PRIMEDIA has tapped Joe Peckl to head the company's History Group as vice president, group publisher. Peckl, previously a senior vice president in charge of Time Life Inc.'s eCommerce division, will
oversee American History, TheHistoryNet.com and other History Group properties.
"Each group of our enthusiast magazines is unique and the History Group is no exception," said PRIMEDIA Lifestyles
Group president Brent Diamond in a press release. "Joe's customer-driven background and expertise complements the direction in which the History Group is headed."