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Colin Moore Joins Grand View Media Group as Editorial Director

Colin Moore, editorial director for Grand View Media Group's Outdoor Group

Grand View Media Group, publisher of consumer, business-to-business and custom magazines, recently chose Colin Moore, 58, an avid outdoorsman and 23-year veteran in the outdoor publishing field, as editorial director for its Outdoor Group. Moore will manage the editorial staff and direct the content of Grand View’s 16 outdoor publications, which include custom, consumer and business titles such as Bowhunting World, Predator Xtreme, Cabela’s Outfitter Journal, Mossy Oak Hunting the Country, Whitetail Journal and the Black’s sporting directories for waterfowl, fly fishing and bow hunting.

Grand View Media recruited Moore from Time, Inc., in New York City, where since 2000 he had served as executive director for Outdoor Life, one of the oldest outdoor publications in the country and sister publication to Field & Stream and Saltwater Sportsman. During that time, Moore assigned and edited the story that won the prestigious Luce Award for best magazine feature of the year in 2005. This is an award Time, Inc., gives annually for one article chosen from more than 80 Time, Inc., titles, which include Time, Sports Illustrated, People and Fortune.

Barry Lovette, general manager of Grand View Media Group, said, “We wanted to find the best person in the industry as our new editorial director. We polled all of our industry contacts and almost without exception, Colin Moore was the name that came back to us. We then presented Colin with the opportunity, and he accepted the challenge. Grand View Media Group is very excited about Colin’s addition to our team as his wealth of talent and experience will positively impact our business.”

Moore hopes to improve the editorial content of Grand View Media magazines already being published and launch successful new magazines in which Grand View Media Group and EBSCO Industries can take pride.

“I want people to recognize Grand View Media publications because of their general excellence,” he said. “I want them to pick up one of our titles, look at the cover and leaf through the pages and say, ‘This has got to be a Grand View Media magazine.’ I want Grand View Media Group to be one of the great Southern publishing houses, along the lines of the original Southern Living family of titles.” Moore’s career in magazine editing began in 1983, when he was named editor for Marlin magazine, a publication that targets big-game fishing enthusiasts. Moore also worked for B.A.S.S. Publications in Montgomery, Ala., for 14 years, where he started and edited a variety of titles, including Southern Saltwater, B.A.S.S. Fishing Techniques, The BASSMASTER Tour and Guns & Gear. He produced custom titles for Realtree Outdoors, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Bruce Stanton, general manager of PRADCO Fishing, the EBSCO subsidiary that produces popular brands such as Rebel®, Bomber®, Booyah®, XCalibur® and others, has a longstanding relationship with Moore from his work at Southern Outdoors, B.A.S.S. and Outdoor Life and is pleased Moore will be joining Grand View Media. “Colin Moore bats lead-off on the all-star team of editors in the outdoor magazine business. He is an outstanding writer and editor and knows how to generate stories and ideas that are timely, meaningful and interesting to the readers,” Stanton says. “EBSCO Industries has a reputation for excellence that reaches across several business communities,” he said. “I knew of the magazines here when they were published by other companies, but I did not develop an interest in working with them until after EBSCO had acquired them. “To me, EBSCO’s involvement was a stamp of approval, a sign that things were about to get serious in Birmingham. I am proud to be associated with the company and grateful for the opportunity that has been provided me by Grand View Media Group General Manager Barry Lovette.” Moore holds bachelor’s degrees in journalism and English from Murray State University, where he met his wife, and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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