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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Blistering.com - The Online Home of Revolver Magazine Appoints Mitch Joel Editor and Senior Vice President, Business Development
MONTREAL, QC - February 1, 2002 - Blistering.com, The Online Home of Revolver Magazine, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mitch Joel to Editor and Senior Vice President, Business Development.
Mitch Joel started his career as a music writer in 1989 with a trial-by-fire interview with Tommy Lee. Since then, he has written for dozens of publications worldwide, has published three magazines, interviewed hundreds of bands and edited a fistful of magazines.
Always a tech junkie, Mitch was one of the first employees at one of the largest web properties. He resigned from that position in 1999 as Director of Advertising & Sponsorship to become Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications for a world-leading supplier of wireless entertainment content. While maintaining his passion for music - he has consistently written freelance and band biographies since 1989 - Mitch is energized to deliver change, a sense of community and the biggest and brightest in heavy music to Blistering.com.
"Mitch Joel joining the team is a momentous achievement for our company," says Blistering.com President and CEO, Robert Cotter. "He brings over a decade of music editing, publishing and business experience, along with his proven track record for creating innovative and new revenue streams in an ever-changing medium. We are already thrilled by his passion and commitment to giving our users the best. Our goal now is to foster new business relationships and build more trust with our users."
Blistering.com - The Online Home of Revolver Magazine was created in 1998 and boasts over 150,000 unique users per month, with over 10,000 subscribers to their Blistering eZine newsletter. Created in Montreal with a satellite office in the United States, Blistering.com has subsequently become the premiere hard music destination on the Internet.
"Blistering.com has a very strong and loyal user base," says Mitch. "There are not many offline publications that have the amount of readers we get. Blistering.com also has tons of revenue and development ability in many areas that have not even been unveiled. I'm confident that as these new initiatives are launched, we will see more consistency and higher earnings."
CONTACT:
Robert Cotter
President and CEO
450-689-7106
rob@blistering.com
http://www.blistering.com/
Mitch Joel
Editor and Senior VP, Business Development
514-486-4560
mitch@blistering.com
http://www.blistering.com/
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