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National Jan Shepherd, senior assistant Living/Arts editor for The Boston Globe, leaves. No replacement has been named. Call the Living/Arts desk at 617/929-2000 … The Chicago Tribune promotes Vickie Walton-James from deputy Washington bureau chief… 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

Perhaps no industry is harder hit by the events of September 11 than the travel industry. Heightened airport security, massive financial losses and wary travelers are combining to create a grim outlook for hotels, airlines… 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

Imagine Media launches Xbox Magazine, the licensed magazine for Microsoft’s Xbox video game console system. The monthly publication will target 18- to 34-year-old males with information on how to “wring every last drop of fun… 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

The theory makes sense: a company whose employees demonstrate energy and enthusiasm for their work performs better than a company whose employees have negative attitudes. Now a new study provides hard proof that employee attitudes… 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