Michael Jordan Named Executive Editor of Edmunds' Inside Line.SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif. -- Inside Line, Edmunds' high-speed online car magazine and the most-read automotive enthusiast Web site, today announced that acclaimed automotive journalist Michael Jordan This article is about the former basketball player. For other uses, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. has joined its staff as Executive Editor. Jordan is based at the company's Santa Monica headquarters. "Michael is well known and highly regarded for creating, writing and editing stories about cars, car culture and car people," said Inside Line Editor In Chief Scott Oldham Scott Oldham (b. 1969) serves as Editor in Chief of Edmunds Inc.'s Inside Line. He earned his BA in Journalism from Glassboro State College. Previously, he worked at Sport Compact Car, European Car, Popular Hot Rodding and Popular Mechanics and has also been published in Car . "With Michael's help, Inside Line will achieve its full potential as the ultimate automotive enthusiast magazine." Jordan comes to the position after serving as Automobile's 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. Bureau Chief for 20 years. He has freelanced for Newsweek International, Playboy and numerous automotive specialty publications, and he was an editor for Car and Driver. He has earned more than a dozen Moto Awards, given in recognition of excellence in international automotive media. "For years I've been impressed with Edmunds; the company has a very bright future and I am eager to be a part of it," said Jordan. "I'm joining a great team, and together we are ready to make a magazine that will set new standards in automotive journalism." About Edmunds.com, Inc. (http://www.edmunds.com/help/about/) Edmunds Inc. publishes three Web sites that empower, engage and educate automotive consumers and enthusiasts. Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive consumer information, launched in 1995 as the first automotive information Web site. Its most popular feature, the Edmunds.com True Market Value([R]), is relied upon by millions of people seeking current transaction prices for new and used vehicles. Edmunds.com was named "Best Car Research Site" by Forbes ASAP (chat) asap - As soon as possible. , has been selected by consumers as the "Most Useful Web Site" according to every J.D. Power and Associates New Autoshopper.com Study(SM), was ranked first in the Survey of Car-Shopping Web Sites by The Wall Street Journal and was rated "#1" in Keynote's study of third-party automotive Web sites. Inside Line launched in January 2005 and is the most-read automotive enthusiast Web site. CarSpace launched in February 2006 and is an automotive lifestyle social networking Web site See social networking Web sites and social networking site. for anyone with an interest in automobiles. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). Santa Monica is a coastal city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades and Brentwood on the north, , and maintains a satellite office in suburban Detroit. |
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