Uptown Media Launches Uptown Professional

Posted on February 21, 2011

Uptown Media Group, the publisher of Uptown magazine, has announced the creation and launch of Uptown Professional, a quarterly career-focused magazine for the global urban professional. The publication also has a website at uptownpromag.com. In addition to career aspirations, Uptown Professional will also cover related business lifestyle topics. The first issue will be poly-bagged with the march Uptown Magazine.

Robert Ingram, Publisher of Uptown Professional, says, "Uptown Professional offers relevance, relationships and most importantly, solutions. Our goal is to assist forward-thinking companies and executives and help them navigate the challenging paths of recruitment, retention, marketplace and development in a new and more diverse workplace."

The inaugural issue features a detailed look at the top 100 African American, Latino and Asian business executives in the US. Leaders profiled include Eugene Kelly/Colgate-Palmolive, Greg Hinton/U.S. Cellular, Thomas Harvey/AT&T, Rodney Adkins/IBM, Ingrid Saunders Jones/Coca Cola, Van Sapp/ PepsiCo, Kenya Jackson/Target, James Bell/Boeing, Don Thompson/McDonald's, Rohini Annand/Sodexo, Jimmie Paschall/Marriott, Moheet Nagrath/Procter & Gamble and Linda Jimenez/Wellpoint among others.