James Rutherford Brings Years of Industry Experience to GEM Publications
LAS VEGAS (October 22, 2002) -- GEM Communications, producer of the world's leading gaming industry publications, announces the addition of James Rutherford to its editorial staff. As senior writer, Rutherford will contribute feature articles and regular columns to both International Gaming and Wagering Business (IGWB) and Casino Journal. Rutherford replaces Dave Palermo, who accepted a position with the California Nations Indian Gaming Association.
Rutherford brings to GEM Communications 18 years of experience as a writer and editor, most recently as the manager editor of Global Gaming Business. He is a former staff writer, regional news editor and assistant news editor for The Press of Atlantic City, and a former editor for Business News New Jersey.
He began covering the gaming industry in 1995 as a features writer and editor for Casino Journal Publishing Group in Las Vegas. He has contributed news and feature stories to The New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, New Jersey Monthly, Atlantic City Magazine, Rutgers Magazine, the Las Vegas Mercury and the Las Vegas Jazz Society's Jazz Notes. He is a winner of the Evening News Association's James E. Scripps Award for Investigative Reporting and a New Jersey Press Association Award for Business Writing. He is co-author of "Trumped! The Inside Story of the Real Donald Trump" (Simon & Schuster, 1991).
Rutherford's addition to the GEM staff is part of an ongoing effort to enhance the editorial quality of the industry's leading business-to-business magazines, said Ashley Smith, president GEM US.
Smith also announced the promotion of longtime Slot Manager and IGWB editor Marian Green. As GEM's new editorial director, Green will oversee all of GEM's US publications, helping to ensure each magazine's unique editorial voice. She will report to Charles Anderer, vice president group publisher, GEM US.
"Our central focus in the GEM publishing group has always been the quality of the information that we provide to our readers," Anderer said. "Marian is someone whose knowledge of the industry and our magazines commands respect. With Marian serving as editorial director, I am confident that IGWB, Casino Journal, Indian Gaming Business, Slot Manager and National Gaming Summary will continue to offer exceptional editorial quality to each magazine's respective audience."
GEM also announces the promotion of Andy Holtmann to managing editor of Casino Journal. "Andy and Dave Ellingson, under the leadership of Jamie McKee, have done an excellent job of maintaining the quality of Casino Journal and of producing a first-rate National Gaming Summary every week," Anderer said. "Andy's assumption of additional editorial duties as managing editor of Casino Journal is a recognition of his many talents, his dedication to the Journal and of his deep knowledge of the North American casino industry."
GEM Communications is the leading producer of trade magazines, newsletters and trade shows serving the gaming and amusement industries around the world, and offers the only BPA-audited business-to-business gaming magazines in North America. GEM's publications include IGWB, Casino Journal, Slot Manager, Indian Gaming Business, InterGame, InterGaming, InterPark, AB Europe, Gaming for Africa and the weekly National Gaming Summary. GEM's long history of support for the gaming industry includes affiliations with the American Gaming Association's Global Gaming Expo, the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, the Gaming Standards Association, the National Indian Gaming Association, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Gaming Association, the University of Arizona's Race Track Industry Program, and International Casino Exhibition in London. GEM produces leading trade shows Racing & Gaming Summit, Slot Manager Institute, American Gaming Summit, Bingo World, New York Gaming Summit and the 10th Annual Southern Gaming Summit. Learn more at www.gemcommunications.com.
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Media contact Ashley Smith at (702) 794-0718 x225; [email protected]