CALGARY – July 15, 2009 – Bird Marketing Group (BMG)*, the leading Canadian authority on fly fishing in North America has named Jennifer Bird Publisher of its print division. In this role, Jennifer will oversee all operational aspects of Fly Fusion magazine as well as Fusion Books, the companies developing book publishing division. She will report directly to the BMG board.
“We are elated to have Jennifer in this position”, says company President Chris Bird, “She has played a key role in keeping our companies strong from the outset. Her experience in the financial sector combined with her relationships within the publishing industry will prove very beneficial for our organization. We welcome her talent and initiative as she helps us build our business in the North American marketplace.”
“Our first order of business will be prepping to unveil a new look for the magazine at this year’s Fly Fishing Retailer,” says Jennifer Bird. “We have been working on these changes for months and are looking forward to receiving feedback from our readers and industry friends. In addition to the new look we have also introduced significant changes to Fly Fusion’s distribution which we will be going into more detail on in an upcoming news release. All changes are effective immediately and will no doubt increase our visibility as we move to position Fly Fusion as a leader in its field.”
Jennifer goes on to say that Chris Bird will continue with his executive duties within the company and has been named Group Publisher which will allow him to oversee all of BMG’s media properties. “The role of Group Publisher was created to more effectively identify and capitalize on the significant synergies that are present between BMG’s media properties”, says Jennifer Bird, “and Chris will no doubt capitalize on those opportunities.”
* Bird Marketing Group Ltd. is the parent company to Fly Fusion magazine, Fly Fishing Events (Western Canadian Fly Fishing Exposition), Fusion Books and Broken Tippet Forum.
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