George Vernadakis
George Vernadakis is executive editor of presentation at Multichannel News. His twenty years in print and online journalism include stints as assistant managing editor of Variety (now a sister publication of Multichannel News within Reed Business Information), executive editor of Advertising Age, managing editor of the satirical magazine SPY, editor of Interactive Week and executive editor for Ziff Davis Internet, the online unit of technology magazine publisher Ziff Davis Media. Most recently, he was responsible for editorial direction of the health and fitness Web site Weightwatchers.com.
Title: executive editor of presentation
Email: george.vernadakis@reedbusiness.com
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