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Robert Gross Joins Hemmings Motor News As Associate Editor

7 April 2000

Robert Gross Joins Hemmings Motor News As Associate Editor

    BENNINGTON, Vt., April 7 Robert W. Gross, an experienced
automotive photojournalist, has joined the staff of Hemming Motor News as
associate editor.
    Gross, who worked on multiple automotive enthusiast titles at PriMedia
Publications in New Jersey, joins the Hemmings staff to work on the lead
magazine, Hemmings Motor News, as well as Special Interest Autos, the nine
Hemmings automotive calendars, and special book projects.
    A graduate of New Mexico State University with a degree in journalism and
mass communications, Gross most recently worked for International Masters
Publishing Company, where he was the associate editor of Hot Cars magazine.
    "We are expanding our editorial department to bring out new products for
car lovers, and we are pleased to welcome an editor with the experience which
Robert brings to Hemmings," said Terry Ehrich, Hemmings' editor and publisher.
    Since 1954, Hemmings Motor News has served the collector-car hobby as its
primary trading place and currently carries over 800 pages of hobby
advertising each month to a paid circulation of nearly 260,000 and readership
over 500,000.  Loaded with tens of thousands of classified and display ads for
collector cars, trucks and motorcycles, parts and services, clubs and events,
and other hard-to-find resources for the hobbyist, Hemmings has become
indispensable to the collector car enthusiast.
    Along with the monthly Hemmings Motor News, the company also publishes the
Hemmings' Vintage Auto Almanac, the world's most complete directory for the
collector-car hobby and industry, as well as Hemmings Rods & Performance, a
hobby/industry directory for street rod enthusiasts, and Special Interest
Autos, a bi-monthly magazine focusing on test drives and technical features
for the collector car hobby.
    Hemmings also offers a complete line of ancillary products, which includes
an extensive line of die-cast models, calendars, books and clothing -- all
available by phone or online.
    For online hobbyists, http://www.hemmings.com, has greatly expanded its
information franchise, offering an online database of over 30,000 searchable
ads for cars, parts, tools and services plus a host of new features, including
Car Club Central, their unique online Car Show, and an Online Dealer Showroom,
featuring the collector-car inventories of over 80 classic car dealers coast
to coast.