Christopher Ma named vice president, executive producer of Digital Ink Co.ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 1997--Christopher Ma has been named a vice president, executive producer of Digital Ink Co., The Washington Post Company's digital media and electronic information services See Information Systems. subsidiary. Ma joins Digital Ink from U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. , where he served as deputy editor. In the newly created position, Ma will oversee a major expansion of the arts and entertainment coverage on washingtonpost.com, The Washington Post's World Wide Web site. He will also direct the company's current and future initiatives in the classified advertising sections of the site. Marc Teren, incoming president of Digital Ink Co., said of Ma's appointment, "washingtonpost.com shares The Washington Post's commitment to providing area residents with comprehensive information relevant to their daily lives. "Chris, a long-time D.C. resident, brings to the company a keen sense of the Washington market and a dynamic editorial vision, honed during his 18 years in journalism. "His editorial perspective and experience make Chris uniquely qualified to lead our endeavors in the arts and entertainment and classified areas, two important cornerstones of the service washingtonpost.com provides to the community." During his 11 years at U.S. News & World Report, Ma played an important role in directing coverage of news ranging from business, economics, and foreign affairs foreign affairs pl.n. Affairs concerning international relations and national interests in foreign countries. to science and medicine, education, religion, and popular culture. As deputy editor, he was one of four senior news executives with overall responsibility for the magazine. Including prior positions as managing editor and assistant managing editor for business and economics, Ma oversaw the writing, editing and designing of over 120 U.S. News & World Report cover stories during his tenure. Ma, 46, joined U.S. News & World Report in 1985 after six years as a Washington correspondent for Newsweek magazine. He covered both foreign affairs and economics, reporting on news ranging from the Iran hostage crisis Iran hostage crisis, in U.S. history, events following the seizure of the American embassy in Tehran by Iranian students on Nov. 4, 1979. The overthrow of Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi of Iran by an Islamic revolutionary government earlier in the year had led to a to the breakup breakup The division of a company into separate parts. The most famous breakup to date was the 1984 division of AT&T (formerly, American Telephone & Telegraph Company). This breakup was intended to increase competition in the communications industry. of AT&T. Prior to joining Newsweek, he served on the legal staff of the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. . In 1995, Ma co-authored The Practical Guide to Practically Everything, with Peter Bernstein. The Practical Guide is a major new consumer almanac almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. published annually by Random House. It covers the most interesting and important consumer developments each year, from health and nutrition to personal finance, career planning, travel and home ownership. Ma is a graduate of Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate section and oldest school of Harvard University, founded in 1636 by the Massachusetts Legislature. The College is instructed by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which also instructs the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. , where he received the Michael Clark Michael (or Mike) Clark can refer to the following people:
See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. . washingtonpost.com (http://www.washingtonpost.com) is a one-stop news, information and entertainment resource that helps users make sense of Washington, the Web and the world. Since its launch in June 1996, it has become one of the most popular news sites on the World Wide Web. Offering a range of unique features and services, washingtonpost.com is much more than The Washington Post online. It gives users access to editorial content from the day's Washington Post; the latest breaking news; original articles and features; links to related information and Web sites; searchable restaurant, movie, video and other databases; discussion areas hosted by noted journalists, politicians and others; and a place for users to "talk" about their views. washingtonpost.com is published by Digital Ink Co., The Washington Post Company's digital media and electronic infor |
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