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Newsmax Media Names Tim Collie Managing Editor, Newsmax.com

Friday 09. January 2009 - Newsmax Media, a leading independent online news site and magazine, has appointed Tim Collie managing editor of Newsmax.com. He will be based in West Palm Beach, FL.

For the past two decades, Collie served as a foreign correspondent for the Tampa Bay Tribune and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, covering the first Persian Gulf War alongside the U.S. Army in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq.

Collie has reported from more than two dozen countries, and has written extensively on politics in Israel, Haiti, and Latin America. In 2003, he was honored with an Overseas Press Club award for his coverage of Haiti.

“Tim?s experience as a foreign correspondent makes for a really exciting addition to Newsmax,” said Christopher Ruddy, president and CEO of Newsmax. “We are pleased to have his reporting and editing skills during this important political year and moving forward.”

Newsmax also recently hired award-winning journalist Chris Gonsalves as managing editor of the magazine and Rick Pedraza as managing editor of Newsmax.com.