December 1, 2008

St. Johnsbury, Vt. – Moose River Media, a business-to-business communications company, has appointed Pete Giannakopoulos as its new president. He reunites with CEO Korry Stagnito, who together, helped build Stagnito Communications into the leading information provider to the food, beverage and packaging industries.

Moose River Media produces products and services for the “green” industries, which include lawn care and landscaping, light construction, forestry and agriculture. Moose River Media’s flagship properties are Turf, a 20-year-old brand with four regional editions serving over 70,000 lawn care and landscape contractors and www.LawnSite.com, an online community comprised of nearly 80,000 maintenance and installation professionals.

“I’m impressed with the footprint that Moose River Media already occupies in our markets. We have a solid base on which to acquire and launch new products and services,” stated Giannakopoulos. “I look forward to working with our management team to help lead our organization to the next level and assist our readers and advertisers in growing their businesses.”

“It’s exciting to have the opportunity to work with Pete again,” said Korry Stagnito, Moose River Media CEO. “His successful business-to-business media experience and knowledge will be a real asset to our employees and our industry. We’re extremely fortunate to have him on our team.”

For more information please contact Korry Stagnito,at 802-745-1115 or by e-mail at kstagnito@MooseRiverMedia.com. Pete Giannakopoulos can be reached at 802-745-1215 or peteg@MooseRiverMedia.com.
                                                                       

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