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Ziff Davis Media Launches Gaming Industry Newsletter

Ziff Davis Media Inc. has announced the launch of GAMING INDUSTRY NEWS (GIN), a monthly newsletter and a weekly e-mail, with an integrated online component (www.gamingindustrynews.com). GAMING INDUSTRY NEWS will feature up-to-date news, inside analysis, business and technology trends, opinions and commentary on the business of electronic videogames. GIN will be part of Ziff Davis Media's Game Group, based in San Francisco, California.

Jimmy Guterman has been appointed as editor-in-chief of the new publication. He has extensive experience running newsletters, having edited MEDIA GROK and MEDIA UNSPUN for THE INDUSTRY STANDARD. He has written and edited for more than 100 periodicals, among them THE BOSTON GLOBE and FORTUNE. Guterman was also founder and president of The Vineyard Group, a media consultancy, where he advised some of the technology companies on marketing and strategy. He began his career at eWEEK, the "enterprise newsweekly."

Guterman said, "Ziff Davis Media is the number one electronic videogame publisher and one of the most influential players in the market today. I'm excited to be working with a talented group of editors to continue the editorial quality that Ziff Davis brings to the market."

Dale Strang, evp of Ziff Davis Media's Game Group, added, "GAMING INDUSTRY NEWS provides essential b-to-b news, insight and research about the electronic gaming and interactive industries, and we're excited to add it to our portfolio of consumer video and PC game publications. The sector needs a focused publication covering issues facing the industry and we're confident that we have the resources to make that vision real."

GIN will cost $995 for an annual subscription, but at launch the subscription rate will be only $695.

Ziff Davis Media Game Group is the largest independent publisher of video and PC game magazines in the U.S. It publishes ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY, THE OFFICIAL U.S. PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE, GAMENOW, XBOX NATION and COMPUTER GAMING WORLD. Ziff Davis Media is a global special interest media company focusing on the technology and electronic videogame markets. Additional information is available at www.ziffdavis.com.

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