Award-winning Publishing Executive Joins SPACE.com.Business/Hi-Tech/Science/Media and Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2000 SPACE.com today announced that Fred Abatemarco, former Senior Vice President of Times Mirror Magazines, and President and Editor in Chief of Popular Science Properties, has joined the company's management team. As Senior Vice President and Editor in Chief of SPACE.com, he oversees the company's diverse editorial offerings including its Web sites; broadband programming on Real.com(TM) Network; SPACE.com ILLUSTRATED magazine, produced with Hearst Magazines and debuting in September; and future magazine, radio and TV initiatives. Abatemarco will also lead SPACE.com's news, entertainment, games and science fiction editorial teams. He reports to Mitchell Cannold, Executive Vice President and COO. "We are thrilled to have one of the driving forces behind the world's most successful and recognizable science media outlets on our team," said Lou Dobbs Lou Dobbs (born September 24 1945), is the CNN anchor and managing editor for Lou Dobbs Tonight. He is also an editorial columnist and syndicated radio show host. Lou Dobbs Tonight attracts CNN's second-largest audience after Larry King Live , Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SPACE.com. "Fred's extensive publishing and broadcast experience will help guide SPACE.com in our mission to build the leading space media company." Abatemarco joined Popular Science, the world's largest science and technology magazine, as Editor in Chief in 1989. In 1997, he became Senior Vice President of Times Mirror Magazines, and took on the additional role of President of Popular Science Properties, a franchise that includes PopSci.com, licensed foreign editions, TV programming, ancillary publications and merchandise. Under his leadership, Popular Science was a finalist for a National Magazine Award, for the first time ever, in 1995. Popular Science won numerous other significant awards under Abatemarco's editorial guidance including the National Association for Science Writers, the Education Writers Association and the Computer Press Association. Prior to Times Mirror, Abatemarco was Editor in Chief of Personal Computing Refers to users working on their own computers rather than a terminal to a mainframe. Sometimes, the term refers to using computers at home for work and/or entertainment in contrast to business use only. See personal computer. , one of the world's largest circulation computer magazines. He was instrumental in the 1988 launch of the monthly magazine Macintosh Business Review, for VNU VNU Volontaires des Nations Unies (French) VNU Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven (Dutch) VNU Virtual Network User Publications. Abatemarco was with Newsweek for six years as Associate Editor covering technology. He also served as Chief Editor of Newsweek's international technology newsletter. Abatemarco's extensive experience in broadcast journalism Broadcast journalism refers to television news and radio news, as well as the online news outlets of broadcast affiliates. includes on and off the air work in radio and television. He has also been an editor at Fairchild Publications and a reporter for Gannett Newspapers. Abatemarco was a U.S. Army Correspondent for Southern Cross and Americal magazines in Vietnam. He is a past board member of the American Society of Magazine Editors For the engineering society, see . The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) is an industry trade group for editors of magazines published in the United States. The group advocates on behalf of member organizations with respect to First Amendment issues, and serves as a and serves as a judge for the organization's National Magazine Awards. He also serves as an advisor on the steering committees of Summit on Science, a nationwide science literary awareness campaign, and theScience.com, an educational Web site for teenagers. He graduated from Long Island University, Cum Laude cum lau·de adv. & adj. With honor. Used to express academic distinction: graduated cum laude; 25 cum laude graduates. , with a B.A. in Journalism, and Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. SPACE.com SPACE.com is the definitive space site on the Web, offering the richest and most compelling content, featuring news, information, education, entertainment, games and science fiction. SPACE.com is also the publisher of Starry star·ry adj. star·ri·er, star·ri·est 1. Marked or set with stars or starlike objects. 2. Shining or glittering like stars. 3. Shaped like a star. 4. Illuminated by stars; starlit. Night Backyard and Starry Night Pro, the leading realistic astronomy software for personal computers. SPACE.com is headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with offices and news bureaus in Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral (kənăv`ərəl), low, sandy promontory extending E into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island, E Fla., separated from Merritt Island by the Banana River, a lagoon; named (1963) Cape Kennedy in memory of President John ; Houston; Pasadena; Toronto, Canada; and Washington, D.C. |
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