Cheers editorial staff expands

Cheers, Oct, 2007

Cheers magazine welcomes Peter Kowalke as managing editor. Kowalke joins the publication after serving in various editorial roles with publicatiosn such as Crain's Cleveland Business and Home Education Magazine, and three years running his own web site strategy and development firm. He holds a bachelor's degree in magazine journalism from Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.

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Kowalke will manage the day-to-day editorial operations of Cheers, and will develop and manage content for the group's web sites, www.adamsbevgroup.com and www.cheersconference.com.

In other company news, the Adams Beverage Group is now the Beverage Information Group. The name change reflects the organization's focus on providing comprehensive spirits, wine and beer sales data and trend analysis through its annual statistical publications and research products, as well as coverage of the beverage industry through Cheers, Beverage Dynamics, StateWays and the web site. Beverage Information Group is a division of M2Media360.