Neal White has changed his email to neal.white@waxahachietx.com. . . . Joe McDonald has departed WealthTV and has not been replaced. . . . Faye Parenteau has replaced Ellen McNamara at The Day in New London, CT She can be reached at 860.701.4375 or emailed: f.parenteau@theday.com . . . .Stefen Lombard relocated from Portland, OR… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Lane Changes
Changing Lanes: Amadon, Eagles, Pass, Vaughn, George and more
After nearly 10 years of writing weekend columns for Dow Jones’ MarketWatch.com, Ron Amadon and the company have split. He continues to write about autos daily with a review each Saturday at Ron Amadon’s Roads on WordPress and Facebook. He can be emailed at rjamadon@yahoo.com. . . . Cam Benty is now Marketing Director at Heidts Automotive… Continue Reading
Szilagyi Escapes The Grind; Karges Takes Over at Petersen Automotive Museum
Pete Szilagyi has “escaped” the grind and now does occasional auto-related features and a single monthly review column in the Austin American-Statesman with “he-said, she-said” sidekick Pam LeBlanc (with gun in photo along with Pete). He’s been weekly auto columnist for the Statesman since 1981. His review columns have been widely distributed by the New… Continue Reading
Changes at Road & Track; Magda Named Editor of EngineLabs.com
ROAD & TRACKERS: Persons close to the scene insist that no West Coast staffers will be moved to the title’s new Ann Arbor digs. As one source put it, “They’re moving the name but not the game.” Currently a Road & Track “pensioneer” but planning his own website is long-time engineering editor, Dennis Simanaitis. He… Continue Reading
Road + Track Relocating; Toyota Recreating PR Team
There’s likely to be a lot of traffic on Lane Changes when Road & Track’s move to Ann Arbor, Mich. is finally done. That could be by the end of September. CarPubInsider editor Eric H. Killorin writes the move is the likely beginning of consolidation amongst the big four auto magazines if not to two,… Continue Reading
Burgess and Detroit News Break Up – Again
Scott Burgess and The Detroit News have split, again. After reconciling a much publicized spat when the paper edited one of his columns following a complaint by an advertiser, the erstwhile auto critic left to join AOL Autos as a senior editor. He can be reached at: Scott.Burgess@teamaol.com. . . Let’s hope it was money… Continue Reading
Summer Lane Changes
James Bell, most recently with Kelley Blue Book, is now head of Consumer Affairs for General Motors. The move east made it necessary for Bell to relinquish his post as president of the L.A.-based Motor Press Guild. (Laura Burstein succeeded him). With GM, Bell “will provide expertise on issues facing automotive consumers. He will engage… Continue Reading
March 2011 Lane Changes
Karl Brauer has left Edmunds.com after 13 years there. He says a new opportunity awaits and in the meantime he can be reached at: brauerkarl@gmail.com . . . Former Oregonian writer Bob Kehoe has switched his email to: drive.two@frontier.com. – – Also moseying to the frontier is freelance tech writer Mike Mayrigan who now can… Continue Reading