Michael Penwarden Joins Macworld as Editor

Posted on July 9, 1998

Michael Penwarden, a technology journalist with more than eight years of experience in high-tech publishing, has joined Macworld magazine as editor. In addition, Allyson Bates, formerly with ComputerLife and PC World, rejoins the magazine as senior associate editor/reviews; Laura Lindhe, formerly with PC/Computing and PC Magazine, has come on board as associate editor/features; and Kristina DeNike, most recently with PC Magazine, joins as associate lab director.

The appointments were announced by Macworld Editor-in-Chief Andrew Gore during the Macworld Expo in New York. Penwarden will be responsible for Macworld's editorial operations, overseeing the editorial team and directing the magazine's features, reviews, and news coverage. Bates is responsible for planning, assigning and editing Macworld's respected product reviews, while Lindhe is charged with writing and editing the magazine's popular feature articles. DeNike's position includes managing daily lab operations and providing testing and writing support.

"With the addition of these four outstanding journalists, I'm delighted to report that the editorial team at Macworld is now complete," Gore said. "In the year since IDG and Ziff-Davis Publishing joined forces, we have seen tremendous changes at Apple and within the Mac industry. That Macworld continues to attract the best technology journalists working in the industry today is indicative of the continued vitality of the magazine and, we believe, of the Mac marketplace."