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Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. Names Eddie Alterman Vice President, Editor In Chief of Car and Driver

Thursday 26. February 2009 - Alain Lemarchand, President and CEO, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. (HFM U.S.) announced today that Eddie Alterman has been named Vice President, Editor In Chief of Car and Driver.

Alterman will report to Lemarchand will begin his new position on Monday, March 2, 2009. HFM U.S. Group Editorial Director John Owens has served as acting editor in chief since Csaba Csere’s departure two months ago.

“We are fortunate to have Eddie Alterman joining us as the editorial head of one of our largest and most important brands. He is a respected journalist and has extensive experience in automotive both in print and digital content. He and John Driscoll, Vice President, Publisher Automotive Group, will make a great team,” said Lemarchand. “We’re confident that Alterman and his group will be able to create outstanding content that will accelerate the growth of the brand by enlarging the audiences of automotive enthusiasts as well as consumers who look to Car and Driver and CarandDriver.com for credible advice and reviews when they are buying a car.”

In 2006, Alterman was founder and Editor In Chief of Motivemag.com, an online car magazine combining original editorial and user-generated content. Before that Alterman founded and served as Editor In Chief of MPH’s magazine and website. He also coordinated advertising and marketing effort for print and online and was named one of Crain’s Detroit Business’s “40 Under 40” young leaders. Alterman worked for Men’s Journal and began writing the magazine’s car column and automotive feature stories from 2006 to present. During his tenure with Automobile, he developed and supervised the brand’s web site and maintained writing, editing, and custom-publishing responsibilities.