Stories by PRNEWS

PBI Media, LLC 1201 Seven Locks Rd., Suite 300 Potomac, MD 20854 301/354-1822 Fax: 301/762-4196 While most Americans have been tuning in to outlets such as CNN, MSNBC and other commercial and cable networks for… Continued

One of this year’s early hot sellers was a book about the “quarter-life crisis,” written by two women in their 20s who maintained that life was tougher than it looked for Gen Xers. That crisis… Continued

Annemarie Iverson joins Primedia as editor-in-chief of Seventeen and editorial director for the Teen Magazine Publishing Unit, including Teen Magazine, Bop, Tiger Beat, Teen Beat and 16. Iverson comes to Seventeen from YM, where she… Continued

Primedia Business Magazines and Media suspends publication of UPSTART due to weak advertising and other problems plaguing the publishing industry. The staff, including Nikki Rhodes and Ed Gubbins, join Telephony magazine. Rhodes becomes deputy managing… Continued

CNNfn and Money.com accomplish a planned merger to create CNNMoney.com. The site will cover business, financial and economic news, as well as personal finance and investing. The entire cable station is in the process of… Continued

Peter Herbst, associate editorial director of Hachette Filipacchi and former editor of Family Life, is taking over the reins of Premiere magazine after the firing of Editor-in- chief Michael Solomon. Herbst promises he will sharpen… Continued

Mode, the fashion magazine for plus-size women, closes up shop after failing to find a buyer. Conde Nast was in talks to buy the pub, which had a circulation of 600,000, but no deal emerged.… Continued

UpsideToday eliminates its daily stock market coverage, citing the “current business climate.” Several editorial staffers were eliminated, leaving only Editor Rex Crum, who will cover technology companies and produce the “On Trial” weekly feature. Email… Continued

MaryLee Sachs will succeed Thomas Hoog as president and CEO of Hill and Knowlton USA, effective January 1. Hoog will become a non-executive chair when he retires at year’s end. Sachs, with H&K for 15… Continued

As American business slowly gets into gear again following the September 11 terrorist attacks, PR insiders say it’s still too early to predict how the industry’s job market may fare in the months ahead. But… Continued