Statement Magazine Named one of "the 15 Hottest Magazine Launches of 2007"
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(Calabasas, CA) – Statement™ magazine has been named one of the 15 Hottest Magazine Launches of 2007. The launches will be honored by min magazine and Samir Husni (aka Mr. Magazine) on November 13 at Tavern on the Green in New York. The "Hot Launch" will be announced during the ceremony. Publisher Richard Bleiweiss will be on hand for Statement™.
Statement™ was launched in February 2007 featuring Emmy winner Jaime Pressly as the premiere Statement™ cover girl. Other Hollywood stars including Mary-Louise Parker and Elizabeth Hurley have since graced the cover. The Fall TV issue will be released in November featuring Samantha Who? star Christina Applegate. Statement™ has received incredible media buzz and has been featured on E! News, Us Weekly, OK! Weekly and Star magazine this year.
In 2004, Bleiweiss launched Calabasas magazine, a luxury lifestyle publication available through direct mail in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley. As buzz for the magazine grew, Bleiweiss planned to take the magazine national. With chains such as Barnes &Noble on board to distribute the new national publication and top writers and photographers contributing, Statement™ was born. Visit Statement™ magazine online at www.statementmag.com!
About Richard Bleiweiss: Richard Bleiweiss, Publisher and Creative Director of Statement™, brings three decades of experience to the publication. Bleiweiss has an impressive background in the magazine industry, having art directed for New York Newsday, General Media, Good Housekeeping Magazine, Detour Magazine, Movieline Magazine, Motor Trend, HMR and Emmy Magazines. During his tenure at these magazines, their design excellence was recognized with numerous gold and silver medals from the New York Art Directors Club, the Society of Illustrators, the Annual Ad Directors Club, Art Direction Magazine and Graphis. He has also been the most decorated Creative Director over the past 8 years at the Annual Western Publications’ Maggie Awards. His extraordinary achievements in publishing are an affirmation of his talents and eye for design—creating a buzz about Statement™ magazine that is completely apropos.
About Dr. Samir Husni (aka Mr. Magazine): Dr. Husni is "the country's leading magazine expert," according to Forbes ASAP magazine, "the nation's leading authority on new magazines," according to min:media industry newsletter; "a world-renowned expert on print journalism" according to CBS News Sunday Morning and The Chicago Tribune dubbed him "the planet's leading expert on new magazines." He is the author of the annual Samir Husni’s Guide to New Magazines, which is now in its 22nd year, Launch Your Own Magazine: A Guide for Succeeding in Today’s Marketplace published by Hamblett House, Inc. and Selling Content: The Step-by-Step Art of Packaging Your Own Magazine, published by Kendall Hunt. He is also the editor of The Future of Magazines.
For more information, to receive a copy of the magazine, or to schedule an interview with Publisher Richard Bleiweiss, please contact ink public relations at 310.860.0806.
