Christopher L. Lambiase and Peter T. Finch Named Top Executives of SmartMoney.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2000 Hearst Magazines and Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance & Company, joint venture partners in SmartMoney, today announced that Christopher L. Lambiase, 43, senior vice president and publishing director, has been promoted to 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 SmartMoney, and Peter T. Finch, 40, editor, has been promoted to editor-in-chief of SmartMoney magazine. The announcements were made today by Cathleen P. Black, president of Hearst Magazines, and Paul E. Steiger, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal. The promotions follow The Hearst Corporation's previous announcement naming Steven R. Swartz, 38, president, CEO and editor-in-chief of SmartMoney, to his new position as executive vice president of Hearst Newspapers. All three appointments are effective January 1, 2001. "The SmartMoney franchise is a multimedia leader in the personal finance publishing business - through the magazine, on the Web via SmartMoney.com, and through its technology and educational products," said Black. "Since debuting as a two-issue test in 1992, Steve, Chris and their colleagues have built a very formidable brand, and in fact, a very powerful small company within the magazine publishing industry. These promotions elevate two top executives who have been integral in laying the groundwork for the company's continued success." "The combination of Chris's business side acumen and Pete's noteworthy magazine editing expertise creates a great team at the helm of SmartMoney magazine," said Steiger. "Under Chris's leadership, SmartMoney is well positioned to build on its business success in the years to come." SmartMoney closes this year as the only personal finance magazine to have been up in advertising pages for eight consecutive years. The magazine debuted in March 1992. Under Swartz's leadership, SmartMoney was one of the youngest magazines ever to be named "Magazine of the Year" by Advertising Age. In 1993, SmartMoney was honored with Temple University's Acres of Diamonds Award as the best new magazine. In addition, SmartMoney won 1995 and 1996 National Magazine Awards for service journalism Service journalism is at its core personal. It promises insights, secrets, strategies, tips and direction to consumers rather than serving as just another piece of entertainment. And in that way, the majority of magazines that sell so well on our newsstands are classifiable as service . In the six years the magazine has been eligible, it has been a finalist 11 times for the awards, the industry's highest honor. SmartMoney also was awarded this year's Investment Company Institute award for financial journalism. Lambiase was named senior vice president and publishing director of SmartMoney in 1999. In this role, he has overseen the publishing activities of SmartMoney, which includes SmartMoney magazine, the Web site SmartMoney.com, and SmartMoney's education division. Lambiase was promoted to vice president in 1998 and has served as publisher since 1995, after having served as the magazine's advertising director since 1993. Prior to this, he was national sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → . Lambiase joined SmartMoney from The Wall Street Journal, where he had been in advertising sales for the previous 12 years, ultimately serving as associate manager of financial advertising. Finch was named editor of SmartMoney in 1999 after having served as executive editor beginning in 1995. He has been covering the world of business and investments since 1983. His career includes positions at the San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. (Calif.) Mercury News, the San Jose Business Journal and BusinessWeek, where he worked before joining SmartMoney as articles editor in 1992, the magazine's first year. Finch, along with Delia Marshall, is co-author of How to Raise Kids Without Going Broke: The Complete Financial Guide for Parents, published by Avon Books in 1999. SmartMoney.com had its highest number of unique users ever in November, breaking the 1 million mark, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Media Metrix. For the three consecutive years 1998-2000, the site has received the ICI/American University award for online personal finance journalism. SmartMoney.com was awarded a 1999 Gold Medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize in Interactive Design by I.D. magazine, a 1999 Industrial Design Excellence award from the Industrial Designers Society of America Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is an organisation of professional industrial designers in the United States. It was formed in 1965 by merger of three American designer associations: American Designers Institute (IDI), American Society of Industrial Design and was a National Magazine Awards finalist in this year's General Excellence in New Media category. In April 1999, SmartMoney launched a custom publishing and retirement advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal business around its acquisition of Retirement Advisors, Inc. from Hearst Corp. The business now reaches some 12 million people, up from 900,000, when SmartMoney launched the business. And in July 1999, SmartMoney launched SmartMoney University, an online tool to teach people about investing, the markets and other aspects of personal finance. SmartMoney's technology unit, which licenses Web applications to other companies, now has about 70 clients including Fidelity, American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. , J.P. Morgan and others. About SmartMoney SmartMoney, The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Business, was launched in 1992 by Dow Jones & Company and The Hearst Corporation The Hearst Corporation is a privately-held American-based media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in New York City, USA. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the company's holdings now include a wide variety of media. . SmartMoney's mission is to provide actionable, provocative ideas for investing, spending and saving money to a sophisticated, affluent audience, many of whom are seeking to take control of their financial lives without quitting their day jobs. About SmartMoney.com SmartMoney.com (www.smartmoney.com) is a free investment news, tools and advice site operated by a full-time staff of more than 100 SmartMoney.com reporters, editors, technicians, software programmers and Web designers. It is known not only for SmartMoney-style credibility in its reporting, but also for its proprietary interactive tools, which have received much critical acclaim. About Dow Jones & Company Dow Jones & Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DJ; dj.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and SmartMoney magazines and other periodicals, Dow Jones Newswires Dow Jones Newswires is the real-time financial news organization owned by Dow Jones. Founded in 1882, its primary competitors are Bloomberg L.P. and Reuters. The company reports more than 420,000 subscribers -- including brokers, traders, analysts and fund managers -- as of July , Dow Jones Indexes, and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Excite@Home of Work.com, and with NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. of the CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S. About The Hearst Corporation The Hearst Corporation (www.hearst.com) is one of the nation's largest diversified communications companies. Its major interests include magazine, newspaper and business publishing, cable networks, television and radio broadcasting The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , Internet businesses, television production and distribution, newspaper features distribution, and real estate. |
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