Cowles Media makes announcement.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 1995--Cowles Media Co. has announced that Hershel B. Sarbin is relinquishing his responsibilities as 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 Cowles Business Media. He will continue as a senior advisor In some countries, a Senior Advisor is an appointed position by the Head of State to advise on the highest levels of national and government policy. Sometimes a junior position to this is called a National Policy Advisor. to Cowles Media Co. and concentrate on the further development of Cowles' business-to-business on-line services. He will be succeeded by Carolyn Wall as president and CEO of Cowles Business Media, Stamford, Conn., effective February 1. She will have responsibility for the continued growth and development of this company which provides business information through a range of publications and services, including magazines, newsletters, on-line services and conferences. Wall has had extensive experience in the media and publishing world, including both print and electronic media, consumer and trade markets. At the time of her appointment she was executive vice president, Corporate Development and Sales, at News America and a director of News America Holdings Inc., a unit of News Corp. Before that she was vice president and general manager of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of television station, Fox 5-WNYW, executive vice president of Murdoch Magazines and publisher of New York magazine, all parts of News Corp. Hershel Sarbin has served as president and CEO of Cowles Business Media since December 1990, and has been responsible for significant expansion of the company, its markets and services during that time. In commenting on the change, Sarbin said "Carolyn Wall has an outstanding record in our business, and I am delighted that she will be the one to lead the further growth of Cowles Business Media. She will have a talented team to work with, and I am confident that the momentum we have established will continue." In making the announcement, David C. Cox, president and CEO of Cowles Media Co., said that "In Carolyn Wall we have an executive with a broad range of experience and skills to build on the excellent base which has been created at Cowles Business Media during the past few years. The markets and technologies in which CBM CBM Commodore Business Machines CBM Coalbed Methane CBM Christoffel Blindenmission CBM Condition Based Maintenance CBM Confidence-Building Measures CBM Curriculum Based Measurement (education) CBM Cubic Meter is involved will play a key role in the future growth of Cowles Media, and I am confident that Carolyn Wall will provide the leadership to realize the great potential we see for CBM. We are pleased that Hershel Sarbin, who has contributed so much, will continue in a key role to pursue fields in which he has led CBM." Wall's prior experience includes vice president and publisher of ADWEEK, a five-edition national advertising and trade publication, and promotion manager of "W," a Fairchild publication. She is currently a board member of the New York Urban League and the Foundation for Minority Interests in Media Inc., which helps identify and train minority men and women for career opportunities in the communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. . She is a past president of Advertising Women of New York and has served as chairperson of the Advisory Panel to the Congressional Caucus A Congressional caucus is a group of members of the United States Congress that meets to pursue common legislative objectives. At the broadest level, Democratic members of the House of Representatives and Senate organize themselves into the House Democratic Caucus and Senate on Women's Issues. Wall is a graduate of Trinity College Trinity College, Ireland: see Dublin, Univ. of. Trinity College Private liberal arts college in Hartford, Conn., founded in 1823. It is historically affiliated with the Episcopal church, though its curriculum is nonsectarian. in Washington, D.C. She and her family live in Connecticut. Cowles Business Media, based in Stamford, provides a wide range of business information services See Information Systems. to the publishing, marketing, media, travel, telecommunications and information fields. Its publications include Folio:, Catalog Age, Direct, Pre-, Inside Media, Cable World, and Mobile Office; a series of print and electronic newsletters including Electronic Marketplace Report, News Inc., Electronic Information Report and Cowles Simba Media Daily; and Weissmann Travel Reports. Its business and professional conferences and trade shows include five Folio: shows, the Annual Catalog Conference, Media Options, and the National Center for Database Marketing Conference. Cowles Media Co. is a newspaper, magazine, book publishing book publishing. The term publishing means, in the broadest sense, making something publicly known. Usually it refers to the issuing of printed materials, such as books, magazines, periodicals, and the like. and information services company headquartered in Minneapolis. Other operating units operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon include the Star Tribune For the Wyoming newspaper, see . The Star Tribune (also Star trib or Strib, as it is often referred to) is the largest newspaper in the U.S. newspaper in the Twin Cities, and Cowles Magazines Inc., which publishes 25 special interest consumer magazines, a number of book series serving targeted markets, and related video programming. CONTACT: Cowles Media Co., Minneapolis James A. Alcott, 612/673-7019 |
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