MKE Launches Today; New Publication and Web Site Offer Milwaukee-Area Residents Lifestyle and Entertainment Resource.MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee area residents now have a new source for lifestyle and entertainment information. MKE MKE Matsushita-Kotobuki Electronics Industries Ltd. MKE Milwaukee, WI, USA - General Mitchell Field (Airport Code) MKE Maximum Kinetic Energy MKE Make File MKE Media and Knowledge Engineering , a free, weekly publication and Web site (mkeonline.com), launched today. The tabloid-style publication will be available at a variety of outlets throughout the five-county metropolitan Milwaukee area. MKE is focused on the local entertainment and lifestyle interests of metro-Milwaukee area residents, who are looking to plan their weekends, connect with friends, find jobs or check out a new restaurant. Each Thursday, 60,000 free editions will be distributed to a variety of locations, including restaurants, coffee shops, bars and grocery stores throughout southeast Wisconsin. The publication will include regular features on entertainment and food, home, money and shopping, as well as people and travel. In this week's edition, MKE talks to Ashanti Hamilton, Milwaukee's youngest alderman, and interviews young political activists about the presidential election. Readers will find tips on cheap and easy Halloween costumes, and a male staff member writes about an emerging trend -- male Brazilian waxing Brazilian waxing is a type of waxing involving the bikini area.[1] [2] [3] [4] This procedure involves the complete removal of hair from the buttocks and adjacent to the anus, perineum and vulva (labia majora and mons pubis). -- from first-hand experience. "MKE is a fresh resource, written by young people for young people," said Diane Bacha, MKE general manager and editor. "It will connect with people in and around Milwaukee who want to be informed, entertained and connected. It will also offer resources to help folks out with some of life's day-to-day details." MKE is led by a team of talented journalists. Bacha, is a 10-year veteran of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, the largest newspaper in Wisconsin and is distributed widely throughout the state. . Managing editor Joe Vince was most recently the arts and entertainment editor at the South Bend Tribune The South Bend Tribune is a newspaper distributed in the Michiana (Indiana, United States) region. There are five editions for distribution in South Central Michigan, Mishawaka (2 Editions), Marshall County, and the South Bend Metro area. . Sonya Jongsma Knauss, assistant editor, was former editor-in-chief and co-founder of Milwaukee-based Riverwest Currents The Riverwest Currents is an alternative monthly newspaper published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin since 2001. It has sometimes used the slogan "The Community Voice of Milwaukee's Left Bank," which was coined in 2001 by Dan Knauss as a reference to the generally liberal or leftist . Kathy Bryja, design editor, most recently worked at The State in Columbia, South Carolina Columbia is the state capital and largest city of South Carolina. As of 2006, estimates for the population of the city proper is 122,819[1]. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a small portion of the city extends into Lexington County. . For more information, to request a copy of MKE or to schedule an interview with an MKE staff member, please contact Anne Broeker at (414) 319-5700 or by email annebroeker@zizzogroup.com. About Journal Sentinel Inc. Journal Sentinel Inc. publishes the flagship Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper (Daily 244,893, Sunday 430,755), as well as a range of other print and electronic products, primarily serving southeast Wisconsin people and businesses. The Journal Sentinel is committed to producing a newspaper that reflects the ever-changing world and fulfills the needs of readers and advertisers. In addition to the daily and Sunday newspaper, Journal Sentinel Inc. produces Web products and services through its Journal Interactive division, including JSOnline.com and OnWisconsin.com. The company also offers direct mail and database marketing services, and the addition of a new printing facility in 2003 led to Journal Sentinel's recent entry to the business of commercial printing. Journal Sentinel is a Journal Communications Journal Communications, Inc. NYSE: JRN is a a publicly traded media company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It publishes the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a daily newspaper, and it also owns television stations, radio stations and weekly newspapers, among other company. Journal Communications (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :JRN JRN - J. Random Nerd. See JRL. ) is a diversified media and communications company with businesses in publishing, broadcasting, telecommunications and printing services. Journal Communications employs approximately 6000 people throughout the United States. The company has a long tradition of and continuing pride in employee-ownership and also is owned in part by public investors. For more information, go to www.jsonline.com or www.jc.com. This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These statements are not guarantees of future performance; actual results could differ materially. Financial information has not been audited (except as noted) and should be considered in the context of the company's complete financial statements. |
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