February 6, 2008

St. Johnsbury , Vt. – Moose River Publishing, a business-to-business media company serving the lawn care and landscape, light construction, forestry and agricultural markets, has changed its name to Moose River Media . The modification was made to better reflect the company's growing industry coverage through multimedia.

Additionally, Korry Stagnito has been appointed as Moose River Media's new president. Stagnito was previously a founder and president of Deerfield, Ill.-based Stagnito Communications , a media company that covered the food, beverage and packaging industries.

In conjunction with Stagnito's appointment, 12-year Moose River Media veteran David G. Cassidy has been promoted to the position of group publisher and will oversee the publishing activities of each of the company's brands.

“I'm excited to join a group of extremely talented and committed professionals who have built an impressive stable of products and services focusing on vital market sectors,” stated Stagnito. “I look forward to working with David and our entire staff to help our readers, suppliers and associations grow and communicate through a variety of integrated media offerings. The change to Moose River Media is testament to our commitment to extend our reach through leading-edge electronic properties, events, research and custom communications.”

Located in northeastern Vermont , Moose River Media is ideally situated to produce leading products and services for the “green” industries, which include lawn care and landscaping, light construction, forestry and agriculture. Moose River Media's flagship magazine is Turf , a 20-year-old brand with four regional editions serving over 70,000 lawn care and landscape contractors.

For more information please contact David G. Cassidy at 802-748-8908 or by e-mail at dcassidy@MooseRiverMedia.com. Korry Stagnito can be reached at the same telephone number or kstagnito@MooseRiverMedia.com.

Moose River Media produces the following magazines and affiliated electronic properties: Turf, Superintendent, Tree Services, SportsField Management, Landscape Construction, Farming, Growing, Forest Products Equipment, The Moose River Media SourceBook and the following green industry community Web sites: LawnSite.com, LandscapeConstructionSite.com, PlowSite.com, SuperintendentSite.com and EverythingGreen.com.