AutoWeek Magazine Names New Publisher & Associate Publisher

DETROIT, Oct. 9, 2006 -- AutoWeek Magazine has named Anthony J. "Tony" Merpi publisher and Keith "K.C." Crain Jr. associate publisher/sales, effective today.

Merpi, who recently celebrated 30 years with Crain Communications Inc,

joined Automotive News as an advertising salesman and was later promoted to advertising director. In his most recent role as director of sales and marketing of the Automotive News Group, Merpi was responsible for overseeing the marketing and sales efforts of all the Crain automotive titles and Web sites including Automotive News, Automotive News Europe, AutoWeek, automotivenews.com and autoweek.com. In May 2000, he was named a vice president of Crain Communications Inc.

In making the announcement, AutoWeek editorial director Keith Crain said, "Merpi has the passion for all things automotive and the big ideas and know- how to make things happen both on the client side as well as in marketing and targeting events and promotions for our readers and clients."

Previous to being named associate publisher/sales, Crain Jr. joined AutoWeek in June 2005 and was named ad director in April 2006. Prior to his position at AutoWeek, he served as a reporter with AutoWeek sister publication Automotive News and was an early member of Crain Communications Inc's corporate New Media department.

Completing the leadership trio on the country's only

weekly consumer automotive enthusiast publication is associate publisher/editorial Dutch Mandel. Mandel joined Crain Communications Inc 22 years ago, having served in both editorial and sales capacities for Automotive News and for AutoWeek before being named to his current position of associate publisher/editorial.
Detroit-based AutoWeek is America's only newsweekly for car enthusiasts and those especially interested in the most up-to-date news and information on new vehicles, product evaluations, motorsports and automotive trends. The magazine serves 275,000 subscribers in print each week. Web site is http://www.autoweek.com/.

Headquartered in Detroit, Mich., Crain Communications Inc publishes over 30 consumer, business and trade publications, including AutoWeek, Automotive News, Advertising Age, Business Insurance, Modern Healthcare, Plastics News, Investment News as well as business weeklies in Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Mexico and Monterrey and numerous related business Web sites. It has more than 1,000 employees located in 18 offices worldwide. The company's Web site is http://www.crain.com/ .