• by October 19, 2000

The magazine industry's leading forces - from the head of the Industry Standard to the managing editor of Teen People to the media director at Pfizer -- were named "Top Players" in the fall/winter issue of min magazine. The "Top Players," as judged by min magazine staff and leading experts in the magazine industry, were selected because "they understand the power of magazines and in the past year have moved the needle further than most others in the trade," said min magazine Publisher Diane Schwartz.

min magazine's Top Players are:

John Battelle, president/CEO, The Industry Standard

Maria Beltrametti, director of global advertising, Avon

Mary Berner, president/CEO, Fairchild Publications

Michael Brownstein, VP/publisher, Ladies' Home Journal

Donna Campanella, media director, Pfizer Pharmaceutical

Bette Chabot, SVP/Director of marketing, Saks Fifth Avenue

Jane Chestnutt, editor-in-chief, Woman's Day

Bill Colson, managing editor, Sports Illustrated

Christina Ferrari, managing editor, Teen People

Deborah Fine, publisher, Glamour magazine

Jean-Louis Ginibre, senior executive VP, editorial director, Hachette Filipacchi

Peter Goldstone, president, Hanley-Wood magazine division

George Janson, SVP, Media Edge

John Huey, managing editor, Fortune Magazine

Marla Eskenazi Kaplowitz, SVP/media director, MediaVest

Bill Kupper, president/publisher, BusinessWeek Group

Valerie Muller, SVP, director of print services, MediaCom

Colleen Rizzo, SVP, Carlson & Partners

Patricia McCabe, SVP, Tarlow Advertising

Charlie Rutman, executive VP/managing director, Carat USA-NY

Brenda Saget, publisher, House & Garden

James Seymour (managing editor) and John Squires (president), Entertainment Weekly

Cyndi Stivers, president/editor in chief, Time Out New York

Tom Wallace, editor in chief, Conde Nast Traveler