Matt De Lorenzo has been named vice-president and editor-in-chief of Road Track, succeeding Thos Bryant, who retired this year after 36 years with the company. . . . After 40 years as a staff writer and editor Ted Biederman has retired from the Los Angeles Newspaper Group (LA Daily News, et al). That is really good news according to Ted. More good news (he thinks) is that he will continue as a freelance editor and writer of 
Motorway and http://www.Motorway.com for the newspaper group. Additionally he will be a contributing editor to Automotive Executive Magazine and http://www.AEmag.com. As if that wasn’t enough to do he’ll be contributing to several other papers and websites scattered from New England to Texas. His wife still says he needs to do more, but he’ll see about that so he says.
MPG stalwart Louise Ann “Landspeed Louise” Noeth has relocated to Creve Coeur, Mo., where her husband has transferred. However, her business and cell phone numbers remain the same, as does her email: louise@landspeedproductions.biz . . . Steve Kursar has been named the new Southwest Communications Manager for Ford Motor Company in the Plano, TX. . . . Atlanta Journal Constitution’s cut of 85 newsroom positions included Rob Douthit, auto editor for the past three years. No replacement announced. Features editor Jon Brieske continues to be responsible for the paper’s Fall new car and Auto Show special sections . . . Bruce Castleberry, auto editor at the Dallas Morning News for 10 years, has re-joined the journalism side after a sojourn in PR. He is now business editor of the Springdale, Ark. – based Morning News serving northwest Arkansas . . . Larry Webster has moved from Tech Editor at Car and Driver to Detroit Editor for Popular Mechanics . . . . Joe Lorio continues on the staff of Automobile Magazine but has relocated from Michigan to Ossining, New York. Same duties, new base. . . . Tom Appel moves up from Managing Editor to Associate Publisher at Consumer Guide . . . Micki Maynard changed announced plans to move to D.C. for The New York Times. Instead, she will remain in Detroit, covering the airline industry. . . . Monique Valadez has been appointed Manager, Education and Public Relations for the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, Calif.
Long time Detroit area auto journalist Dan Ross writes: “I spent 37 months after 9/11 on a Navy active duty recall to NAVFAC here in DC, serving as the chief journalist of the Seabees. It led to being the 3rd or 4th person to join Vox Optima, an agency working primarily with Navy clients — though we just snagged agency-of-record status for the brand-new Congressional Bowl being played here in DC 20 Dec. All of us are current Reserve or former active duty Navy PAOs and senior enlisted. Today, there are 12-13 of us all teleworking from home literally from coast 2 coast.” At last report, Ross was moving to Lima. Ohio. He can be reached at: dan.ross@voxoptima.com.
Keith Griffin has added http://www.About.Com to his many outlets. He will cover used cars for the New York Times online enterprise. . . . Multiple award-winning book author Tom Benford has been named editor-at-large for http://www.speedstylemagazine.com He also writes 2 monthly columns for Corvette Fever Magazine and a monthly resto-tips column for http://www.hagerty.com . . . . Steve Parker is rightly proud to report he added The Huffington Post to his lengthy list of radio, TV and print outlets in addition to his own website and blog: http://www.steveparker.com