A new era at E&P: Our commitment to you

Change, as Martha Stewart would say, is a good thing. But change for its own sake, as the old saw says, is not. Two weeks ago, BPI Communications, parent of Adweek Magazines, acquired Editor & Publisher from Robert U. Brown's family, which owned the magazine throughout most of this century. The magazine is steeped in tradition; it is truly a venerable institution that has served the newspaper industry for 115 years. As we integrate E&P into the Adweek Magazines culture, we will remain ever mindful of that tradition and the independence and objectivity that it has fostered.
But there will be change. As you'll see in this issue, we've begun to open the magazine up for a greater presentation of art and design, which, not coincidently, is the theme of our special report this week. Working within the general structure of the design introduced by E&P last fall, this freshening-up, under the eye of design director Trish Gogarty, will continue during the coming weeks as we put the considerable resources of Adweek Magazines at the disposal of the E&P editorial department.
Along with the design changes, we have reorganized the flow of the book to make use of late-closing pages for news. The "Hot Type" page, along with the E&P calendar, have been moved back behind the news pages. The table of contents has been discontinued, a move that will probably not endear us to librarians but that frees up a late page for news. There will be more changes to come editorially as the staff is enlarged and coverage of all aspects of the newspaper industry is expanded.
On the business side, Dennis O'Neill has been promoted to E&P publisher and will be working with Adweek Magazines' Executive Vice President/Group Publisher Mike Parker to develop new opportunities for our clients in E&P and the other Adweek Magazine brands, which include Adweek, Brandweek, Mediaweek, MC, and SHOOT magazines. We welcome E&P's advertisers into the Adweek group's family of customers.
We also welcome your comments, suggestions, criticisms, and, perhaps, compliments as we integrate E&P and its readers into the Adweek fold. The mantra at E&P will henceforth be, in a phrase coined by Editor in Chief Sid Holt when he was managing editor of Rolling Stone, "More. Better. Faster." And we pledge to maintain the tradition of service to the newspaper industry maintained by the Brown family for most of the past 100 years. Now, on to the next 100.
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