We're very happy to forward this report about our sister magazine and Murray Hill office neighbor, I.D. magazine. We share a (very small) sink, a color copier, and a love for great design, and now we share Jesse Ashlock as a mutual friend who's a contributor to both magazines. Welcome, Jesse! The official release, slightly truncated for space, follows.
F+W Media Announces Appointment of I.D. Magazine Editor-in-Chief
NEW YORK – May 14, 2009 – Gary Lynch, Publisher and Editorial Director of the Design Group for F+W Media, announced today that Jesse Ashlock has been named Editor-in-Chief of I.D. Magazine and will begin work on May 26, based in the company’s New York office.
Ashlock is a rising media star who has built close relationships within the design community. He has long been a contributing editor to I.D., moderating the interactive category for I.D.’s Annual Design Review the last three years, and is a regular contributor to Print Magazine.
“One of our objectives is to build the I.D. brand into a multi-platform business,” says Lynch. “Jesse’s varied background in print, digital and event planning is ideally suited to the task and will help usher the I.D. brand into the next phase of its long and honored publishing tradition.”
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“It’s a tremendous privilege to be chosen to guide a brand as storied, influential and respected as I.D.,” says Ashlock. “I hope to be able to honor the tradition of my editorial predecessors while moving the business forward into digital media and events.”