Bay Area Publisher Takes Helm of City & Regional Magazine Association.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Barney Fonzi, group publisher of Diablo magazine, has been elected president of the City & Regional Magazine Association. "It is an exciting time to be in a leadership role with the CRMA CRMA Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (Iowa) CRMA Customer Relationship Management Association CRMA City and Regional Magazine Association CRMA Cytokine Response Modifier A CRMA Common Radio Module Architecture ," says Fonzi. "We continue to see ad pages grow in double digits Double Digits was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Played from April 20, 1973 through May 18, 1973's show, it was played for a car and used small prizes. while other magazine categories are seeing declines due to so many ad dollars being shifted to non-traditional media." "Magazines continue to demonstrate that their ability to provide engaging content can bring great value to both readers and advertisers alike," added John Paloian, group president publishing & retail services, RR Donnelley
Fonzi is group publisher for Diablo Publications, based in Walnut Creek, California Walnut Creek is a largely affluent suburb several miles east of Oakland in Contra Costa County, California, USA, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. While not as large as the neighboring Concord, Walnut Creek serves as the business and entertainment hub for the . Diablo magazine serves the affluent communities in San Francisco's East Bay. He's been with the firm 21 years and helped guide the company as it grew from just five employees to more than 50 today. He's responsible for sales, marketing and editorial components of the magazine as well as Diablo Publications' seven other publications. He graduated from UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX with a BA in economics and has completed post graduate courses at San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden State. "The city and regional magazine market continues to be one of the hottest magazine acquisition sectors out there," says Kim A. Mac Leod, president of Regional Media Advisors of Norwalk, Connecticut. Mac Leod has worked in publishing and investment banking for over 30 years and has served as advisor to numerous publishing firms. The CRMA also announced Jeffrey Goldberg, associate publisher of Memphis magazine, was elected vice president and Paul Reulbach, publisher of Boston magazine, will serve as Secretary-Treasurer. CRMA member publications are located in virtually every major market in the United States, Canada and Mexico; and have a combined circulation of 4.3 million readers who have over $115 billion in disposable income disposable income Portion of an individual's income over which the recipient has complete discretion. To assess disposable income, it is necessary to determine total income, including not only wages and salaries, interest and dividend payments, and business profits, but also . CRMA magazines represent a powerful medium for advertisers seeking to reach an affluent, upscale consumer audience. Additional information can be found at the CRMA web site at www.citymag.org. Editors: Photo head shot available for Barney Fonzi at: http://www.citymag.org/images/Fonzi.jpg |
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