BRIEFCASE LEVITZ IN, KAHN OUT AT DC COMICS' TOP.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services BURBANK - Paul Levitz has been named president and publisher of DC Comics, replacing Jenette Kahn, who will be stepping down at the end of the year from running that enterprise and Mad Magazine. The moves were announced Wednesday by Barry M. Meyer, chairman and chief executive officer of Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) ., DC Comics' parent company. Levitz is moving up from his 12-year post as executive vice president and publisher. He will add Kahn's responsibilities to his current duties following a transition period. In addition to overseeing all the business and editorial operations of DC Comics and Mad Magazine, Levitz will be charged with serving as a liaison across all Warner Bros. divisions and outside third parties to aggressively and effectively extend and exploit DC Comics' iconic characters and brands in all arenas, including feature films, television, home video, consumer products, online and specialty publishing. Kahn is a 26-year DC Comics veteran and writer of more than 300 published comic book comic book Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. stories with cumulative sales of more than 10 million copies. She plans to focus on the publishing of her first book. Edison to sell oil pipeline, storage ROSEMEAD - Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. Co. said it plans to sell all of its oil pipeline and storage assets to a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corp. On Tuesday, Edison officials announced the sale, which will be effective pending regulatory approval. Financial terms were not disclosed. ``SCE SCE (in Scotland) Scottish Certificate of Education SCE n abbr (= Scottish Certificate of Education) → Schulabschlusszeugnis in Schottland made the strategic decision to sell these assets once the electric generating stations this system served were sold,'' Edison President Robert Foster said. Edison will sell its oil pipeline division to PPS (Packets Per Second) The measurement of activity in a local area network (LAN). In LANs such as Ethernet, Token Ring and FDDI, as well as the Internet, data is broken up and transmitted in packets (frames), each with a source and destination address. Holding Co., a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corp. and parent of Pacific Energy Group LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . The pipeline transports various grades of crude oil in Southern California. The system is connected to most of the Los Angeles Basin The Los Angeles Basin is the coastal sediment-filled plain located between the peninsular and transverse ranges in southern California in the United States containing the central part of the city of Los Angeles as well as its southern and southeastern suburbs (both in Los Angeles oil industry infrastructure, marine facilities and other major storage terminals in the region. ``We are excited about this strategic acquisition, which will significantly expand our service capability in the Los Angeles area,'' said Irv Toole, president of Pacific Energy Group LLC, which has headquarters in Long Beach. Vertis ad artists win Dandy awards VAN NUYS - Artists at Vertis Newspaper Premedia Services took home two of the Newspaper Advertising Association's coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. Dandy 2001 awards, the firm announced Wednesday. The firm's automotive ad campaigns were ``Father's Day,'' designed for Caliber Motors Mercedes-Benz in Anaheim, and ``Clean Air,'' designed for Nissan of Thousand Oaks. The Vertis-designed ads beat out more than 3,000 entries in the annual competition. As winners, the campaigns are featured in a new compilation assembled by the NAA NAA Nomina Anatomica Avium. , distributed to the automotive and publishing industries nationwide. Commission has new crew on deck The Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission made several changes to its executive lineup. Richard Welch, chairman of the Riordan & McKinzie law firm in Los Angeles, was elected chairman of the board of directors, while Stan Washington, vice president and general manager of the Western Region of American Express Establishment Services, was named chairman-elect. Welch succeeds Mark Liberman, North America/Western Region vice president for United Airlines. Andy Camacho, president 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 Camacho's Inc.; Cody Cluff, president of the Entertainment Industry Development Corporation/L.A. Film Office; and Michael C.R. Collins, executive vice president of the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau, were also elected to executive posts. |
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