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Fred Langa
is a freelance computer/web author whose current primary work now reaches an
audience of over two million readers per month. |
Current Major Assignments/Affiliations:
Fred runs the site you're now visiting, publishes a free, award-winning,
twice-weekly newsletter ("The LangaList," ISSN
1533-1156) and a related twice-weekly by-subscription
newsletter with a combined total of over 150,000 subscribers; a
widely-read series of columns and threaded-chats for a variety of other sites
including InformationWeek.Com; authors and manages the very popular "BrowserTune"
(selected as a USA Today "Hot Site" and which generates up to a million page
views a month) and the daily "HotSpots" web site (which logs 8 million visitors
a year). Fred has been active online since 1981; and has over 25 years total
experience in electronic and print publishing.
Brief Professional Bio: A
freelance since 1997, Fred was previously VP/Editorial Director of
WINDOWS Magazine and CMP's PC Group. Fred was hired by CMP in 1991 to
relaunch WINDOWS Magazine as CMP's first large-circulation, newsstand, paid
subscription magazine: Eventually, as VP/Editorial Director, he oversaw the
editorial operations of WINDOWS Magazine, Home PC Magazine, and
NetGuide Magazine.
Prior to joining CMP, Fred was Editor-in-Chief of Byte Magazine
for four years. He's also held a wide variety of other editorial positions in
the computer publishing industry, with over 25 years total experience.
Professional Honors--- some two dozen awards,
including:
- Winner of National "Gold" (first place) Award for Editorial Excellence from
the American Society of Business Press Editors
- Winner 2 Folio Magazine "Editorial Excellence" awards
- Winner of a Neal Award for his editorial column.
- Winner of a National Magazine Award
- Winner of Regional "Gold" (first place) Award for Editorial Excellence from
the American Society of Business Press Editors
- Winner of numerous CMP "Awards of Excellence"
- Winner of McGraw-Hill's
"Award for Distinguished Editorial Achievement"
- Winner of McGraw-Hill's
"President's Award for Excellence In Management,"
- Winner of McGraw-Hill's "Corporate Achievement Award"
Highly-rated, frequent speaker, interviewee,
quoted source: Numerous appearances on national network,
regional and local TV, radio and streaming-media web broadcasts in the US,
Canada, Russia, the Far East, and Western Europe; numerous interviews for
magazines and newspapers; popular and successful presenter and seminar leader at
venues such as at Spring Comdex, Fall Comdex, Networks Expo, PC Expo, PC Expo
Chicago, and many other shows and events.
Extensive worldwide business travel,
including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Hungary, Russia, Germany, France, England, The
Netherlands, Canada, Mexico and every region of the USA.
Previous Work:
CMP Media: Vice President/Editorial Director overseeing
Windows Magazine, NetGuide and Home PC; 1991-1997
Byte Magazine: Editor In Chief, 1987-1991; Executive
Editor, 1986-1987; Managing Editor, 1985-1986
Popular Computing Magazine: Managing Editor, 1984-1985
New Shelter: Managing Editor, 1983-1984; Senior Editor,
1981-1983; Associate Editor, 1979-1981
Freelance Writer, 1973-1979 |
