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2/15/2012: Active Interest Media Acquires Rights to Publish Power & Motoryacht and Sail Magazines from Source Interlink Media
Active Interest Media, Inc. announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the rights to publish the marine and online properties currently published by Source Interlink Media, a division of Source Interlink Companies, Inc. This agreement establishes AIM as the country’s premier marine media and events group, and now includes Power & Motoryacht (PMY), Sail, along with its existing print titles Yachts International, Soundings, Soundings Trade Only, and Passagemaker, and online property BoatQuest.com. (more)
2/8/2012: IntelliChoice Announces Its 2012 Best Overall Values Of The Year
IntelliChoice, the maret leader in automotive ownership cost and car value analysis for over twenty-five years, announced today the winners of its 2012 Best Overall Value of the Year (BOVY) awards. Each year, IntelliChoice compiles and analyzes data on every new model sold in America to identify those that not only have low total ownership costs, but also have lower than expected costs over time, compared to other similar models. The BOVY awards help consumers understand that the total cost to own a vehicle is influenced by a variety of factors beyond initial purchase price. (more)
2/8/2012: SAIL Publisher Josh Adams Elected President of Sail America
The Sail America Board of Directors has elected Josh Adams, Publisher of SAIL Magazine, to serve as President of Sail America, the sailing industry trade association. Josh has served on the Sail America board since 2007 and has been active on various committees throughout his tenure. Most recently, he was Vice President of Association (2009-11). (more)
1/12/2011: Ryder Signs Source Interlink To Flex-To-Green Lease For Natural Gas Trucks
Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R), a leader in commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions, announced today the signing of its first Flex-to-Green lease agreement with Source Interlink Companies, Inc., an integrated media, publishing, merchandising and logistics company that produces and distributes magazine content to retail locations across the U.S. and abroad. With a Flex-to-Green lease for seven diesel-powered vehicles, Source Interlink will have the flexible option to exchange these vehicles for natural gas-powered vehicles. (more)
12/21/2011: Source Interlink Companies’ David Buck Named 2011 Lee County AHA Volunteer of the Year
Source Interlink Companies’ Director of Asset Protection, David Buck, was selected as the 2011 Lee County American Heart Association Volunteer of the Year. Buck, who has been the campaign lead for the annual Lee County Heartwalk fundraising campaign for two years, was recognized for outstanding volunteerism and support of this annual effort, which raised a total of $391,659 in Lee County this year. (more)
12/21/2011: Sail Magazine Launches sailfeed.com
SAIL Magazine has announced the launch of SAILfeed, an all-new blog aggregation website. Sailfeed.com, managed by SAIL, features the work of seven independent bloggers in the sailing community. The SAILfeed blog team is made up of experts from all over the world of sailing, including SAIL’s own executive editor Charles J. Doane and editor-at-large Kimball Livingston, as well as other well-known voices like Bob Perry, Clark Beek and Pat and Ali Schulte. (more)
12/15/2011: GrindMedia, A Division of Source Interlink Media, Acquires Baseball America
GrindMedia, a leading action and adventure sports media company and division of Source Interlink Media, has announced the acquisition of Baseball America, and baseballamerica.com. Baseball America, which has been published since 1982, and its associated titles will be added to GrindMedia’s expanding portfolio of enthusiast media, according to Norb Garrett, Senior Vice President and Group Publisher of GrindMedia. Baseball America joins SLAM Magazine (a basketball-focused property) in the company’s stable of stick-and-ball properties broadening a portfolio of trusted brands focused on men’s lifestyle. (more)
12/13/2011: Motor Trend Names Ford F-150 2012 Truck of The Year®
Motor Trend, the world’s automotive authority on cars, trucks and SUVs, today announced the Ford F-150 as the winner of its Motor Trend Truck of the Year Award® from Ford’s world headquarters in Dearborn, Mich. Motor Trend’s Editor-in-Chief, Edward Loh, presented the award to Ford’s Executive Vice President Mark Fields and Group Vice President Derrick Kuzak. (more)
12/5/2011: 2012 Ram Power Wagon Wins Four Wheeler Magazine’s Pickup Truck of the Year
Four Wheeler magazine has given the 2012 Ram Power Wagon the distinction of earning its highly regarded Pickup Truck of the Year award, marking the vehicle’s fourth win since the competition’s inception. This marks the 23rd year for this prestigious award where the newest trucks on the market are evaluated during a week of rigorous testing to find out which one will emerge victorious. (more)
12/1/2011: Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Wins Four Wheeler Magazine’s 2012 Four Wheeler of the Year
Four Wheeler magazine has named the 2012 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon the winner of its highly sought-after Four Wheeler of the Year award. Four Wheeler magazine has been conducting the competition since 1974, and it is one of the most daunting challenges a vehicle can undergo. (more)
12/1/2011: Longtime Publisher Jim Adolph Rejoins Source Interlink Media Staff
This week, Source Interlink Media welcomed back Jim Adolph as publisher of the American Motorcycle Group, which comprises Hot Bike, Hot Bike Baggers and Street Choppers magazines. Adolph previously served as publisher of Car Craft magazine for the company from the mid-’80’s through early ‘90’s and oversaw the launch of Chevy High Performance magazine and published Corvette Fever magazine. (more)
11/30/2011: Motorcyclist Prepares for 100th Anniversary with Special Historic Content
Motorcyclist magazine will have a big year in 2012, celebrating its 100th anniversary with a full year’s worth of commemorative issues. All 12 issues during 2012 will feature a special “MC 100” section, which will include a timeline, retrospective stories and photos, tests of period motorcycles and contributions from former staffers. The highlight will be September’s annual “Motorcycle of the Year” issue, which will also acknowledge the Motorcycle and Motorcyclist of the Century. (more)
11/29/2011: SAIL Magazine Launches Redesign of sailmagazine.com
SAIL has announced the launch of their newly redesigned website at sailmagazine.com. Along with improved site navigation and expanded multimedia, sailmagazine.com integrates content from all SAIL media platforms–print, digital, and social. With the site redesign, SAIL is also debuting a new charter video series, SAIL’s Charter Channel, presented by the BVI Tourism Board. (more)
11/17/2011: Angus MacKenzie Named Chief Content Officer at Source Interlink Media
Source Interlink Media (SIM) is excited to announce the appointment of Angus MacKenzie to the position of Chief Content Officer. In this new role, he will be responsible for developing editorial, entertainment and advertising content strategies across all of the SIM brands. MacKenzie, who will work closely with the seasoned talent of SIM’s editors and publishers, will also oversee the group’s newly created automotive video group as it develops programs for YouTube’s recently announced original content channels initiative, as well as a new in-house automotive PR team. (more)
11/17/2011: Automobile Magazine Announces Audi A7 2012 “Automobile of the Year”
AUTOMOBILE Magazine, America’s leading automotive lifestyle publication, today announced the Audi A7 as its 2012 Automobile of the Year. The magazine also honored winners of its Design, Man, and Technology of the Year. AUTOMOBILE Magazine President and Editor-In-Chief Jean Jennings will present awards for each of the categories during the Los Angeles International Auto Show next week. (more)
11/17/2011: Automobile Announces 2012 All-Stars
AUTOMOBILE Magazine, America’s leading automotive lifestyle publication, today announced the winners of its 2012 AUTOMOBILE Magazine All-Star awards, which is open to all vehicles on sale in the United States, however only 10 ultimately receive the honor. The winners of AUTOMOBILE Magazine’s 2012 All-Stars were an exceptionally diverse field, with American, European and Asian automakers all represented. The types of vehicles chosen were equally as eclectic, with minivans, passenger cars, sports cars, and sport-utility vehicles all garnering awards. (more)
11/17/2011: Edward Loh Named Editor-in-Chief of Motor Trend
Source Interlink Media (SIM) announced today the appointment of Edward Loh as Editor-in-Chief of Motor Trend. Known as SIM’s leading automotive media brand, Motor Trend counts a print circulation of more than one million magazines a month, a website that attracts more than four million unique visitors a month, a YouTube channel that logs almost 1.5 million views a week, in addition to several widely circulated mobile and tablet apps. (more)
11/16/2011: Source Interlink Media’s Account Manager Bernice Sanders Receives SEMA’s 2011 Businesswoman of the Year Award
Source Interlink Media’s National Account Manager, Bernice Sanders, was recently awarded the 2011 Businesswoman of the Year Award at this year’s Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas. This outstanding achievement award was presented by the SEMA Businesswomen’s Network (SBN), a dynamic group of professionals representing the women of SEMA. (more)
11/15/2011: Intellichoice Determines Best Automotive Certified Pre-Owned Programs for 2012
IntelliChoice, the leading provider of automotive cost of ownership and value analysis and part of the Motor Trend Automotive Group, announced today the winners of its 13th annual ranking of manufacturer Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) programs, at the Certified Pre-Owned Forum and National Remarketing Conference in Las Vegas. For the fifth straight year, Volvo earned the top ranking among Premium manufacturers, while Hyundai was ranked highest among Popular vehicle brands. (more)
11/14/2011: SURFER Magazine Extends Brand to “SURFER, The Bar”
November 12th marked the opening of ‘Surfer, The Bar’, a one-of-a-kind bar resulting from a unique partnership between SURFER Magazine and the Turtle Bay Resort, located on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Not only has SURFER agreed to license its name to Turtle Bay, but it has also been closely involved in the bar’s design and development. (more)
11/10/2011: Coming Soon… The Motor Trend Channel on YouTube
Source Interlink Media is bringing a new channel to YouTube as part of YouTube’s new original channels initiative announced late last week. The channel, which will be called Motor Trend, will show original programming developed in conjunction with Source Interlink Media’s leading automotive lifestyle brands, including: Motor Trend, Hot Rod, Diesel Power, 4Wheeler, Motorcyclist, Truckin’, Import Tuner and Lowrider. (more)
11/10/2011: Automobile Magazine Announces Audi A7 2012 “Automobile of the Year”
AUTOMOBILE Magazine, America’s leading automotive lifestyle publication, today announced the Audi A7 as its 2012 Automobile of the Year. The magazine also honored winners of its Design, Man, and Technology of the Year award. AUTOMOBILE Magazine President and Editor-In-Chief Jean Jennings will present awards for each of the categories during the Los Angeles International Auto Show next week. (more)
11/3/2011: Source Interlink Media’s GrindMedia Group Acquires ATV Magazine
GrindMedia, a leading action and adventure sports media company and division of Source Interlink Media, has announced the acquisition of ATV Magazine, atvmagonline.com and atvsport.com. The magazine, which has been published since 1995 by Ehlert Publishing Group, LLC, and the Web sites will be folded into GrindMedia’s ATV Rider Magazine, according to Norb Garrett, SVP and Group Publisher of GrindMedia. Current subscribers to ATV Magazine will begin receiving ATV Rider effective with the January/February 2012 issue, said Garrett. (more)
11/3/2011: Source Interlink Media Partners with Yahoo! to Bring Content to Livestand
El Segundo, CA (November 2, 2011): Source Interlink Media (SIM) has joined Yahoo! as an official launch partner for the launch of Livestand from Yahoo!, featuring a variety of premium Automotive and Action Sports content. Livestand provides an effortless way for SIM to broaden the reach and engagement of its content to its loyal enthusiasts through rich, immersive, personalized experiences on an innovative new digital platform. (more)
10/25/2011: Motor Trend Declares Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Its 2012 Sport/Utility of the Year
Motor Trend, the world’s foremost authority on cars, trucks and SUVs, today announced the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque as its 2012 Sport/Utility of the Year®. The announcement of the award, on Motor Trend’s homepage and its Facebook and YouTube channels, was the culmination of 10 days of introductions for each of thecontenders vying for this year’s honor. (more)
10/13/2011: Truck Trend Launches New Mobile App for iPhone and Android Platforms
Motor Trend’s Truck Trend, the authority on trucks and sport utility vehicles, announced today the availability of its first mobile application for the Android and iPhone operating systems. Developed by Source Interlink Media’s (SIM) in-house agency MediaWorks, the Truck Trend app is free and available to download from the iTunes Store and Android marketplace. The app delivers up-to-date vehicle reviews, photos, videos and more, geared specifically toward the truck and SUV enthusiast — all optimized for a mobile reading experience. (more)
10/13/2011: SIM’s EVP Doug Evans Receives 2011 Lee Iacocca Award
Source Interlink Media’s Executive Vice President, Doug Evans, was awarded the 2011 Lee Iacocca Award for his service to the automotive hobby community at the recent National Parts Depot All-GM Oktoberfest car show in Ocala, Florida. (more)
9/30/2011: Fictional Ford Focus Marketing Team Visits AUTOMOBILE Magazine
Source Interlink Media (SIM) today announced the launch of an all-new web-based video series starring the staff of AUTOMOBILE Magazine and the fictional Ford Focus marketing team of John and Doug. The series of humorous video vignettes, live on the AUTOMOBILE Magazine website, are part of a program aimed at raising awareness and consideration for Ford’s new Focus by engaging consumers and enthusiasts. (more)
9/10/2011: SIM Announces Strategic Change Within The Single Copy Sales Team
Source Interlink Media (“SIM”) announced today, the appointment of Chris Butler to Vice President, Single Copy Sales and Marketing responsible for driving strategy and execution of all single copy sales initiatives for SIM’s award winning enthusiast brands. Chris will join an already seasoned Circulation team reporting directly to Tom Slater, Vice President Consumer Marketing. (more)
8/22/2011: Source Interlink Appoints Key Industry Veteran
Source Interlink Companies announced today, the appointment of Hugh Shannon to a newly created role focused on enhancing product purchase and management of inventory. Hugh Shannon joins Source Interlink Distribution as Vice President Product Management reporting directly to David Algire, President Source Interlink Distribution. (more)
8/1/2011: ASG/GRIND Networks Becomes GRINDMEDIA
Source Interlink Media’s Action Sports Group (ASG) is now known as GrindMedia, SVP and Group Publisher Norb Garrett announced on Thursday. GrindMedia includes leading action and adventure sports brands; Surfer, Surfing, Snowboarder, Bike, Powder, Skateboarder, Canoe & Kayak, SUP (Stand Up Paddler), Paved, Dirt Rider, ATV Rider, GrindTv.com, Newschoolers.com, Motocross.com, Swellwatch.com and leading comedy platforms The Bubble on MSN.com and Stupidvideos.com. The group is also the official action and adventure sports content partner for Yahoo! Sports. (more)
7/11/2011: Source Interlink Announces Two Strategic Appointments which will Realign and Renew its Drive to Deliver Exceptional Sales and Marketing Services
Source Interlink Companies announced today, the appointment of two industry veterans to key strategic roles within the organization, which will align its Sales & Marketing teams so as to better focus on driving premium retail and media services that take full advantage of its enthusiast print brands, as well as, emerging media venues. Terry McGraw joins Source Interlink Companies as Senior Vice President Corporate Sales and Marketing. Steve Leach joins Source Interlink Distribution as Executive Vice President Retail Sales and Marketing. (more)
7/11/2011: Source Interlink Companies Announces Frank Bishop as President of Source Interlink Manufacturing
Source Interlink Companies announced today the appointment of Frank Bishop to President of Source Interlink Manufacturing, LLC. This announcement, the first in a series of key organizational changes, will strategically align the sales & marketing initiatives across both the Sales & Services and Media Divisions (Source Interlink Distribution and Source Interlink Media, respectively) to focus on providing new and innovative retail solutions that take into account the evolving media landscape. (more)
6/30/2011 Source Interlink Media Earns Top Honors at 20th Annual International Automotive Media Awards Leading Automotive Publications Win Nine Accolades in Total
Source Interlink Media’s AUTOMOBILE Magazine and Motor Trend Classic, two of America’s leading automotive lifestyle publications, received an array of prestigious honors including the highly sought-after “Best of Division” (magazines) at the 20th Annual International Automotive Media Awards (IAMA) on June 20. (more)
6/14/2011: Motor Trend Garners 100 Million Views on its YouTube Channel
Major Digital Milestone Secures Brand’s Title as Number One Producer of Automotive Content Online
Motor Trend announced today another major milestone in its ongoing strategy to diversify the way its automotive content is delivered; as of June 1, the world’s authority on cars, trucks and SUVs eclipsed 100 million total views on its YouTube channel, just in time for the channel’s official three-year anniversary in September. (more)
5/24/2011: Source Interlink Media Acquires Leading Off-Road Lifestyle Brand Mud Life
Source Interlink Media has announced the acquisition of the Mud Life Brand, which comprises Mud Life magazine … the authority on off-roading in the mud … and the Mud Life line of extreme clothing. The acquisition broadens the reach of SIM’s industry-leading Off-Road Truck Group to the fast-growing and highly engaged sector of off-road enthusiasts who specifically favor the mud. (more)
5/18/2011: Source Interlink Media Acquires Cutting-Edge Digital Marketing Studio, Mind Over Eye
Source Interlink Media, one of the largest publishers of multimedia content for enthusiast audiences around the world, announced today the acquisition of Mind Over Eye, a digital marketing and visual effects studio based in Santa Monica, Calif. The acquisition significantly enhances the capabilities of SIM to provide cutting-edge interactive marketing and creative services solutions to its clients. SIM intends to retain the Mind Over Eye brand as it goes to market as a full-service creative agency, by bringing its similar existing resources under one banner. (more)
5/3/11: Source Interlink Media wins Six Maggie Awards from the Western Publishing Association (WPA)
The 60th annual MAGGIE awards were presented on Friday, April 29th in Los Angeles. With nearly 400 people in attendance, and with our own Norb Garrett as co-master of ceremony, the Western Publishing Conference celebrated 60 years of excellence in publishing. (more)
