4 Media, and Andrew Clurman, President and Publisher of Time4's Mountain Sports Media. Mountain Sports Media is the publisher of Ski, Skiing, Freeze and TransWorld Snowboarding magazines. Warren Miller Films is known worldwide in adventure sport filmmaking and has just completed production on its 53rd annual Warren Miller ski and snowboard feature film. "This acquisition furthers our position as the world's leading snowsports media company," said Clurman. "It will allow us to strengthen and enhance our multi-media platform of magazine and book publishing, marketing and special events, the Internet and film assets. We are pleased to welcome the remainder of Warren Miller's staff, also based in Boulder, to our family." The acquisition completes Mountain Sports Media May 2000 acquisition of Warren Miller Entertainment and SnoWorld magazine. The combination will form a new Warren Miller Entertainment Group. Bailey Pryor, previously President and Chief Executive Officer of Warren Miller Films, has been named President, Warren Miller Entertainment, effective immediately. He will report to Clurman. Kurt Miller, previously Chairman of the independent group, will step down, but continue to develop film and television projects for the group. "We are excited about the cross-platform opportunities this move brings to us," said Clurman. "We'll continue to integrate the assets of Warren Miller into MSM with events like TransWorld Live, an independent ski and snowboard film for college students, which was successfully launched last winter." Pryor joined Warren Miller Films in 1998. Previously, he was Vice President of Production at Tacamo Productions and a producer at Sonalysts Studios. A graduate of University of Connecticut, Pryor resides in Boulder with his wife and two children. Mountain Sports Media, a division of Time4 Media based in Boulder, CO, is a publisher of magazines and websites for snow sports enthusiasts. In addition to publishing the snow sports magazines -- Ski, Skiing, Freeze, TransWorld Snowboarding, Skiing Trade News, TransWorld Snowboarding Business and SnoWorld -- MSM has started a book publishing division, Mountain Sports Press. Mountain Sports Media's websites include skimag.com, skiingmag.com, skinet.com, freezeonline.com, warrenmiller.com, snowtradenews.com and myskitrip.com. Events include NASTAR, US Freeskiing Open and the Warren Miller Film Tour. Time4 Media is a subsidiary of Time Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Time Warner. Related Links: · Time4 Media · Warren Miller Films 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.