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Munich (Ski Press)-Ski Press Media, Inc., is proud to announce that on Oct. 15, 2003, it will open its new European media agency, Ski Press Europe, with offices in Munich, Germany, a new online addres
ss for worldwide ski news and a crack new international editorial team.
One week before the 2003/04 World Cup Season opens in Soelden, Austria on Oct. 24, Ski Press Europe will begin broadcasting live ski coverage on its new international ski news site, www.skipressworld.com, providing daily European, American and Canadian ski news updates online.
On Oct. 15, www.skipressworld.com will succeed www.skipressmag.com s ground breaking dedicated ski news coverage of the U.S. and Canada with the brand new addition of international competition, business and snowlife news for all of Europe, focusing on audiences in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France and the United Kingdom.
Now the news never stops at www.skipressworld.com, as the Ski Press news team loads breaking ski news 24 hours a day from three different international time zones.
"Internationally, nothing translates like skiing. Everywhere you go in the this sport, the amazing people, wonderful products and overwhelming passion are all the same," said Jean-Marc Blais, president Ski Press Media, Inc. The company includes Ski Press USA, Ski Press Canada, Ski Presse Quebec, SnowSports Industries America Snow Show Daily, www.skipressworld.com, www.skipressmag.com and www.nssra.com. "We re creating a place where everyone in the ski world, from consumer to careerist, can share that passion in live time."
Beginning with up-to-date news of how the athletes, officials and sponsors are preparing for the upcoming World Cup campaign, then disseminating live race results straight from the finish line, Ski Press Europe and www.skipressworld.com will kick off its unprecedented coverage of Europe s snowlife, ski business and ski racing.
Wolfgang Greiner, editor-in-chief of ispo_news, has joined Ski Press Media, Inc., as Director of European Media. He will be responsible for strategic planning, growth initiatives and English content for the online magazine. Greiner is a well-respected, independently successful principal in Europe s new ski media, and will work with Ski Press as a partner in its European operation. He is a former editor of Snowboarder MBM, Mountain Sports Magazine, European Sports Business Magazine, snow-news.com and also editor of several books on skiing,
"Creating an international network that connects so many different cultures with the same goals - especially in the ski business - of fun, growth and camaraderie is an exciting new challenge for us," said Greiner. "I believe Ski Press coming to Europe will create a more powerful, informed network of skiers through the strength of a more far-reaching media organization."
European ski scene veteran Jo Beckendorff, who has worked as a worldwide ski and outdoor business journalist for ispo_news, Bike Journal, Mountain Sports Magazine and as the European correspondent for the former Wintersport Business Magazine, will provide daily coverage in German of the European ski scene. As a writer, former ski instructor and lifetime ski enthusiast, Beckendorff will write with the insight and enthusiasm inherent in someone who has grown up in the culture of European skiing.
The European News Center represents a major strategic growth initiative in Ski Press Media s goal of providing exciting, up-to-the-minute ski and snowlife news for skiers around the world. It solidifies Ski Press Media s leading role as the only online source of original, daily ski content, news and editorial.
"Each year we ve grown exponentially as the news service for the ski world. It only makes sense we start reporting from the heart of the sport in Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Northern Italy, where the majority of ski manufacturers reside," said Blais. "This will strengthen our catalog of original content in an online market where most of our competitors just reprint newspaper stories."
Blais added, "Our goal is to provide those newspapers with content, and serve the international media as the Associated Press of skiing." (© 2003 Ski Press Media, Inc). |
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