MONTVALE, NJ, November 3, 2000 -- SYS-CON Media, Inc. (www.sys-con.com), headquartered in Montvale, NJ, has announced today that Robert Diamond, founding editor and editor-in-chief of its newest title Wireless Business and Technology was named among the top 30 magazine industry executives of the year under the age of 30. The story was featured in Folio's November issue. Diamond was the youngest magazine industry executive ever honored with the "Folio Thirty Under 30" award.
"For the second consecutive year, we conducted an industry-wide search for young, innovative leaders who push magazine companies beyond what is comfortable," said Folio editor Teresa Ennis. "Attracting the best and the brightest individuals from each generation is top of mind for all business. It's not only a measure of an industry's vitality, it's also critical to the creative culture of a company - young people bring fresh approaches and an unwillingness to tolerate the status quo. These qualities are apparent in the 2000 Folio "Thirty Under 30" - our list of some of the most innovative thinkers and leaders in the magazine industry who are shaping and changing the future."
"Robert joined SYS-CON five years ago as junior Web master. He successfully rebuilt the Java Developer's Journal Web site four years ago. Java Developer's Journal Digital Edition is now widely considered as the leading Java resource in the world. This week Robert turned 21 and his accomplishments during the past five years far exceed any successful professional in the magazine industry that I know of," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and CEO of SYS-CON Media, Inc.
Robert Diamond founded SYS-CON Media's Web Services Department in 1996. He launched two of the company's monthly titles, ColdFusion Developer's Journal and CyberGamer Magazine the first and only consumer magazine targeting online and Internet games. This year he was assigned to the launch project of SYS-CON's WBT - Wireless Business and Technology as both the founding editor and editor-in-chief. The first issue of WBT will be on newsstands worldwide in January.
About SYS-CON Media: SYS-CON, recently named as the fastest-growing, privately held publishing company in America by Inc. 500, publishes technical journals for information technology professionals, which currently include:
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"For the second consecutive year, we conducted an industry-wide search for young, innovative leaders who push magazine companies beyond what is comfortable," said Folio editor Teresa Ennis. "Attracting the best and the brightest individuals from each generation is top of mind for all business. It's not only a measure of an industry's vitality, it's also critical to the creative culture of a company - young people bring fresh approaches and an unwillingness to tolerate the status quo. These qualities are apparent in the 2000 Folio "Thirty Under 30" - our list of some of the most innovative thinkers and leaders in the magazine industry who are shaping and changing the future."
