Los Angeles Business Journal Appoints Mark Lacter as Editor

Inland Empire Business Journal, Jul 01, 2001

Mark Lacter returned to the Los Angeles Business Journal as editor on June 11, 2001, according to publisher, Matthew Toledo.

Lacter, a veteran journalist who worked for the Los Angeles Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle and Investor's Business Daily among others, served as editor, of the weekly publication from July 1996 to February 2000, and most recently was a senior editor at Forks magazine. Current editor, Michael Stremfel, will assume the post of associate editor.

"With the appointment of Mark Lacter comes continued improvement at the Business Journal. Our readers want more stories and with Mark's leadership and some new initiatives, we'll deliver more stories and more breaking news.

Under Mike Stremfel's direction, the Los Angeles Business Journal has continued to improve the quality of its editorial product. He's built a great news organization," said Toledo.

Said Lacter: "With a strong editorial staff in place, I'm looking forward to leading the paper once again."

In its 23rd year of publication, the Los Angeles Business Journal publishes a weekly Monday edition and has a circulation of more than 120,000 readers. The award-winning staff provides breaking news, analysis, interviews, features and trends about the Los Angeles business community. For more information about the Los Angeles Business Journal, call (323) 549-5225.