ERICA CORSANO TO BECOME EDITORIAL DIRECTOR OF STUFF@NIGHT MAGAZINE
Boston,
MA — The Phoenix Media/Communications Group (PM/CG) announced
today that Erica Corsano, Stuff@Night magazine’s Style Editor, will be
promoted to Editorial Director, effective Monday, January
5th.
Corsano will join veteran Stuff@Night
Creative Director Michael Diskin in
charting a new course for the 11-year-old nightlife-and-style bi-weekly
magazine.
“We are very happy that Erica is assuming
this senior role with Stuff@Night” says PM/CG President Brad Mindich.
“There is no question that Erica will help us drive significant growth and take
the magazine in some exciting, new directions. And with Mike, already a familiar
public face at Stuff@Night, assuming even more of a leadership role,
we’re confident that magazine will accomplish great things in
2009.”
Corsano has been contributing
to Stuff@Night since 2005. Before
that, she was a successful mainstay in the fashion industry for nearly
a decade. Corsano began her career
working with style legend Elsa Klensch on the groundbreaking show, CNN
Style.
Since returning to Boston in 2004, Corsano has
held various positions, including Boston Editor
of Lucky magazine, Editor-at-Large at
Boston Common, Boston Director of
yelp.com, and has contributed to The Boston Globe, LOLA, Fashion Boston, and
Daily Candy.
“Simply put, Erica is the perfect person to lead our
publication’s editorial efforts,” says Mike Diskin. “Her knowledge of Boston, her attention to
detail, and her reputation within the fashion and media industries is second to
none. She is a dedicated hard worker who has the sensibility to instantly
increase Stuff@Night’s visibility in
an ever-growing, highly competitive industry.”
Stuff@Night’s visibility and growth over the past 11 years is due largely
to Managing Editor Tamara Wieder, who announced last month that she was leaving
the magazine. Wieder’s last day will be December 30th. “Tamara is
closing out seven combined years at the Phoenix and Stuff@Night,” says PM/CG Executive
Editor Peter Kadzis. “She’s leaving good friends and memories behind.”
There are other notable changes being made
to the Stuff@Night masthead, as
well.
In a move to strengthen converged selling
throughout the PM/CG, current Associate Publisher of Stuff@Night, Kristen
Standish, will be transferring her talents to a position as Vice President of
Converged Media Sales, a role focused on selling regional and national clients,
multi-platform marketing programs that combine print, radio, online, mobile, and
promotions.
Michelle Benfer, who has been Stuff@Night’s Luxury Manager for more
than a year, will be promoted to Sales Manager for the magazine, a role in which
she will now lead the Stuff@Night
sales team.
More about the PM/CG publications and
companies: The Boston Phoenix began as a four-page arts-and-entertainment
weekly in 1966. The Phoenix is the flagship property of the Phoenix
Media/Communications Group, which in addition to the Phoenix weekly
newspapers in Rhode Island and Maine and Stuff@Night magazine, comprises
the WFNX Radio Network; Phoenix Interactive (thephoenix.com, wfnx.net,
stuffatnight.com); Phoenix Ventures (the sports and magazine group that
publishes the official yearbooks for the Boston Bruins, the Boston Celtics, and
the Boston Marathon); People2People Group (audio text and social-networking
applications); g8wave (marketing and content using SMS and other mobile
technologies); and Mass Web Printing (four-color offset
printing).
All Phoenix companies are privately
held.
