Jason Vines, who has held the top communications posts at Nissan, Ford and Chrysler, has left the auto industry to sell prophets for profit at Zondervan, a Christian book publisher based in Grand Rapids, Mich. that is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. As vice president of public relations and communications he will direct communications… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Across The Finish Line: July 2009
Daniel Weiland – for four years a fleet driver for ESI at Dallas, Tex. succumbed on June 13 to juries incurred from a May 29 motorcycle accident.
Pit Notes July 2009
“Fraud” is a tough call to make publicly but “Landspeed” Louise Noeth says she has chronicled and photographed, “too many people struggling and sacrificing, some even giving their lives to set a landspeed world record, to allow the heritage and community of landspeed racers to be demeaned or ‘hi-jacked’ by a television stunt.”
Tom-Tom: Brett Becker
Brett Becker sticks up for print in his rejoinder to Gary Grant’s Tom-Tom of last month. Becker is a freelance writer and photographer who writes and shoots for Web and print titles. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s in mass communication from the University of Central Florida.
The Road Ahead: July 2009
According to Bob Schieffer: “If the news media believes itself in the business of selling newspapers or aggregating television viewers, rather than being in the business of delivering the highest quality news experience over the best available media, they have already lost.”