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Steve Vito to Focus on Strategic Development for Government Executive Media Group

Posted on: Monday, 29 June 2009, 18:00 CDT

Responsibilities Shift from Operational to Strategic

WASHINGTON, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Government Executive Media Group announced today that Steve Vito, President and Group Publisher, will transition his role from an operational one to a strategic one. Mr. Vito joined Government Executive in April '99 and has been president and group publisher since January '07. Effective immediately his title will be Executive Director, Strategic Development. In this new role, Mr. Vito will work closely with Matt Dunie, who will assume the title of President, in strategic planning and business development of Government Executive Media Group.

"Our brands are stronger than at any point in our 40 year history. When I joined in 1999, our business consisted of a monthly magazine, one conference, and a relatively new web site. We reached about 60,000 federal executives. Since then, we've expanded and diversified dramatically. Today, we offer products across most forms of media and each month we reach about 500,000 end-users in government and the contractor community," said Vito. In addition to Government Executive, the monthly magazine, Government Executive Media Group has two web sites, govexec.com and nextgov.com, produces over 70 live and online events annually, and started a fast growing research group, Government Business Council.

Vito continued, "With the media industry at an inflection point, now is the ideal time to pass on the operational control to a successor and focus my efforts on working with Matt and the other managers in the development of new media products." Mr. Vito will continue to represent Government Executive Media Group at events and with industry organizations.

Matt Dunie joined Government Executive Media Group in March '09. He was the President of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) from 2000 to 2007 when the company acquired ProQuest to form ProQuest-CSA. Under Matt's leadership, CSA grew its revenues ten-fold through acquisitions and organic growth. At the time of his departure, the newly formed ProQuest grew to a 1,200 person global information services company.

"Steve has been a hero in this enterprise. It's great that he will now concentrate on our strategy going forward. He is an exceptional talent," said David Bradley, Chairman of Atlantic Media, the parent company of Government Executive Media Group.

"Matt brings a wealth of experience in different areas of publishing that we didn't have. I am excited about working alongside of him in turning our strategy into reality for our group. I will remain firmly engaged here as we plan and implement the next phase of our growth," said Vito.

About Government Executive Media Group

Government Executive Media Group, a division of Atlantic Media Company, is the premier media resource for federal managers. The magazine and related online, event and research properties cover the entire spectrum of management challenges confronting federal executives in civilian and defense agencies. Government Executive Media Group recently introduced Nextgov.com, an interactive online home for the federal IT community. For more information about Government Executive Media Group, visit www.GovernmentExecutive.com/mediakit.

Contact: Will Colston, 202.266.7423

SOURCE Government Executive Media Group

Source: PR Newswire

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