Edmunds' Inside Line Names Scott Oldham as New Editor in Chief

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Inside Line, Edmunds’ high-speed online car magazine and the most-read automotive enthusiast Web site, today announced that Scott Oldham has been promoted to its Editor in Chief. Scott was hired two years ago as the publication’s Senior Editor and was promoted to Executive Editor shortly thereafter.

“Scott Oldham will do a great job leading the team at Inside Line,” said Kevin Smith, Editorial Director for Edmunds.com and Inside Line. “He has solid leadership experience, undeniable passion for cars and a strong commitment to the Web site, so there is no doubt he’ll continue to build even more momentum for Inside Line among automotive enthusiasts.”

Oldham has been an automotive journalist for nearly 20 years. Before joining Edmunds’ Inside Line, he worked at Sport Compact Car, European Car, Popular Hot Rodding and Popular Mechanics. Scott has also been published in Car and Driver and the Los Angeles Times.

“It’s been gratifying to see how well Inside Line has been received by the automotive community,” said Oldham. “It will be a new and exciting challenge to lead the very talented team that makes it happen.”

Oldham earned his B.A. in Journalism from Glassboro State College. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two daughters.

Oldham succeeds Richard Homan, who left the position in connection with his upcoming relocation to the East Coast.

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Edmunds Inc. publishes three Web sites that empower, engage and educate automotive consumers and enthusiasts. Edmunds.com (www.edmunds.com), the premiere resource for automotive consumer information, launched in 1995 as the first automotive information Web site. Its most popular feature, the Edmunds.com True Market Value ^® , is relied upon by millions of people seeking current transaction prices for new and used vehicles. Edmunds.com was named "Best Car Research Site" by Forbes ASAP, has been selected by consumers as the "Most Useful Web Site" according to every J.D. Power and Associates New Autoshopper.com Study(SM), was ranked first in the Survey of Car-Shopping Web Sites by The Wall Street Journal and was rated "#1" in Keynote's study of third-party automotive Web sites. Inside Line launched in January 2005 and is the most-read automotive enthusiast Web site. CarSpace launched in February 2006 and is an automotive lifestyle social networking Web site for anyone with an interest in automobiles. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, Calif., and maintains a satellite office in suburban Detroit.