Andy Serwer Named Managing Editor of Fortune
01 November 2006 - 5:03AM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Andy Serwer has been named
Managing Editor of Fortune it was announced today by John Huey,
Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc. Serwer succeeds Eric Pooley, who will
now be working with John Huey and Time Inc. Managing Editor Jim
Kelly on investigative projects. The appointment is effective
immediately. Serwer (47) will oversee the leading biweekly business
magazine, which is known for its unrivaled access to industry
leaders and decision makers throughout the world. No matter what
project Andy takes on, he handles it with intelligence, wit and
energy," Huey said. "It is also safe to say that no journalist
knows today's business story better than Andy Serwer. I am
confident that he will bring his knowledge of both the story and
the multimedia landscape to the helm of Fortune in exciting ways
that will work to its great advantage in the future." "I really am
thrilled to be running a magazine with such a rich history and such
a bright future," Serwer said. "I look forward to working with my
longstanding colleagues -- the best business journalists on the
planet. We're going to have a blast." As editor-at-large at Fortune
since 1998, Serwer writes the "Street Life" column as well as
stories about the personalities and behind-the-scenes action on
Wall Street. His work has ranged from his provocative column in
every issue to major cover stories on everything from the young
Michael Dell to Michael Price ("The Toughest S.O.B. on Wall
Street") to the business of the Rolling Stones to the first look
inside the financial and philanthropic workings of America's
richest family, the Waltons. In addition to his magazine work, Andy
became one of the industry's first internet stars nine years ago
with his daily market round-up on Fortune.com, also called "Street
Life," that has more than 50,000 e-mail subscribers. He has also
been the very successful business anchor of CNN's American Morning
news show. He will continue to have an on-air presence on CNN.
Serwer joined Fortune in 1985 as an intern from the Columbia
Journalism School, and was later promoted to associate editor. He
quickly went on to become one of its most insightful, popular and
productive writers. In addition to covering Wall Street, investing,
information technology, and entertainment for the magazine, Serwer
has also edited and written the front of the book section of
Fortune, which includes breaking news and features focusing on
business personalities, media, and technology. The May 22, 2000
issue of the New Yorker summed up Serwer's contributions to Wall
Street coverage like this: "Achaea had Homer, the Spanish Civil War
had Hemingway, California had the Beach Boys, and now our
hyperactive stock market has its own poet singer-Andy Serwer." In
1999, Serwer was named 2000 Business Journalist of the Year by TJFR
Business News Reporter, which called him "perhaps the nation's top
multimedia talent, successfully juggling the roles of serious
journalist, astute commentator and occasional court jester. He's a
prototype and inspires others in business journalism to test their
skills in other media." Marketing Computers also ranked him sixth
on its "Top Ten Web" list of Internet journalists that year. Mr.
Serwer received a bachelor's degree in history from Bowdoin College
in Brunswick, Maine, graduating with departmental honors in 1981.
He received an MBA from Emory University in Atlanta and a master's
in journalism from Columbia University. Time Inc. is the world's
leading magazine publisher, with more than 150 titles that are read
more than 300 million times worldwide on a monthly basis and
account for nearly a quarter of the total advertising revenues of
U.S. consumer magazines. Time Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Time Warner Inc., a leading media and entertainment company, whose
businesses include interactive services, cable systems, filmed
entertainment, television networks and publishing. Contact info:
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Welch (212)522-6724 DATASOURCE: Time Inc. CONTACT: Dawn Bridges,
+1-212-522-2494, , or Danielle Perissi, +1-212-522-5951, , or
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