The Launch of FierceCable
By Calysto Communications | February 16, 2010
FierceMarkets is set to launch FierceCable March 1, 2010. It will be a business and technology-focused publication for cable service providers that will cover TV Everywhere, RF Over Glass (RFoG), Bandwidth Usage Metering, Net Neurality, DOCSIS 3.0, M&A, and other hot topics. Jim Barthold will become the first editor of FierceCable. He has previously covered the cable industry for Communications Technology, Telephony, Broadband Gear Report, and CED.
Unstrung Becomes Light Reading Mobile
By Calysto Communications | February 16, 2010
Light Reading has changed the name of mobile news site, Unstrung to Light Reading Mobile. The sites newsletters, Unstrung Daily and Unstrung Weekly, will now be called Light Reading Mobile Daily and Light Reading Mobile Weekly.
Philippe Winthrop Leaves Strategy Analytics
By Calysto Communications | February 16, 2010
Philippe Winthrop has left his position as director of the research firm. He held this position since July 2008. Philippe will continue to write the Enterprise Mobility Matters blog, which is a source of information on mobile application integration, mobile computers and other enterprise mobility devices and issues. His replacement has not been named.
Daniel Brusilovsky Let Go from TechCrunch
By Calysto Communications | February 16, 2010
Writer, Daniel Brusilovsky was let go from the technology blog because of ethical concerns after he reportedly accepted compensation for his blog posts. Daniel covered the technology industry for the site. No replacement has been named.
Marc Flores Joins MobileCrunch
By Calysto Communications | February 16, 2010
Blogger Marc Flores has joined the editorial staff to focus on mobile technology, including mobile phones, services and applications. Marc previously wrote for Boy Genius Report and True/Slant.
Laura Blackwell Promoted at PCWorld
By Calysto Communications | February 16, 2010
Contributing editor Laura Blackwell has been named downloads editor for PCWorld. She will continue to pen her column, Download This, which covers downloadable software. She also has served as an associate editor and editorial coordinator at the publication. Laura has been with PCWorld since 2001.
SUPERCOMM Cancelled
By Calysto Communications | February 8, 2010
The one-time largest telecommunications trade show has been cancelled for 2010. Expocomm events will not renew its contract to manage the show, effectively shelving the event for 2010 and probably indefinitely. The show had been planned for October 26-28, 2010 in Chicago, IL.
The show had been having problems for a number of years including struggling to attract attendees; the show has also undergone several ownership and name changes. In 2009, the show was originally scheduled for June and was pushed back until October, reportedly in hopes of cashing in broadband stimulus funding. Industry insiders believe that SUPERCOMM has been upstaged by other wireless and telecom shows such as CTIA and CES.
The decision was made by co-owning SUPERCOMM associations, Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and United States Telecom Association (USTelecom). We expect that this is the true end of SUPERCOMM. Without the co-owned event, each association will be on their own again as far as revenue-generation (SUPERCOMM previously was the biggest revenue generator for each association). This could mean independent events or other profit generating ideas.
Ed Gubbins Leaves Connected Planet
By Calysto Communications | February 8, 2010
Ed Gubbins has left his position as executive news editor at Connected Planet for research and consulting firm New Paradigm Resources Group, Inc. (NPRG) where he will serve as a senior analyst. Rich Karpinski has taken over Ed's duties as News Editor until a replacement is found. The publication is also leveraging industry icons, including former Telephony Editor Joan Engebretson, for both online and print coverage.
Sarah Reedy Promoted at Connected Planet
By Calysto Communications | February 8, 2010
Sarah Reedy has been promoted from associate news editor to senior editor primarily covering IPTV and video. She has been with the publication since August 2007.
Abner Germanow Leaves IDC
By Calysto Communications | February 8, 2010
Abner Germanow has left his position as Director of IDC's Enterprise Communications Infrastructure services to join Juniper Networks as the Director, Enterprise Marketing. Abner, had been with IDC for a total of 10 years covering enterprise networks and communications infrastructure. No replacement has been named.
MMA Restructures
By Calysto Communications | February 3, 2010
The Mobile Marketing Association announced a plan to restructure its four operating regions--Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America and North America, into business units, expanding the roles and responsibilities of each region's managing director to better address local market needs and guarantee global scalability. Managing directors will strive to foster strong member communities, form new in-country local councils and oversee MMA Forum events in addition to monitoring adherence to the organization's Consumer Best Practices guidelines. iLoop Mobile founder Michael Becker will stepped down from MMAs board of directors to assume the role of North American managing director. He will be working alongside Paul Berney in EMEA and Rohit Dadwal in APAC--the managing directors will report to interim MMA CEO Federico Pisani Massamormile. Previously, the associations CEO also managed its North American operations. In this new structure, the role of CEO and manager of North America are separate. MMA continues to search for a new CEO.
Changes at eWeek
By Calysto Communications | February 3, 2010
Jim Rapoza has left his position as chief technology analyst. Jim also wrote the column Tech Directions and contributed to the blogs Emerging Technologies and Comment Here during his tenure with eWeek. No replacement has been named.
CNET Launches New Blog
By Calysto Communications | February 3, 2010
Molly Rants, a new blog that offers commentary on the latest products and news in technology and consumer electronics is written by blogger Molly Wood. She finds solutions and provides constructive criticism for the technology world.
Howard Mittman Promoted at Wired
By Calysto Communications | February 3, 2010
Publisher Howard Mittman has been promoted to vice president, he will take on the responsibilities of this role in addition to his current duties as publisher. Howard has served as publisher or Wired since February 2009. Before that, he served as associate publisher. Prior to joining Wired, Howard worked in the advertising departments of Popular Science and the now-defunct Mutual Funds.
Channel Partners Conference to Colocate with SMB Nation
By Calysto Communications | February 3, 2010
Virgo Publishing and SMB Nation, a small and medium business technology partner community portal, announced a partnership to colocate their respective events for voice and data communications solutions providers. Under the agreement, the Spring 2010 Channel Partners Conference & Expo and SMB Nation’s 2010 VoIP Workshop will be held concurrently March 1-3 at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. The events will conduct separate conferences with a joint exhibit hall, featuring suppliers of voice and data communications products and services and attracting more than 3,000 attendees. As a bonus, full conference attendees will be able to participate in the education programming for both events at no additional charge.
2010 VON Conference Cancelled
By Calysto Communications | January 28, 2010
Virgo Publishing has cancelled the June 2010 VON Conference & Expo but has retained nearly all of the VON staff to provide additional focus to the growing online properties of VON and xchange. The traditional conference/tradeshow format is not the long-term successful approach, said Mike Saxby, group publisher, Telecom Division, Virgo Publishing, so Virgo has made the decision to look into new approaches for accomplishing the same goals more effectively. "We weren't getting the kind of traction we wanted for the 2010 event," Saxby said. "We don't want to put our customers at risk and decided that canceling the event for 2010 was the right thing to do.” At this point, Virgo is focused on the online properties and exploring possibilities within the spectrum of conference and virtual events.
Berge Ayvazian Joins Heavy Reading
By Calysto Communications | January 28, 2010
Berge Ayvazian has joined Heavy Reading as a senior consultant. His areas of coverage will include mobile broadband, the convergence of broadband and mobility and the business strategies of mobile broadband technology and service providers. Before joining Heavy Reading, Berge worked as a senior telecommunications industry analyst and strategy consultant with Yankee Group for more than 20 years.
GigaOM's New Senior Writer
By Calysto Communications | January 28, 2010
Mathew Ingram has joined the tech blog as a senior writer. Before joining GigaOM, Mathew was the communities editor for The Globe and Mail, he had been there for more than a decade. He plans to continue to maintain the Mathew Ingram Blog.
New Editorial Director at TechTarget
By Calysto Communications | January 28, 2010
Scot Petersen has been named the editorial director for CIO/IT strategy media at TechTarget. He will oversee the e-newsletter IT/Business Strategies and the Web sites SearchCIO.com and SearchCIO-Midmarket.com. Scot is replacing Anne McCrory, who left the company. Anne had been with TechTarget since 2004.
New Analyst at Netbanker
By Calysto Communications | January 28, 2010
Andrew Dolbeck has joined the research firm as an analyst. He has more than seven years of business writing, analysis and reporting experience, including coverage of mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and business and industry valuations. Most recently, he was editor of Corporate Growth Report, published by NVST. Andrew will cover mobile banking for Netbanker. He will be a frequent contributor to the Netbanker blog and the Online Banking Report newsletter. He will also contribute to the new Finovate blog, debuting later this month.
Rita Chang Leaves Advertising Age
By Calysto Communications | January 28, 2010
Reporter Rita Chang has left her position at Advertising Age magazine. Her areas of coverage included wireless carriers, mobile marketing and gaming. Her replacement has not been named.
Gartner Acquires Burton Group
By Calysto Communications | January 28, 2010
Information-technology research company Gartner Inc. acquired Burton Group for approximately $56 million in cash. Burton Group is a research and advisory services firm that focuses on providing advice to IT professionals. Burton Group has about 41 research analysts, 40 sales and client service associates, and projected 2009 revenue of $30 million. Gartner hopes that this purchase will expand its product and service offerings and increase IT research-market opportunities.
Matthew Vartabedian Promoted at iGR
By Calysto Communications | January 15, 2010
Matthew Vartabedian has been promoted to the position of Vice President. He previously served as a research director for the Enterprise Wireless and Mobile flexible subscription service. Matt joined iGR in November 2002 as a senior analyst. Prior to joining iGR, Matt was senior editor with Telecom Business.
Tole Hart Laid Off from Gartner
By Calysto Communications | January 15, 2010
Tole Hart has been laid off from the analyst firm. Tole was a research director for the Consumer Services group of the communications area of Gartner Technology & Service Provider research. His areas of coverage included mobile voice and data trends, mobile advertising, mobile VoIP, mobile applications and mobile Web, SMS campaigns, context-aware computing, mobile portals, mobile virtual network operations (MVNOs) and mobile entertainment. He had been with Gartner for 13 years. Prior to joining Gartner, Tole worked for Northern Business Information (NBI) as a senior analyst covering the wireless industry. He also worked at Frost & Sullivan as a profiles analyst. Tole is currently working as an independent wireless consultant. From what we've heard, there have been additional layoffs at Gartner; we will keep you updated as we continue to research the situation. Should you know of any additional information, please forward it to me at lborgstede@calsyto.com.
Samara Lynn Leaves Everything Channel
By Calysto Communications | January 15, 2010
Technical editor Samara Lynn has left Everything Channel to take a position as a business and networking analyst at PCMag.com. Her areas of coverage included the latest trends in attacks, malware and suspicious behavior throughout the global web, data management, security and virtualization. Samara joined Everything Channel in February 2008 as a technical editor to the CMP Channel Test Center. Her replacement has not yet been named.
TechWeb Retires BMighty
By Calysto Communications | January 15, 2010
United Business Media's TechWeb is retiring the 2.5 year-old BMighty brand and will address the small and midsize business market through InformationWeek SMB. The name change coincides with a change in the URL from bmighty.com to bMighty.informationweek.com. The name and URL changes are the first steps in an ongoing integration between the two brands. Until recently, there was no sharing of content between BMighty andInformationWeek.com, even though some InformationWeek technology content is of interest to SMBs. Frederic Paul is the publisher and editor-in-chief of InformationWeek SMB.
Michael Hickins Leaves InformationWeek's Digital Life Weblog
By Calysto Communications | January 15, 2010
Michael Hickins has left InformationWeek's Digital Life Weblog and BNET.com. Michael served as a technology writer for BNET's Industries section and covered consumer electronics and technology for Weblog. Prior to joining InformationWeek, he was the executive editor, news, for eWeek and Channel Insider, as well as senior editor at internetnews.com. No replacement has been named.
Rich Jaroslovsky Expands Technology Column to Bloomberg BusinessWeek
By Calysto Communications | January 15, 2010
Technology columnist Rich Jaroslovsky is expanding his technology column to Bloomberg BusinessWeek. The change is part of the recent acquisition of the magazine by Bloomberg News. He has been a technology columnist for the news service since May. Prior to this, he was an executive editor overseeing global government and economics. He joined Bloomberg News in 2004.
Kate Galbraith Laid Off from NY Times
By Calysto Communications | January 15, 2010
Kate Galbraith was laid off from her position as a business reporter covering alternative energy and green technology. She also wrote for the blog Green Inc. Kate had been with the publication since June 2008.
MMA's CEO Steps Down
By Calysto Communications | December 10, 2009
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) announced that its global CEO and president, Mike Wehrs, will resign effective 12/31/09. After leading the association for the past year, Mike will now take on the role of special advisor to the MMA Global Executive Committee until June 30, 2010, to ensure a smooth transition. MMA Global Chairman Federico Pisani Massamormile will serve as interim CEO. The MMA Board will begin an immediate search for a new leader, which will be managed by a recruiting committee comprised of board members.
Jason Meyers Joins Connected Planet
By Calysto Communications | December 8, 2009
Jason Meyers has returned to Penton Digital Media and Communications Division in the newly created position of Director Of Custom Content And Events for Connected Planet and Telephony Online. He will direct sales strategy and execution of custom content projects created on behalf of advertisers, as well as projects created in conjunction with industry organizations, such as show dailies. Jason will be developing new “in-person” and virtual event products and possible partnerships on events and working very closely with the editorial and sales teams on content and sponsorship sales. He will also be actively engaged in the Connected Planet management team as it continue to map its strategy and develop the Connected Planet brand and portfolio. Jason was Director Of Conferences for SUPERCOMM 2009. He originally joined the Telephony staff in 1993 as an assistant editor, reporting on telecom technology and business trends. From 1999 to 2006, Jason was editor-in-chief of Telephony, and he helped lead Telephony's entry into custom media products and live events. He was managing director of Penton Media’s custom media division until November 2008. "I'm very excited to be rejoining the top-notch talent at Penton and Connected Planet. The opportunity to create innovative events and custom media products in this field is tremendous, and I'm thrilled to be helping drive the effort."
Rich Karpinski has been officially named as editor-in-chief of Connected Planet after being named interim editor following the departure of Carol Wilson in October. He will report directly to group publisher Wayne Madden.
Gartner Acquires AMR Research
By Calysto Communications | December 8, 2009
AMR Research was acquired by Gartner for $64m in an effort to expand research coverage, consulting, events and other services, acquire their client base and acquire their sales representatives. AMR is primarily focused on ERP/enterprise applications, manufacturing, supply chain, retail and sourcing. L. Frank Kenney, research director covering marketing and advertising technology trends has left for a position at Ipswitch. No replacement has been named.
GigaOM Update
By Calysto Communications | December 8, 2009
Liz Gannes has joined the technology blog as a senior writer. She previously served as an editor for the GigaOM network owned blog NewTeeVee, and remains an editor-at-large for the site. Stacey Higginbotham has been promoted from staff writer to senior writer at GigaOM. She also contributes to the NewTeeVee and Earth2Tech blogs.
Eve Griliches Joins SynergyACG
By Calysto Communications | December 8, 2009
Former director at IDC, Eve Griliches, has signed on as a managing partner at SynergyACG covering telecommunications equipment.
Larry Hooper Exits CRN
By Calysto Communications | December 8, 2009
Larry Hooper has left his position at CRN. He had served as the publication's vice president and online editor. Larry joined the staff in August 2000 and, prior to that, served as the editorial director of the now-defunct IT Services Business Report. He has been involved with technology and business journalism for 15 years at a variety of publications in Silicon Valley, Chicago and New York.
Joanna Stern Leaves Gizmodo
By Calysto Communications | December 8, 2009
Contributing editor Joanna Stern has exited the publication. Joanna covered mobile technology news. She joined Gizmodo in August 2009, and she previously served as a news editor for LAPTOP. No replacement has been named.
TechBites.com Publishes Two New Newsletters
By Calysto Communications | December 8, 2009
The online community newly released two newsletters for the RF and wireless communities. The newsletters focus on the tools, trends, technologies and products that enable you to get your current and future RF and wireless designs done. Sign up at www.TechBites.com.
Changes at Forrester Research
By Calysto Communications | December 8, 2009
Nigel Fenwick has joined the analyst firm as a vice president covering CIO issues. His research focuses on the IT to BT transformation, social media and technology trends and their impact on competitive advantage. Augie “August” Ray has joined the firm as a senior analyst covering social computing. Principal analyst Paul Roehrig is leaving the firm for a position at Cognizant. His areas of coverage included IT services, infrastructure outsourcing and vendor management.
Michele Masterson Leaves CRN
By Calysto Communications | November 24, 2009
Michele Masterson has left her position as senior editor with CRN where she covered technology news. She had been with CMP Media since February 2008 writing for CRN magazine, Everything Channel and VARBusiness. Prior to that, she was an analyst at Simba Information for three years. No replacement has been named.
OSP Launches a New Column
By Calysto Communications | November 24, 2009
The publication announced Frontline Challenges, a new column to be launched with the January 2010 issue. Frontline Challenges will be written by new columnist Byron McDaniel. During the last 12 years of his career, Byron held the position of Vice President - Construction and Engineering for AT&T West. Byron is now retired from AT&T with more than 29 years of service.
Staff Cuts at SCTE
By Calysto Communications | November 24, 2009
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) made staff cuts as part of an ongoing effort to consolidate all outreach to the cable technology community and bring more of an engineering focus to the organization. Debra Swann, vice president, marketing and business development, Louise Games, vice president, membership services, and Cheryl Taylor, administrator, were let go from the organization. Debra had been with SCTE since January 2007. Previously, she worked at Verizon Communications in Philadelphia for nearly 30 years before accepting early retirement in 2004. Louise was with the company since August 2007. Prior to SCTE, she was vice president of marketing and membership at the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI).
More Changes at BusinessWeek
By Calysto Communications | November 24, 2009
Following its recent acquisition by Bloomberg L.P., more staff cuts were made at BusinessWeek. Community editor Shirley Brady, senior technology writer Stephen Baker, Damian Joseph, writer for the Innovation Design channel and technology columnist Steve Wildstrom were all recently laid off. Jon Fine is also leaving his post as a columnist. Silicon Valley bureau manager Rob Hof, who had been with BusinessWeek for more than 20 years, and finance department editor Lauren Young, who joined the staff in 2003, have also been let go.
New Offering From mBLAST
By Calysto Communications | November 24, 2009
The team at mBLAST has launched a completely FREE service aimed at providing up-to-date awards program information to marketing and PR professionals. AwardSync features awards programs across dozens of vertical markets, including telecom, IT, wireless and consumer electronics. Information is searchable by industry, keyword, geographic region, gender, and much more, and there are tips for entering and winning awards programs throughout the site. Find awards programs that are a great fit for your executives, your products or your company at www.awardsync.com. mBLAST is run by telecom veteran Danny Briere and includes other telecom vets Gary Lee (FlexLight Networks) and Sue O'Keefe (Telecommunications Magazine) on its management team.
Ryan Lawler Joins NewTeeVee
By Calysto Communications | November 13, 2009
Ryan Lawler has left his position as senior editor at the Light Reading publication Contentinople to join the GigaOm family. As a reporter at NewTeeVee, Ryan will cover online video, internet TV and NY Tech startups. Ryan had been with Contentinople since April 2008. Prior to that, he was a reporter for Light Reading since March 2007.
TMC Launches M2M Evolution
By Calysto Communications | November 13, 2009
TMC and Crossfire Media have teamed up to publish a new website and newsletter dedicated to the rapidly developing technology that surrounds Machine to Machine technology. The weekly M2M Evolution e-Newsletter and online portal’s coverage will include topics such as: how federal regulators and carriers are approving M2M devices, how carriers are meeting the challenge of providing second and third-tier support for M2M and how M2M device, software, service and network markets are growing in the public and private sectors. Sign up at http://www.m2mevolution.com/eNewsletterSignup.aspx?Email=Type%20your%20email%20here.
GSMA Relaunches Mobile Business Briefing
By Calysto Communications | November 13, 2009
The GSMA's daily news service, relaunched this week. The eNewsletter is now supported by a website offering a news archive, independent analysis reports, blogs and discussion. The editorial team of Justin Springham and Matt Ablott, previously of Light Reading/Unstrung and Informa, respectively, have also given the eNewsletter a makeover. This is the same team that produces the GSMA Mobile Congress Show Dailies in Asia (taking place next week in Hong Kong) and Barcelona (February). www.mobilebusinessbriefing.com
Staff Changes at BusinessWeek
By Calysto Communications | November 13, 2009
On the heels of the announcement that BusinessWeek will be acquired by Bloomberg, more staff changes have been reported. Roger Neal, senior VP-general manager of Businessweek.com, will not be joining Bloomberg LP when it acquires BusinessWeek from McGraw-Hill Cos. Jessica Sibley will serve as senior VP-worldwide publisher of BusinessWeek, overseeing print and digital ad sales. Carl Fischer will be VP-global marketing and communications, and Tania Secor will have an expanded finance role with Bloomberg News as VP-finance that will include Bloomberg Markets and BusinessWeek. Most personnel decisions are expected to be made by Nov. 20. Bloomberg expects to retain a majority of Businessweek’s employees.
Natalie Lambert Leaves Gartner
By Calysto Communications | November 13, 2009
Natalie Lambert has left her position as principal analyst at the research firm. She served infrastructure & operations professionals Her areas of coverage included antivirus, application development, application development processes & tools, application life-cycle management, application management, client computing hardware, client operating systems & software, client security & management, content security, IT infrastructure & operations, infrastructure security, personal firewalls, security & risk, security operations, software distribution, threat management, vulnerability & threat management and Web content security. Prior to joining Gartner, Natalie was an analyst with Forrester's security team.
Changes at Technorati
By Calysto Communications | November 13, 2009
The social networking site has added section editors Eric Berlin, Michelle Brown, Patrick Hayes, Dave Nalle, Dawn Olsen, Brian McKay and Dennis Tarwood. Matt Sussman now serves as executive editor.
Former IDC Analysts Launch HENRY Corporation
By Calysto Communications | November 13, 2009
HENRY Corporation - a new ICT market research and marketing services firm was launched by former IDC analyst Carsten Schmidt on November 1, 2009. The aim of the organization is to provide clients with marketing support (presentations, consulting and market reports) on the ITC industry in EMEA. The company’s services include a speaker bureau for ICT vendors, event management services in cooperation with IDG in Denmark and strategic and tactical marketing services for ICT vendors in Scandinavia and the Netherlands. The firm is made up of senior executive ‘Henry Fellows’ – currently all ex-IDC analysts, including:
Anne-Lisa Wang - software industry, applications, enterprise portals
Claus Egge - storage systems, data leakage, cloud-based content, green IT, new media types, data security, disaster recovery/BC, server, storage virtualization
Marcel Warmerdam - IT markets, forecasting, market models
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PC World Canada Closes
By Calysto Communications | November 13, 2009
The online-only magazine has ceased operations. PCWorld.ca and Macworldcanada.ca were published for the past four years and provided Canadian technology news, reviews and support for consumers and business professionals. Canadian technology news will continue strongly for readers through IT World Canada's other branded publications and Websites including IT Business.ca.
Light Reading Cuts Contentinople
By Calysto Communications | October 28, 2009
R. Scott Raynovich, founder and publisher of Contentinople has been let go from the organization. Light Reading has decided to do away with the Contentinople brand all together. The site's news will be archived on the Cable Digital News site. Scott was a member of the original Light Reading editorial team, joining the publication in April 2000. Scott has also written for Unstrung and Internet Evolution. Contentinople, a website covering the rise of the digital media industry, was launched in 2007. Areas of coverage for the publication included digital content development, video sharing, CNDs, P2P technology, DRM software, mobile content platforms and networked consumer devices. Ryan Lawler, senior editor of Contentinople, will work for Cable Digital News going forward. Ryan’s coverage for Contentinople consisted of online video platforms, DRM, interactive advertising. Ryan has worked within the Light Reading family since March 2007.
OM Malik Steps Down
By Calysto Communications | October 28, 2009
Sebastian Rupley has been named the new editor-in-chief of the technology blog. GigaOM founder, Om Malik, stepped down as the editor-in-chief to serve as the site’s senior writer. Prior to joining GigaOM, Sebastian served as a senior editor at PC Magazine. Sebastian has won numerous national journalism awards, including back-to-back Gold awards from the American Society of Business Professional Editors in 2004 and 2005 in the category of Original Web Content, and awards from the Computer Press Association. He is the author of the book Portable Computing and served as co-host, alongside PC Magazine columnist John C. Dvorak, of Ziff-Davis Media's popular weekly IPTV show Cranky Geeks.
More Layoffs at Wired
By Calysto Communications | October 28, 2009
More staff cuts have taken place at Wired. Managing editor Marty Cortinas will be leaving the publication by the end of 2009. He has been with the organization since 2003, where he started as a part-time assignment editor. He left his position briefly to write a book about online poker and returned to Wired full-time as the managing editor in 2007. New York editor, Mark Horowitz, announced his departure yesterday via his Twitter account. Mark had been with Wired since 2005. He previously worked as an executive editor at Men’s Journal. Copy chief Tony Long will also be leaving the publication at the end of 2009. Tony has held his position at Wired for 11 years. He previously worked as a copy chief at CMP Media.
TechNet's New Editor-in-Chief
By Calysto Communications | October 28, 2009
Jeff James is the new editor-in-chief at TechNet. He previously served as the editor-in-chief for SQL Server Magazine and Windows IT Pro.
Bloomberg Aquires BusinessWeek
By Calysto Communications | October 28, 2009
Bloomberg L.P. announced that it has agreed to acquire BusinessWeek from McGraw-Hill Cos. The deal is said to be valued at $2 million to $5 million plus the assumption of liabilities, including severance pay. The purchase includes the print magazine and the BusinessWeek.com Website. Founded in 1929, BusinessWeek has more than 4.7 million readers weekly in 140 countries. The magazine will now be named Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and Bloomberg Markets will continue to be published. The transaction is scheduled to close Dec. 1, 2009, and Norman Pearlstine, Bloomberg’s chief content officer, will be the chairman of BusinessWeek. Stephen J. Adler, the editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek, has announced his resignation. He will leave the publication in December once the acquisition is finalized. Stephen has been with BusinessWeek for four years, he previously worked as the deputy managing editor at the Wall Street Journal which he joined in 1988.
Changes at Fortune
By Calysto Communications | October 28, 2009
Time Inc.’s Fortune will publish 18 times in 2010, down from 25 times in 2009. Fortune’s ad pages declined 34.9% from last year. Fortune will publish two issues in some months and just one in others. The magazine will focus more deeply on fewer topics and add new columns to help business professionals do their jobs more effectively. It will have a cleaner, less cluttered look and an upgraded Web site. An undetermined number of layoffs are also expected to take place at the magazine in the very near future. The revamp is a prelude to broader staff cuts at Time Inc.
Carol Wilson to Join Light Reading
By Calysto Communications | October 12, 2009
Carol Wilson, the editor-in-chief of TelephonyOnline and Connected Planet, is joining Light Reading beginning October 26, 2009. Carol will take on the role of Chief Editor, Events at Light Reading. She will report to Phil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief and Joe Braue, Light Reading's Group Director and Senior VP. According to Phil Harvey, Carol will help expand and enrich Light Reading's daily telecom industry news analysis, and will add even more value to its Webinars and Live Events programming. In addition to writing news and blogs for Light Reading, Carol’s unique role will give her exposure to all facets of the company. She’ll be able to use that experience to make sure the conference topics, Webinar discussions, and event panels are as up-to-date and as the news they provide on the site each day. The addition of Carol gives Light Reading a chance to improve the breadth and depth of Light Reading’s editorial coverage of the telecom, cable, and wireless markets. Carol has more than 20 years experience covering telecommunications. She was with Telephony magazine for the past 11 years, she was also the founding editor of Interactive Week, The Net Economy, and the news Website upstart, Broadband Edge. Carol’s duties will be handled by Rich Karpinski, as interim editor. Rich began his career at Telephony nearly 20 years ago; holding positions as assistant editor, news director and technical editor. He has also held an assortment of reporting and editing positions in the telecom and IT industry, including Interactive Age, NetGuide, Communications Week, InternetWeek and Network Computing. Rich returned to Penton Media and Telephony in 2007, and has most recently been executive editor-features for TelephonyOnline and Connected Planet. We will follow-up with Carol’s permanent replacement at Telephony….. Watch Here!
Questex Media Announced Bankruptcy
By Calysto Communications | October 12, 2009
The b-to-b publisher announced a bankruptcy filing or restructuring on Monday. Questex said financing is in place to keep the business operating and that its current management team, led by CEO Kerry Gumas, will remain in place. Questex was formed in 2005 when Gumas teamed with private equity company Audax Group to acquire several market clusters from Advanstar for $185 million. Publications owned by Questex include: ComputerWorld Hong Kong, Telecom Asia, Wireless Asia, Network World Asia and FierceMarkets, which was acquired by Questex in January 2008.
Alex Goldman Leaves internetnews.com
By Calysto Communications | October 12, 2009
Alex Goldman has left his staff writer position at the IT industry online magazine. Alex joined internetnews.com in March 2009. His areas of coverage included enterprise software, security and compliance. His assignments will be covered by freelance writers until a replacement is found.
Andrew Hickey Leaves ChannelWEB
By Calysto Communications | October 12, 2009
Andrew Hickey has left his position as the senior editor for channel properties. He was with the organization since July 2007. Andrew reported on networking and security trends and how they impact VARs and the channel. Prior to joining Everything Channel’s ChannelWeb, Andrew was a news editor at TechTarget. He now works as a senior account executive at Elevate Communications. No replacement has been named.
PR Vibes' Q&A w/ Sue Marek, Editor-in-Chief, Wireless Group, FierceMarkets
By Calysto Communications | September 29, 2009
Calysto Communications PR Vibes™
Interview Q&A with Sue Marek, Editor-in-Chief, Wireless Group, FierceMarkets regarding FierceMobileContent
What is the editorial mission of FierceMobileContent?
We look at the top five stories of the day to provide our readers with the latest developments in mobile content, mobile applications, mobile marketing and advertising and mobile video. We focus on a cross section of entertainment and applications, so we touch on a lot of different audiences, whether that’s mobile content firms, aggregators, publishers, operators or the major brands. Because of the advertising and marketing angle, we draw the agencies that are making the purchases.
How long have you been in your position?
I started in January 2007 as editor-in-chief of the telecom group, but a few months later, we narrowed it down to just the wireless group because the telecom group kept growing. Wireless has always been my area of expertise, and I didn’t want to lose touch with that. Now the telecom group is so big. I oversee five wireless publications, and there are another four wireline newsletters covering IPTV, telecom, VOIP and online video.
Who is the key target audience? Do you have any breakdowns of readership? How has your audience evolved?
Because we talk about personal content, FierceMobileContent does attract a cross section of readers across several different segments within the media, entertainment and mobile space. I would say the publisher area has consolidated over the last couple of years, but we have also gained on the ad and marketing side. The operator audience has stayed fairly consistent.
There are fewer divisions in the wireless industry now, and sometimes we have a more difficult time figuring out where a certain story should be published. FierceMobileContent? FierceWireless? Both? Where do we categorize it? Sometimes one story can cross over to a lot of different publications. A lot of times, we will publish a story in more than one site, but the angle will be different. For example, a Verizon first quarter earnings story—FierceWireless would focus on how many subscribers they added, revenues and traditional metrics. FierceMobileContent would focus on what Verizon did on the data side and include stats on MMS or SMS. We focus on different metrics so that the information is a good fit for the audience Our goal is to deliver the right information to the right audience.
What is one thing about FierceMobileContent that most people don’t know?
I think people don’t realize that we have 30,000 subscribers—how big our reach is. Also, it’s pretty interesting that the reader comments we get come from such a cross section of companies. We receive comments from Yahoo, ESPN, as well as traditional wireless players such as Nokia. They all come together on our site and read our stories, because they all have a vested interest in this segment of the industry.
What are some of the key topics you plan to cover in the coming year?
The Top Mobile Apps feature we do each year is always very popular. In Top Mobile Apps of 2009, we looked at how apps simplify users’ lives—efficiency apps were the theme for this year’s picks. In general, the CTIA show in October is always big for us, and our coverage of the show is important. Other things we look at are the different developer events, and there are a lot more of those now. For example, Verizon had one in the spring, and Sprint is having one this fall. Also, we are focusing on the growth in apps stores—Android, iPhone, iTunes, the Blackberry market. We monitor those and see what types of apps these entities are selling and which ones are the most popular. Those types of articles are interesting for our readers.
What “value-added services” do you offer? Is there anything about your product “bundle” that you’d like to elaborate on, such as your e-newsletter strategy, Webinars, or blogs?
People think mainly of our newsletters and Websites, but we do a lot of webinars that are editorial driven. The editor invites various players to talk about a certain topic. We just had one on Sept. 23 on personalizing content, which is a hot topic now. We also have a 4G virtual event on Oct. 28. The technology aspect of 4G is covered more by FierceWireless and FierceBroadbandWireless, but people are focusing on the apps that are going to drive consumers and enterprises to move to 4G, so that area is important to FierceMobileContent. A lot of those apps include video and social networking, which is covered by FierceMobileContent.
How does FierceMobileContent try to distinguish itself from other industry publications?
We update daily. We also consider ourselves one part news, one part analysis and a little bit of blog. Our editor’s notes are really insightful. Jason Ankeny, executive editor, has been doing most of the writing on a day-to-day basis for a couple of years, and I think he is one of best writers in the industry, very insightful and creative. I know we get a lot of response to his editor’s notes, and our readers find his analysis very helpful.
Where do you get your content?
The top five stories are either original or aggregated from other news sources. We also have several regular contributors, such as Andy Seybold, Mike Wehrs, president of the Mobile Marketing Association, as well as analysts from firms such as Strategy Analytics and IDC. We also write our own features. For example, the Top Mobile Apps, which debuted recently, was compiled by Jason Ankeny.
We do a good job of spotting trends. For instance, we are writing about app stores. Is this going to succeed? How is it different than other trends? Most of the editorial team has been in the industry for quite a while and have seen trends come and go, so we can provide a lot of depth to our content.
What do you feel the main value proposition is to your readers?
We bring readers the top stories. We help them sift through all the news of the day and tell them the top five stories and why they are important. That has been Fierce’s distinguishing trademark and why people like us so well. We help readers sift through clutter and tell why this a particular story is impactful—why they should be paying attention to it.
What do you see as the most impacting technology/trend for the next 12 months?
So many of these app stores have been launched from a variety of sources—carriers, handset makers, operating systems and independent players, like retailers. From the consumer point of view, it is becoming fragmented and confusing. We will be following how this area shakes out over the next year, whether app stores are a long-term solution or people end up going to their browsers for apps. When people jump on a trend, I’m always curious to see whether it is a sustainable business model and who will come out ahead.
What do you like most about your position?
When I started out in journalism, I never envisioned myself covering technology or telecom—that just wasn’t in my reality, and yet, I have found it fascinating. This is a fast-paced industry with multi-billion dollar companies. There are a lot of bright people and lots of money in this industry. Things happen all of the time, and it never ceases to surprise me. I think I know the industry well and then some merger or something happens, and I’m taken aback by it. I like that.
If you could interview anyone, who would it be and why?
I have never interviewed Steve Jobs of Apple, but he is revered by a lot of people in the tech industry for a lot of different reasons. Bloggers and tech journalists think he’s pretty special. I’d be interested to talk to him and see if I come away with the same impression.
If you weren't in telecom, what would you be doing?
I live in Colorado, and for several years, I was a river guide on weekends while I worked as a wireless reporter. When I came to Fierce, I had to give that up because I started traveling more, but I do miss it. If I could do that all of the time, it would be a nice life. I met such interesting people. We would take customers who have never been in the wilderness into the back country with canoes for 3-4 days, and it was interesting to see the transition they made.
Who do you consider a role model or inspiration?
I really like Anna Quindlen. She is a columnist and writes both fiction or nonfiction. Most writers do one or the other, but she has mastered both. I like her writing, and I have heard her speak.
What was the latest book you read?
The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow.
The Huffington Post Launches a Tech Section
By Calysto Communications | September 23, 2009
The publication has launced a new section focused on technology and innovation. Jose Antonio Vargas serves as the editor of the section, and Bianca Bosker has been brought on as the associate technology and innovations editor.
Peter Ha Leaves CrunchGear, Joins Time
By Calysto Communications | September 23, 2009
Peter Ha has vacated his position as news editor at CrunchGear to become technology editor at Time.com. Peter’s areas of coverage at Time magazine will include mobile phones, videogames, laptops, cameras, automotive, sci-fi and digital media content.
TMC Launches Smart Product Ecosystems Connection (SPEC)
By Calysto Communications | September 23, 2009
TMC and Crossfire Media have teamed up to launch a new website focused on smart connected products and services. The new resource delivers daily news and expert analysis, providing an in-depth view of new smart product releases, ecosystem partnership announcements, revenue models, competitive strategies, financial deals, industry trends, predictions, commentary, product and service reviews and more. The site's areas of coverage include Telecom & Mobile, Health & Medical,Automotive & Telematics, Home Automation and Connected Home Entertainment Devices, Energy Monitoring and Personal Energy Management Solutions. The site can be found at www.specosys.com.
"Zippy" Grigonis Exits TMC
By Calysto Communications | September 23, 2009
Richard “Zippy” Grigonis has left his position as executive editor of TMC's IP Communications Group of magazines: Internet Telephony, Unified Communications and NGN (Next Generation Networks). Zippy was with TMC from 2006 to 2009. Before joining the company, he was the founding editor-in-chief of the Pulvermedia version of VON magazine from 2003 to 2006. Zippy is the author of five books on computers and telecom. Paula Bernier now serves as executive editor of Internet Telephony, Unified Communications and NGN.
Jennifer DeLeo Leaves PCMag.com
By Calysto Communications | September 11, 2009
Jennifer DeLeo is leaving her role as managing editor of TechSaver at the publication. Friday will be her last day, she is leaving to pursue a career in the healthcare industry. Previously she served at the online associate editor at PCMag.com. Contact 212-503-3500 for more information.
Changes at New York Times
By Calysto Communications | September 11, 2009
Reporter Saul Hansell has switched beats and now is focusing on telecommunications and broadband for the publication. His coverage includes wired phone service, wireless, cable, broadband, Internet video, set top boxes and related government policy. He previously covered consumer electronics. He is also a contributor to the Bits blog.
Layoffs at Current Analysis
By Calysto Communications | September 11, 2009
A round of layoffs took place at the analyst firm at the end of August. Victims of the layoffs include Senior Analyst Michael Barbagallo (contact center), Senior Analyst Siow Meng Soh (APAC telecommunications), Senior Analyst John Marcus (Telecom Infrastructure Services), Senior Research Director Counse Broders (telecom services), Senior Analyst David Hold (network services) and Principal Analyst Rolf Schonhowd (enterprise mobility). According to Current Analysis they have made changes to their structure and are creating some new services, however no services or coverage areas have been eliminated and details of the new service structure and they claim new offerings will be announced soon. From our perspective, we’ve seen Current Analysis do this repeatedly. They promote good talented people and then when they need to cut back on budget, the senior level folks are the first to go…
Beth Nicholson Replaces Sean Buckley at Telecommunications
By Calysto Communications | September 1, 2009
Telecommunications has brought in Beth Nicholson as the Sr. Content Manager to fill the editor-in-chief position vacated by Sean Buckley in July. Beth starts September 1, and her role and responsibilities will be slightly different than Sean’s, she will help the publication to shift it’s focus from advertising based media to live a digital events for both telecom and M2M operations. Before joining Telecommunications, Beth worked at Tech Target for five years, where she served as the special editorial events manager, editorial events manager and assistant editor. Before that, she served as the operations manager at Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc. for nearly two years. She has a BA in Communications from Wilkes University.
Two New Web Editors at TMC
By Calysto Communications | September 1, 2009
Kelly McGuire and Marisa Torrieri have joined TMCnet as Web editors covering Wireless and IP Communications technologies, respectively. Prior to joining TMC, Kelly was an editor at IHS Herold, a global research company in the energy industry. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism, a minor in English and a certification in professional writing and technical communication. Before joining TMC, Marisa was a freelance writer and editor for a number of health and high-tech publications, including RFID News, Laptop magazine and RFID Update. She has also written for Metromix New York, The Village Voice, The Washington Post and other consumer media outlets. Marisa started in telecom writing nine years ago as the editor of Wireless Data News, a B2B publication based out of Rockville, Maryland, where she covered industry news and attended dozens of trade shows, including CTIA and PCIA. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University, and a bachelor’s degree in magazine journalism from The University of Maryland, in College Park.
FierceWireless Announces a Virtual Executive Summit
By Calysto Communications | September 1, 2009
The editors at FierceWireless have announced the second annual virtual executive summit: The Future of 4G, to be held on Wednesday, October 28. More than 1,000 global attendees are anticipated for this free event. Attendees will benefit from a full day of informative Webinar sessions, networking opportunities via live chat, active movement in and out of exhibit booths and sessions, whitepaper downloads, free contests, and more during the show.
Doug Mohney's Joins the HD Connect Newsletter
By Calysto Communications | September 1, 2009
Doug Mohney recently became the editor-in-chief of the HD Connect Newsletter. The site offers the latest news and information about HD Communications, including upcoming events, press releases, committee information, and ultimately a vendor-neutral archive of all things HD. Doug has more than 20 years of experience in information and communication technologies. He was the editor-in-chief, Telecom and Digital Media Group for TMC and editor-in-chief at Pulvermedia’s VON Magazine. He has also written for Boardwatch, Mobile Radio Technology/Urgent Communications and The Inquirer, covering telecommunications, the Internet and online video.
Former Forrester Analysts Join Forces at Altimeter Group
By Calysto Communications | September 1, 2009
Charlene Li, former Forrester social media analyst and co-author of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies, founded the Altimeter Group; a strategy consulting firm focused on leadership and management, customer strategy, enterprise strategy, and innovation and practice. Deborah Schultz and former Forrester analysts R “Ray” Wang and Jeremiah Owyang have joined the firm as partners. Ray Wang served as a vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research. He covered enterprise resource planning and software licensing and pricing. He also contributed to the The Forrester Blog for Application Development & Program Management Professionals. Ray will continue to write the blog, A Software Insider's Point of View. He will lead Altimeter Group’s Enterprise Strategy practice. Jeremiah Owyang joined Forrester two years ago and covered social media. He will now lead the Customer Strategy Practice at Altimeter Group. Deborah Schultz was formerly a marketing director at Six Apart before starting her own consulting practice; she is now in charge of Altimeter Group’s Innovation and Best Practices group.
WSJ Reporters Swap Beats
By Calysto Communications | August 20, 2009
Amol Sharma, previously a telecommunications reporter for The Wall Street Journal, is now a correspondent in New Delhi, India. He has swapped positions with Niraj Sheth, the former New Delhi correspondent who is now a telecommunications reporter in New York. Niraj previously covered the technology industry, the economy, politics and culture in India.
Network Computing Relaunches Online
By Calysto Communications | August 20, 2009
The former print publication, which shut down in 2008, has relaunched in a digital format. Network Computing will now publish quarterly editions online. Mike Fratto serves as the editor. He is also the managing editor of labs for InformationWeek and editor of Byte and Switch. Mike previously served as a senior technology editor for the now defunct print version of Network Computing.
Paula Bernier Joins Internet Telephony
By Calysto Communications | August 20, 2009
Paula Bernier has joined Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) as executive editor of INTERNET TELEPHONY, NGN and Unified Communications magazines. As executive editor, Paula will oversee editorial content and operations of the three publications. An 18-year veteran of reporting in the communications industry, Paula has served as a freelance blogger and feature-writer for various communications industry businesses and organizations since leaving her position as editor-in chief for Virgo Publishing's xchange magazine, where her role included editorial control of custom publishing efforts for eBooks and webinars. During her 11-year tenure at Virgo Publishing, Paula acted as editor-in-chief, PHONE+ magazine, and launched Sounding Board, a voice over IP publication. Bernier first served as a senior writer for Inter@ctive Week magazine, covering service provider-related issues with a special focus on wireless. Previously, Paula was news director at Telephony magazine.
Calysto Communications and CEO Laura Borgstede Named "Top Tech Communicators" in PRSourceCode's Survey of Leading Tech Journalists
By Calysto Communications | July 28, 2009
Calysto was recognized as a leading medium-sized public relations agency in PRSourceCode’s fourth annual “
Top Tech Communicators” study.
Laura Borgstede, CEO and founder of Calysto Communications, was also personally voted a Top Tech PR Pro in the same study.
PRSourceCode’s “Top Tech Communicators” study ranks the top large, mid-sized, and small PR agencies – as well as the top individual practitioners, based on an online survey of more than 500 journalists from over 300 leading IT publications, including InformationWeek, PC Magazine, InfoWorld, and more.
The survey asked the journalists to rank PR agencies and individual PR professionals, based on the value they deliver to the editorial process, in terms of responsiveness, reliability, and overall recognition of editorial needs.
At Calysto, our team consists exclusively of senior-level executives – each with at least ten years of experience in communications technology. We know the players. We know the issues. And we specialize in creating and delivering marketing messages for our clients that capture the attention of key influencers – from mainstream media and industry analysts to the social media community,” said Laura Borgstede, founder and CEO of Calysto Communications. “We’re honored that Calysto was recognized by technology journalists and PRSourceCode as a ‘Top Tech Communicator,’ and I’m personally honored to be named a ‘Top Tech PR Pro.’”
Dedication: Peter Lambert: 1955 - 2009
By Laura Borgstede | July 22, 2009
Peter D. Lambert, 54, of Venice, Florida died Sunday, July 19, 2009. Peter was born in Cape Cod, Mass. He was highly respected and well known in the cable and telecommunications technology industry for more than 25 years. His most recent venture was as senior editor of Screenplays Magazine, a technical journal for the broadband marketplace. He worked for Calysto full-time from 2003- 2005. He was a man of strong Christian faith, beloved by a circle of family and friends who constantly came to his side from near and during his two year long fight with cancer. Peter was also a very talented musician. His love for his daughter and for music sustained him though his courageous battle – he used that energy remarkably, without concern for self. Peter is survived by daughter Anna Sand Lambert, mother Jeanne Lambert, brother David Lambert, sister Kristi Lambert, nephew Nathan Lambert and niece Lydia Lambert.
Telephony/Connected Planet
By Calysto Communications | July 21, 2009
Penton Media announced the launch of Connected Planet, a publication that will replace Telephony magazine. The publication will launch in September and will target service providers and enterprise users of advanced telecommunications, IT, and mobile networking services and will bring focus to the technologies and real-world examples that demonstrate how the combination of IT and pervasive networking technologies is transforming the way the world communicates, collaborates, shares/stores information, manages resources, and is entertained.
Telephony magazine has been published since 1901 and will cease publication with its July/August issue, mailing in late July. The team which has produced Telephony will now focus on producing the Connected Planet brand. “We’re excited to bring the expertise our editorial staff has in understanding networking technologies and services to a broader audience, with a much broader focus,” said Carol Wilson, editor-in-chief of Connected Planet. “We are convinced telecom technologies are central to solving many of the economic, environmental and enterprise problems we face today and look forward to highlighting real-world solutions to real-world problems.”
TelephonyOnline.com, with more than 160,000 unique visitors each month and with its vast depth of coverage well beyond that of Telephony magazine, will continue to serve as the online home for Penton’s ongoing coverage of the communications marketplace and the home of the new Connected Planet content.
“We believe that the launch of Connected Planet dovetails with a significant and very real shift in the future of our industry,” said Wayne Madden, Penton’s Digital Media and Communications Division market leader. “While there is still infrastructure to build, the industry is driven more and more by the solutions that are completely changing the way we interact as people and businesses. Going forward, communications is about being connected to interact immediately, manage processes and transactions, gain efficiencies that were previously not possible, and truly build a connected planet.”
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Deborah Gage Leaves San Francisco Chronicle
By Calysto Communications | July 16, 2009
Senior technology reporter, Deborah Gage accepted a buyout and left the San Francisco Chronicle. Her areas of coverage were green technology, security, privacy, venture capitalists and Silicon Valley start-ups. Deborah now works as a freelancer and will continue to cover business and technology topics for the publications. She joined the newspaper in 2007 after serving as a senior writer for Baseline.
Wang Leaves Gizmodo
By Calysto Communications | July 16, 2009
Andrea “Andi” Wang has left her position as editorial assistant at Gizmodo. Andi covered consumer electronics including gadgets, gizmos and cutting-edge consumer products. No replacement has been named.
Communications Daily Launches Broadband Stimulus Today
By Calysto Communications | July 16, 2009
Communications Daily has launched a new daily feature that will follow the new $7 billion-plus broadband infrastructure spending program. The feature will offer a comprehensive explanation of the relationships between public policy, regulatory action and the telecom and mass media marketplace.
The Sale of BusinessWeek
By Calysto Communications | July 16, 2009
McGraw-Hill announced that it is looking to sell BusinessWeek. The publication debuted in 1929; BusinessWeek reportedly lost nearly $75 million in 2008 and has already lost about $20 million in 2009. Steadily declining ad sales are said to be the reason for the sale.
RCR Wireless News Launches September 1st
By Calysto Communications | July 16, 2009
Arden Media announced that RCR Wireless News will return on September 1, 2009 and named Tracy Ford and Dan Meyers as Editors. Tracy started with the former RCR Wireless News in 1990 and was most recently its associate publisher and editor, is responsible for overall editorial direction. Dan, previously managing editor of RCR Wireless News with the former publishing company, is the primary contact for all editorial content.
Interview Q&A with Sean Griffey, President, and Jason Nelson, Group Publisher, Telecom, FierceMarkets
By Laura Borgstede | July 13, 2009
What is the overall mission of FierceMarkets? Has that mission changed since the acquisition by Questex Media Group?
Sean: FierceMarkets' mission has always been to be the first place to turn for our readers and the marketers who are trying to reach them. We want to be their resource for the information they need to do their jobs. We have been working hard at that since the day the organization was founded, so our mission hasn't changed one lick since FierceMarkets was acquired by Questex Media Group. In fact, the partnership gives us more opportunities in terms of deeper integration into other markets, such as the Asian market. For example, Telecom Asia is a Questex property that has strong presence in Asia, and has helped us offer marketers a one-stop global marketing solution
How long have you each been with FierceMarkets and in your current role?
Sean: I have been with FierceMarkets for five years and took over the role of president at the end of 2008.
Jason: I actually started out as our first salesperson back in 2001. My title has changed a few times since those early days, but my core responsibility to grow the telecom group has remained the same. I am now Group Publisher for our telecom publications.
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Sean Buckley Lands at Fierce
By Laura Borgstede | July 13, 2009
Sean Buckley has joined FierceTelecom as Senior Editor. He will be responsible for the day-to-day writing of FierceTelecom and building its network of contributors. Sean will start Monday, July 6th. Editor-in-Chief, Dan O’Shea will shift to writing longer features for the publication. Previous to joining the FierceMarkets family, Sean was Editor-in-Chief at Telecommunications Magazine. He began with Telecommunications in 2000 and also held the staff editor and senior editor positions. In 2005, Sean left Telecommunications to cover the public sector and the wireless networking industry as an analyst at Current Analysis. He returned to the magazine in 2006 to take over as Editor-in-Chief.
Dave Cohen Named Editor at Webnewser
By Laura Borgstede | July 13, 2009
The MediaBistro blog announced Dave Cohen as editor. Before joining Webnewser, Dave was the news editor for Multichannel News and B&C Broadcasting & Cable.
More Layoffs at Ziff Davis
By Laura Borgstede | July 13, 2009
Ziff Davis continues to consolidate its editorial operations. The west coast staff at ExtremeTech was recently laid off. Loyd Case, Jason Cross, Joel Durham, Mike Nguyen and Jeremy Atkinson are no longer with the publication. Jeremy Kaplan is now the editor of the outlet.
Enid Burns Laid Off at ClickZ
By Laura Borgstede | July 13, 2009
Managing Editor Enid Burns was laid off. Enid wrote for both ClickZ and the ClickZ News Blog. She is now taking on freelance projects covering technology and social media.
The Return of RCR Wireless News
By Laura Borgstede | July 7, 2009
The 25-year old publication which folded on March 3, 2009 is set to re-launch on July 1. We are still awaiting details about when, where, who and how – as many of the key reporters have since found other industry jobs. Stay tuned here for more information or follow us on Twitter for up-to-the minute updates at www.twitter.com/Lborgstede.
Last Mile Closes
By Laura Borgstede | July 7, 2009
The economy has forced publisher Benjamin Media to cease operations of Last Mile Online. The former bi-monthly magazine premiered in 2005 and had more than 18,000 subscribers. In February, the broadband news publication switched to an online only format. Associate editor Brad Kramer will remain on the Benjamin Media editorial staff.
Access Intelligence Shakes Things Up
By Laura Borgstede | July 6, 2009
Due to the fall in advertising revenue Access Intelligence was forced to make organizational changes. Heather Farley, Divisional President, Cable Group - CableFAX & Cable360 has taken on responsibility for the company’s Aviation, Satellite/Cable and Studio groups. Paul McPherson, Divisional President, Cable Group - Communications Technology was let go from the Access Intelligence management team and Executive Committee. Paul has managed the largest part of the company’s print magazine business.
Changes at Mass High Tech
By Laura Borgstede | July 5, 2009
The publication has decided to move to a bi-weekly printig schedule. Associate editor James Connolly was promoted to managing editor. Boston Business Journal reporter Jackie Noblett has taken on an additional role as a staff writer for Mass High Tech. Her areas of coverage will include alternative energy, clean technology, defense, robotics and public technology companies. Reporter Rodney Brown will continue to cover the telecom beat.
TechWeb's Re-organization
By Laura Borgstede | June 30, 2009
United Business Media recently completed a reorganization. This included several promotions and layoffs within the TechWeb editorial department. TechWeb West Coast news editor Michael Singer, bMighty.com editor Benjamin Tomkins and Byte and Switch editor Paul Travis were among those laid off. However, Benjamin will continue his work as a freelance writer. Mike Fratto has been promoted to editor of Byte and Switch. David Berlind has been promoted from editor-at-large to editor-in-chief at TechWeb. Fritz Nelson has taken over the title of executive editor of the InformationWeek Business Technology Network.
Roger Engelke Leaves Electronic Design
By Calysto Communications | December 31, 1969
Issue editor, Roger Engelke has left the publication. His replacement has not been named.